** HealthEquity's HQY.O shares down 14% premarket to $87.50, over four-mth low, after health-savings account (HSA) manager's mixed qtrly results, disappointing forecast
** HQY shares on course for biggest one-day pct decline in two years, if losses hold
** Draper, Utah-based co late Tues posted Q4 rev growth of 19% y/y to $311.8 mln and adj EPS of 69 cents. Consensus called for rev of $306.1 mln and earnings of 72 cents, per LSEG
** On the earnings call, co said gross profit and margins in qtr impacted by ~$17 mln of additional service costs around cybersecurity and fraud prevention
** For FY26, it projected rev of $1.28-$1.31 bln and adj EPS of $3.57-$3.74. The midpoints of both ranges were below what analysts had anticipated
** Co said it added a record one million new HSAs in FY25 to nearly 10 mln as of Jan 31, up 14% from last year, with total assets in those accounts of $32.1 bln, a 27% y/y increase
** Of 14 analysts covering HQY, recommendation breakdown is 13 "strong buy" or "buy" and 1 "hold"'; median PT is $116 - LSEG data
** Through Tues close, stock up 6% YTD and up ~23% over the past 12 months
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
((lance.tupper@tr.com 1-646-279-6380))
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