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$45.49 -0.45 (-0.98%)
Closing price 07/2/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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ACIW vs. AZPN, FDS, MANH, INFA, HCP, PEGA, SWI, BLKB, PLUS, and NTCT

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

ACI Worldwide vs. Its Competitors

Aspen Technology (NASDAQ:AZPN) and ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation and earnings.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aspen Technology$1.14B14.67-$9.77M$0.083,304.13
ACI Worldwide$1.59B2.99$203.12M$2.5417.91

In the previous week, ACI Worldwide had 6 more articles in the media than Aspen Technology. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ACI Worldwide and 0 mentions for Aspen Technology. ACI Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Aspen Technology's score of 0.00 indicating that ACI Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Aspen Technology Neutral
ACI Worldwide Positive

45.7% of Aspen Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of ACI Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Aspen Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of ACI Worldwide shares are owned 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.

Aspen Technology has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACI Worldwide has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

ACI Worldwide has a net margin of 16.12% compared to Aspen Technology's net margin of 0.54%. ACI Worldwide's return on equity of 20.94% beat Aspen Technology's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aspen Technology0.54% 3.17% 2.89%
ACI Worldwide 16.12%20.94%9.03%

Aspen Technology currently has a consensus price target of $276.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.51%. ACI Worldwide has a consensus price target of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.90%. Given ACI Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ACI Worldwide is more favorable than Aspen Technology.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aspen Technology
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
ACI Worldwide
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Summary

ACI Worldwide beats Aspen Technology on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ACIW vs. The Competition

MetricACI WorldwideCOMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.82B$159.58B$27.19B$8.87B
Dividend YieldN/A1.31%3.15%4.10%
P/E Ratio17.9137.6236.0419.90
Price / Sales2.9916.802,037.69113.66
Price / Cash12.9827.7837.6556.90
Price / Book3.359.707.055.38
Net Income$203.12M$3.58B$763.02M$248.50M
7 Day Performance0.18%2.77%1.84%2.06%
1 Month Performance-2.78%4.94%5.92%4.86%
1 Year Performance16.11%48.08%52,289.33%20.24%

ACI Worldwide Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACIW
ACI Worldwide
4.0691 of 5 stars
$45.49
-1.0%
$60.00
+31.9%
+16.5%$4.82B$1.59B17.913,103
AZPN
Aspen Technology
0.4583 of 5 stars
$264.33
flat
$276.25
+4.5%
N/A$16.73B$1.14B3,304.541,770
FDS
FactSet Research Systems
4.6148 of 5 stars
$436.52
+3.4%
$445.25
+2.0%
+7.7%$16.57B$2.20B31.0512,398Positive News
High Trading Volume
MANH
Manhattan Associates
4.1273 of 5 stars
$192.67
+3.4%
$208.88
+8.4%
-19.1%$11.70B$1.04B55.054,690Positive News
INFA
Informatica
1.5282 of 5 stars
$24.16
+0.1%
$24.46
+1.3%
-20.2%$7.31B$1.64B-2,415,500.005,200
HCP
HashiCorp
N/A$34.78
flat
$35.00
+0.6%
N/A$7.11B$654.89M-57.021,850
PEGA
Pegasystems
4.295 of 5 stars
$49.95
+0.7%
$102.09
+104.4%
+79.3%$4.27B$1.50B24.255,443Analyst Forecast
SWI
SolarWinds
0.831 of 5 stars
$18.49
flat
$18.00
-2.7%
N/A$3.20B$796.90M29.352,300News Coverage
BLKB
Blackbaud
3.8719 of 5 stars
$64.55
+5.0%
$78.67
+21.9%
-14.1%$3.13B$1.16B-10.942,600Positive News
PLUS
ePlus
2.0024 of 5 stars
$73.71
+2.7%
N/A-2.6%$1.96B$2.07B18.202,199
NTCT
NetScout Systems
1.3382 of 5 stars
$24.14
+2.3%
$25.00
+3.6%
+33.2%$1.72B$822.68M-4.692,123Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ACIW) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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