Wise Shares Slump After First-Quarter Earnings Miss Estimates
The company reported underlying income of £362 million ($485 million) in the three months through June, which missed the £372 million average of analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Still, the company maintained its full-year forecast for that figure to grow as much as 20%.
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