ACI Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACIW) Given Average Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

Key Points

• ACI Worldwide, Inc. has received a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from five research firms, with two analysts suggesting a hold and three recommending a buy.
• The average target price set by analysts for ACI Worldwide stock is $60.00, reflecting the company's recent positive earnings performance and growth potential.
• Institutional investors hold 94.74% of ACI Worldwide's stock, indicating strong institutional interest and confidence in the company's future performance.

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACIW - Get Free Report) has earned a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from the five research firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and three have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $60.00.

ACIW has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Zacks Research lowered shares of ACI Worldwide from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 21st. Weiss Ratings reissued a "hold (c+)" rating on shares of ACI Worldwide in a report on Wednesday. Wall Street Zen cut ACI Worldwide from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday, August 9th. Finally, Stephens raised ACI Worldwide from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and set a $60.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Thursday, July 17th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On ACI Worldwide

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Trust Point Inc. acquired a new position in shares of ACI Worldwide in the third quarter valued at about $318,000. Congress Asset Management Co. boosted its holdings in ACI Worldwide by 13.1% in the 3rd quarter. Congress Asset Management Co. now owns 1,338,179 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $70,616,000 after purchasing an additional 154,817 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. grew its position in shares of ACI Worldwide by 21.0% during the 3rd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 300,757 shares of the technology company's stock worth $15,871,000 after purchasing an additional 52,274 shares in the last quarter. Praxis Investment Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of ACI Worldwide during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $221,000. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in shares of ACI Worldwide by 20.3% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 6,912 shares of the technology company's stock worth $317,000 after purchasing an additional 1,168 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.74% of the company's stock.

ACI Worldwide Stock Performance

ACIW opened at $51.01 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.48, a current ratio of 1.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62. ACI Worldwide has a 12-month low of $40.45 and a 12-month high of $59.71. The business has a 50 day moving average of $49.35 and a 200-day moving average of $48.60. The stock has a market cap of $5.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.52 and a beta of 1.05.

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The technology company reported $0.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.27 by $0.08. ACI Worldwide had a return on equity of 19.09% and a net margin of 14.76%.The business had revenue of $401.26 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $380.45 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.47 EPS. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. ACI Worldwide has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that ACI Worldwide will post 2 earnings per share for the current year.

About ACI Worldwide

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.

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