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ACI Worldwide (ACIW) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$54.29 -0.71 (-1.29%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

About ACI Worldwide Stock (NASDAQ:ACIW)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$53.80
$55.12
50-Day Range
$47.03
$59.20
52-Week Range
$24.76
$59.60
Volume
441,829 shs
Average Volume
729,316 shs
Market Capitalization
$5.69 billion
P/E Ratio
25.73
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$49.50
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

ACI Worldwide, Inc., a software company, develops, markets, installs, and supports a range of software products and solutions for facilitating digital payments in the United States and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Banks, Merchants, and Billers. The company offers ACI Acquiring, a solution to process credit, debit, and prepaid card transactions, deliver digital innovation, and fraud prevention; ACI Issuing, a digital payment issuing solution for new payment offering; and ACI Enterprise Payments Platform that provides payment processing and orchestration capabilities for digital payments. It also provides ACI Low Value Real-Time Payments, a platform for processing real-time payments; and ACI High Value Real-Time Payments, a payments engine that offers multi-bank, multi-currency, 24x7 payment processing, and SWIFT messaging. In addition, the company offers ACI Payments Orchestration Platform for optimizing payments; omni-channel payment platform; ACI Fraud Management, a real-time approach to fraud management; and ACI Speedpay, an integrated suite of digital billing, payment, disbursement, and communication services. The company offers electronic bill presentment and payment services to consumer finance, insurance, healthcare, higher education, utility, government, telecommunications, and mortgage sectors; implementation services, include product installations and configurations, and custom software modifications; and business and technical consultancy, on-site support, product education, and testing services, as well as distributes or acts as a sales agent for software developed by third parties. It markets its products under the ACI Worldwide brand. The company was formerly known as Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. and changed its name to ACI Worldwide, Inc. in July 2007. The company was founded in 1975 and is based in Elkhorn, Nebraska.

ACI Worldwide Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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60th Percentile Overall Score

ACIW MarketRank™: 

ACI Worldwide scored higher than 60% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 391st out of 659 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    ACI Worldwide has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.57, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    ACI Worldwide has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about ACI Worldwide's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for ACI Worldwide are expected to grow by 7.96% in the coming year, from $2.01 to $2.17 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of ACI Worldwide is 25.73, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 112.14.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of ACI Worldwide is 25.73, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 211.51.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    ACI Worldwide has a P/B Ratio of 4.28. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about ACI Worldwide's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.11% of the float of ACI Worldwide has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    ACI Worldwide has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in ACI Worldwide has recently decreased by 7.20%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    ACI Worldwide does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    ACI Worldwide does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.11% of the float of ACI Worldwide has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    ACI Worldwide has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in ACI Worldwide has recently decreased by 7.20%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    ACI Worldwide has a news sentiment score of 0.86. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.60 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for ACI Worldwide this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    2 people have searched for ACIW on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 3 people have added ACI Worldwide to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -40% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, ACI Worldwide insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $68,736.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 1.00% of the stock of ACI Worldwide is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    94.74% of the stock of ACI Worldwide is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about ACI Worldwide's insider trading history.
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ACIW Stock News Headlines

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ACI Worldwide price target raised to $67 from $61 at Seaport Research
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ACIW Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

ACI Worldwide's stock was trading at $30.60 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, ACIW shares have increased by 77.4% and is now trading at $54.29.
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ACI Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACIW) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 29th. The technology company reported $1.27 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.17. ACI Worldwide's revenue for the quarter was up 5.6% compared to the same quarter last year.

ACI Worldwide shares split before market open on Friday, July 11th 2014. The 3-1 split was announced on Thursday, April 10th 2014. The newly created shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Thursday, July 10th 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

ACI Worldwide's Board of Directors initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, June 13th 2024, which authorizes the company to buy back $400,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could reacquire up to 8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

ACI Worldwide subsidiaries include Speedpay, Walletron, RevChip, TransSend, Visual WEB Solutions, PAY.ON AG, Retail Decisions, and more.

ACI Worldwide's top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.25%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.39%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.44%) and Reinhart Partners LLC. (1.34%). Insiders that own company stock include Scott W Behrens, Thomas W Warsop III, Alessandro Silva, Deborah L Guerra, Adalio T Sanchez and Ram Kumar Puppala.
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Shares of ACIW stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that ACI Worldwide investors own include American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), Humana (HUM), The RMR Group (RMR), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), AUO (AUOTY) and Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
2/29/2024
Today
11/17/2024
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2024
Next Earnings (Estimated)
3/06/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Prepackaged software
Sub-Industry
Application Software
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:ACIW
CUSIP
00449810
Employees
3,212
Year Founded
1975

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$49.50
High Stock Price Target
$60.00
Low Stock Price Target
$38.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-8.8%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.57
Research Coverage
7 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$121.51 million
Pretax Margin
18.19%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$1.45 billion
Cash Flow
$3.14 per share
Book Value
$12.68 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
103,840,000
Market Cap
$5.69 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.19

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This page (NASDAQ:ACIW) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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