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ACI Worldwide (ACIW) Competitors

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$53.77 -1.12 (-2.04%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

ACIW vs. SSNC, FDS, MANH, AZPN, GWRE, PEGA, INFA, HCP, BLKB, and SWI

Should you be buying ACI Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ACI Worldwide include SS&C Technologies (SSNC), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Pegasystems (PEGA), Informatica (INFA), HashiCorp (HCP), Blackbaud (BLKB), and SolarWinds (SWI). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.

ACI Worldwide vs.

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW) and SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

ACI Worldwide has a net margin of 14.04% compared to SS&C Technologies' net margin of 12.26%. ACI Worldwide's return on equity of 21.67% beat SS&C Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ACI Worldwide14.04% 21.67% 8.45%
SS&C Technologies 12.26%17.33%6.43%

ACI Worldwide has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SS&C Technologies has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

ACI Worldwide currently has a consensus price target of $49.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.94%. SS&C Technologies has a consensus price target of $77.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.26%. Given SS&C Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SS&C Technologies is more favorable than ACI Worldwide.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ACI Worldwide
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
SS&C Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

SS&C Technologies received 380 more outperform votes than ACI Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.50% of users gave SS&C Technologies an outperform vote while only 62.99% of users gave ACI Worldwide an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ACI WorldwideOutperform Votes
320
62.99%
Underperform Votes
188
37.01%
SS&C TechnologiesOutperform Votes
700
76.50%
Underperform Votes
215
23.50%

94.7% of ACI Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of SS&C Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of ACI Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of SS&C Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

SS&C Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than ACI Worldwide. ACI Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SS&C Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ACI Worldwide$1.62B3.49$121.51M$2.1125.48
SS&C Technologies$5.76B3.27$607.10M$2.7927.25

In the previous week, SS&C Technologies had 10 more articles in the media than ACI Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for SS&C Technologies and 6 mentions for ACI Worldwide. SS&C Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat ACI Worldwide's score of 0.90 indicating that SS&C Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ACI Worldwide
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SS&C Technologies
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

SS&C Technologies beats ACI Worldwide on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ACIW vs. The Competition

MetricACI WorldwidePrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.64B$26.13B$24.71B$9.31B
Dividend YieldN/A2.24%2.70%4.06%
P/E Ratio25.4899.08276.5517.53
Price / Sales3.4926.942,926.50140.39
Price / Cash17.2391.6333.8037.95
Price / Book4.4112.867.834.92
Net Income$121.51M$446.45M$659.53M$225.78M
7 Day Performance-3.72%-1.11%-0.18%-1.58%
1 Month Performance-1.48%18.59%9.95%6.67%
1 Year Performance80.86%31.80%25.54%22.48%

ACI Worldwide Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACIW
ACI Worldwide
2.6317 of 5 stars
$53.77
-2.0%
$49.50
-7.9%
+80.9%$5.64B$1.62B25.483,212
SSNC
SS&C Technologies
4.4955 of 5 stars
$76.61
-0.1%
$77.75
+1.5%
+26.4%$18.98B$5.76B27.4526,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
FDS
FactSet Research Systems
4.4242 of 5 stars
$489.48
+0.2%
$451.85
-7.7%
+7.0%$18.59B$2.20B35.1612,398
MANH
Manhattan Associates
4.3708 of 5 stars
$298.85
+0.2%
$292.89
-2.0%
+37.8%$18.25B$1.02B85.184,580Analyst Forecast
AZPN
Aspen Technology
3.2444 of 5 stars
$250.28
+0.6%
$258.00
+3.1%
+20.0%$15.83B$1.09B-428.973,937Analyst Forecast
Positive News
GWRE
Guidewire Software
4.6163 of 5 stars
$173.31
+0.3%
$193.00
+11.4%
+72.5%$14.47B$1.04B479.893,469Positive News
PEGA
Pegasystems
4.5904 of 5 stars
$96.43
+1.9%
$85.90
-10.9%
+93.6%$8.27B$1.43B69.045,406Dividend Announcement
Positive News
INFA
Informatica
4.1586 of 5 stars
$26.96
+0.5%
$33.27
+23.4%
-6.7%$8.23B$1.66B127.715,000
HCP
HashiCorp
1.0589 of 5 stars
$33.79
+0.0%
$32.08
-5.1%
+48.0%$6.91B$654.89M-55.392,200Analyst Forecast
BLKB
Blackbaud
4.6623 of 5 stars
$78.65
+0.2%
$86.67
+10.2%
-10.2%$3.99B$1.15B76.923,000Positive News
SWI
SolarWinds
3.3111 of 5 stars
$14.85
+0.9%
$14.00
-5.7%
+24.1%$2.53B$758.74M66.912,103Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ACIW) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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