ACI WorldwideACIW
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About: ACI Worldwide Inc develops, markets and installs a portfolio of software products focused on facilitating electronic payments. The firm also leverages its distribution network in the Americas; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, or EMEA; and Asia-Pacific regions to sell software developed by third parties. ACI software products process payment transactions for retail banking clients, billers such as utilities and healthcare providers, and community banks and credit unions. ACI's customers are financial institutions all over the world, but majority of the revenue is generated in the United States and EMEA regions.
Employees: 3,103
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Funds holding %
of 7,296 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
79% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 75 | Existing positions closed: 42
17% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 6 [Q4 2024] → 7 (+1) [Q1 2025]
7% more funds holding
Funds holding: 373 [Q4 2024] → 400 (+27) [Q1 2025]
4% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $5.35B [Q4 2024] → $5.57B (+$227M) [Q1 2025]
1% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 136 | Existing positions reduced: 138
1.45% less ownership
Funds ownership: 98.19% [Q4 2024] → 96.74% (-1.45%) [Q1 2025]
55% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $897K | Put options by funds: $2.01M
Research analyst outlook
2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$60
33%
upside
Avg. target
$60
33%
upside
High target
$60
33%
upside
2 analyst ratings
2 positive
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Jefferies Trevor Williams | 33%upside $60 | Buy Maintained | 27 May 2025 |
DA Davidson Peter Heckmann | 33%upside $60 | Buy Upgraded | 12 May 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 6 articles about ACIW published over the past 30 days
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
3 days ago
ACI Worldwide (ACIW) Upgraded to Buy: What Does It Mean for the Stock?
ACI Worldwide (ACIW) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
Neutral
Business Wire
6 days ago
ACI Worldwide Appoints Robert Leibrock as Chief Financial Officer
OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, today announced the appointment of Robert (“Bobby”) Leibrock as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective July 1, 2025. Mr. Leibrock succeeds Scott Behrens, who is retiring following an exemplary career spanning nearly two decades at ACI. Mr. Leibrock joins ACI from Red Hat, Inc., where he currently serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and CFO. Red Hat is the open.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
ACI Worldwide: What Does Connetic Mean For Their Future?
ACI Worldwide's Q1 2025 showed 25% revenue growth and 95% EBITDA growth, highlighting strong fundamentals and operating leverage. The biller segment's non-discretionary payments provide revenue durability, making ACI more resilient than typical payment processors. The launch of Connetic, a unified payments platform, could drive new contracts and long-term growth; early adoption signals are positive.
Neutral
Business Wire
2 weeks ago
Kuwait's Real-Time Payment Scheme WAMD Surpasses 1 Million Accounts in First Year
OMAHA, Neb. & KUWAIT CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, and KNET, Kuwait's national electronic banking company, today announced that WAMD, Kuwait's real-time payment system, recorded significant growth in the number of transactions processed since its launch in June of 2024, making WAMD one of the world's most rapidly adopted real-time payment initiatives. KNET utilized ACI's Digital Central Infrastructure solution to build.
Neutral
Business Wire
2 weeks ago
ACI Worldwide Redefines Payments with ACI Connetic
OMAHA, Neb. & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, has announced the integration of the major UK, EU and global networks' payment capabilities into ACI Connetic, ACI's transformative, cloud-native payments hub. These include Swift cross-border payments, RTGS payments including Target2, SEPA Instant RT1 and TIPS payments, with the addition of more capabilities planned. For the first time in the industry, ACI Connetic brings to.
Neutral
Business Wire
3 weeks ago
CIMB Bank Taps ACI Worldwide to Advance Payment Transformation
OMAHA, Neb. & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, today announced that CIMB Bank, one of ASEAN's leading banking groups and Malaysia's second largest financial services provider, has chosen ACI's payment solution to converge all account-to-account transactions—real-time, ACH, RTGS and cross-border—onto a single future-proof payments platform. As the industry pushes toward ISO 20022 standardization, this new ISO20022-nati.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
ACI Worldwide Recognized as Leading Provider of Fraud Orchestration Solutions by Datos Insights
OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, has been recognized among leading solutions providers in Datos Insights' latest report on the fraud orchestration solutions market, Beyond Point Solutions: Orchestrating the Future of Fraud Prevention. The report spotlights ACI's Payments Intelligence Framework for its unique visibility across the payments ecosystem, proven scalability with major global financial institutions (FI), r.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
ACI Worldwide, Inc. (ACIW) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
ACI Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACIW ) Q1 2025 Earnings Call May 8, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants John Kraft - Investor Relations Tom Warsop - President and Chief Executive Officer Scott Behrens - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Trevor Williams - Jefferies Jeff Cantwell - Seaport Research Peter Heckmann - D.A. Davidson Logan Lillehaug - Craig-Hallum Capital Alex Neumann - Stephens Operator Hello and welcome to ACI Worldwide Inc. reports Financial Results for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2025.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
ACI Worldwide (ACIW) Tops Q1 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
ACI Worldwide (ACIW) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.51 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.33 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.10 per share a year ago.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
ACI Worldwide, Inc. Reports Financial Results for the Quarter Ending March 31, 2025
OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, announced financial results today for the quarter ending March 31, 2025. "We are happy to report Q1 results that were again ahead of our expectations," said Thomas Warsop, president and CEO of ACI Worldwide. “Our newly formed Payment Software segment, which is the combination of our former Bank and Merchant segments, grew revenue 42%. We continue to see strength in our Issuing and Ac.
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