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$45.70 -2.09 (-4.37%)
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ACIW vs. SSNC, GWRE, FDS, AZPN, MANH, PEGA, HCP, INFA, SWI, and BLKB

Should you be buying ACI Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ACI Worldwide include SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Guidewire Software (GWRE), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Pegasystems (PEGA), HashiCorp (HCP), Informatica (INFA), SolarWinds (SWI), and Blackbaud (BLKB). 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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

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$1.67B2.91$121.51M$2.5418.24
SS&C Technologies$5.96B3.29$760.50M$3.2224.70

In the previous week, SS&C Technologies had 16 more articles in the media than ACI Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for SS&C Technologies and 10 mentions for ACI Worldwide. SS&C Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat ACI Worldwide's score of 1.13 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
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SS&C Technologies
19 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

ACI Worldwide has a net margin of 14.04% compared to SS&C Technologies' net margin of 12.93%. 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 12.93%18.30%6.90%

SS&C Technologies received 392 more outperform votes than ACI Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.77% of users gave SS&C Technologies an outperform vote while only 63.14% of users gave ACI Worldwide an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ACI WorldwideOutperform Votes
322
63.14%
Underperform Votes
188
36.86%
SS&C TechnologiesOutperform Votes
714
76.77%
Underperform Votes
216
23.23%

ACI Worldwide has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SS&C Technologies has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

ACI Worldwide presently has a consensus target price of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.51%. SS&C Technologies has a consensus target price of $91.86, suggesting a potential upside of 15.49%. Given ACI Worldwide's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe ACI Worldwide is more favorable than SS&C Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ACI Worldwide
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
SS&C Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of SS&C Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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$4.86B$26.53B$25.49B$8.53B
Dividend YieldN/A1.74%2.89%4.11%
P/E Ratio21.96121.4545.0319.97
Price / Sales2.9122.912,087.85122.22
Price / Cash16.1286.0634.7834.62
Price / Book3.809.396.774.59
Net Income$121.51M$436.62M$739.33M$248.18M
7 Day Performance-5.85%0.74%0.23%2.15%
1 Month Performance-6.84%24.10%15.98%16.14%
1 Year Performance26.10%20.18%52,512.26%8.06%

ACI Worldwide Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACIW
ACI Worldwide
3.7818 of 5 stars
$45.70
-4.4%
$60.00
+31.3%
+28.2%$4.79B$1.67B21.663,350Positive News
SSNC
SS&C Technologies
4.7487 of 5 stars
$79.87
+2.9%
$91.86
+15.0%
+26.7%$19.70B$5.96B26.6227,600Positive News
GWRE
Guidewire Software
3.4325 of 5 stars
$213.54
0.0%
$206.08
-3.5%
+72.3%$17.91B$1.08B593.173,380Positive News
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FDS
FactSet Research Systems
4.257 of 5 stars
$456.36
+0.4%
$436.90
-4.3%
+3.9%$17.32B$2.25B32.7111,200News Coverage
Positive News
AZPN
Aspen Technology
0.4254 of 5 stars
$264.33
flat
$272.00
+2.9%
N/A$16.73B$1.14B3,304.541,770
MANH
Manhattan Associates
4.2908 of 5 stars
$196.00
+6.3%
$212.38
+8.4%
-16.8%$11.90B$1.05B55.844,150Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
PEGA
Pegasystems
4.54 of 5 stars
$96.28
+3.4%
$100.27
+4.1%
+61.1%$8.24B$1.64B95.336,140Gap Up
HCP
HashiCorp
N/A$34.78
flat
$35.00
+0.6%
N/A$7.11B$654.89M-57.021,850Analyst Forecast
INFA
Informatica
2.6866 of 5 stars
$19.33
+1.7%
$23.62
+22.2%
-37.2%$5.85B$1.66B644.385,500Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
SWI
SolarWinds
0.8878 of 5 stars
$18.49
flat
$18.00
-2.7%
N/A$3.20B$796.90M29.352,300
BLKB
Blackbaud
4.4247 of 5 stars
$64.55
+1.8%
$78.67
+21.9%
-19.9%$3.13B$1.15B-10.943,200News Coverage
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This page (NASDAQ:ACIW) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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