EML Payments Revises Underlying EBITDA Guidance; Shares Hit Over 12-Year Low

EML Payments (ASX:EML) revised its fiscal-year underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) guidance to a range of AU$47 million to AU$50 million from AU$58 million to AU$60 million, according to a Monday filing with the Australian bourse.The downgrade is due to the reduced revenue expected in the fiscal year, with a number of program implementations going live later than expected and lower than forecast trading in the northern hemisphere businesses during the third quarter, the filing said.Shares fell nearly 31% in afternoon trade on Monday and earlier reached their lowest since August 2013.

-- EML Payments (ASX:EML) revised its fiscal-year underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) guidance to a range of AU$47 million to AU$50 million from AU$58 million to AU$60 million, according to a Monday filing with the Australian bourse.

The downgrade is due to the reduced revenue expected in the fiscal year, with a number of program implementations going live later than expected and lower than forecast trading in the northern hemisphere businesses during the third quarter, the filing said.

Shares fell nearly 31% in afternoon trade on Monday and earlier reached their lowest since August 2013.