CW Advisors LLC Purchases 5,720 Shares of ACI Worldwide, Inc. $ACIW

Key Points

• CW Advisors LLC has increased its stake in ACI Worldwide, Inc. by 3.6%, purchasing an additional 5,720 shares during the first quarter, which now totals 163,878 shares worth approximately $8.97 million.
• Several other hedge funds have also increased their positions or initiated new investments in ACI Worldwide, with institutional investors owning 94.74% of the company's stock.
• ACI Worldwide recently reported earnings, surpassing estimates with an EPS of $0.35, and forecasts that the company will post an EPS of 2 for the current year.

CW Advisors LLC raised its holdings in ACI Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACIW - Free Report) by 3.6% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 163,878 shares of the technology company's stock after buying an additional 5,720 shares during the period. CW Advisors LLC owned 0.16% of ACI Worldwide worth $8,966,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of ACI Worldwide in the first quarter valued at approximately $25,000. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in ACI Worldwide in the 1st quarter valued at $25,000. Wayfinding Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of ACI Worldwide in the first quarter valued at about $39,000. Cheviot Value Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of ACI Worldwide during the 1st quarter worth approximately $44,000. Finally, Versant Capital Management Inc raised its holdings in ACI Worldwide by 121.3% in the 1st quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 885 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $48,000 after acquiring an additional 485 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 94.74% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at ACI Worldwide

In related news, Director Mary P. Harman sold 7,194 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $47.48, for a total transaction of $341,571.12. Following the sale, the director owned 34,388 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,632,742.24. The trade was a 17.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Janet O. Estep sold 4,500 shares of ACI Worldwide stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $44.66, for a total value of $200,970.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 77,631 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $3,467,000.46. The trade was a 5.48% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.10% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

ACI Worldwide Stock Performance

Shares of ACI Worldwide stock traded down $0.10 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $48.39. The company had a trading volume of 147,548 shares, compared to its average volume of 752,890. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $45.33 and a 200 day simple moving average of $48.99. The firm has a market cap of $4.99 billion, a PE ratio of 20.41 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 1.48 and a quick ratio of 1.48. ACI Worldwide, Inc. has a one year low of $40.45 and a one year high of $59.71.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on ACIW. Stephens raised shares of ACI Worldwide from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and set a $60.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of ACI Worldwide from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, August 21st. Wall Street Zen lowered ACI Worldwide from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Saturday, August 9th. DA Davidson raised shares of ACI Worldwide from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $60.00 price target for the company in a research note on Monday, May 12th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price objective on shares of ACI Worldwide from $68.00 to $60.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, May 27th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $60.00.

ACI Worldwide Profile

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.