Seaport Res Ptn Weighs in on ACI Worldwide FY2026 Earnings

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACIW) – Research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn lifted their FY2026 earnings estimates for shares of ACI Worldwide in a research note issued to investors on Monday, July 14th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Cantwell now expects that the technology company will post earnings per share of $2.80 for the year, up from their prior forecast of $2.77. The consensus estimate for ACI Worldwide’s current full-year earnings is $2.00 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for ACI Worldwide’s Q4 2026 earnings at $1.26 EPS.

ACIW has been the topic of several other research reports. DA Davidson raised shares of ACI Worldwide from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $60.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Monday, May 12th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of ACI Worldwide from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 22nd. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group dropped their price objective on shares of ACI Worldwide from $68.00 to $60.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, May 27th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, ACI Worldwide presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $60.00.

ACI Worldwide Trading Up 1.1%

NASDAQ ACIW opened at $44.26 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $4.64 billion, a PE ratio of 17.43 and a beta of 1.06. ACI Worldwide has a 52 week low of $40.94 and a 52 week high of $59.71. The company has a quick ratio of 1.50, a current ratio of 1.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $46.29 and a 200 day moving average price of $50.56.

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 8th. The technology company reported $0.51 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.18. The business had revenue of $394.57 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $364.36 million. ACI Worldwide had a net margin of 16.12% and a return on equity of 20.94%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 24.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.10 EPS.

Insider Activity

In other ACI Worldwide news, Director Mary P. Harman sold 7,194 shares of the 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 completion of the transaction, the director owned 34,388 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,632,742.24. This trade represents a 17.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Thomas W. Warsop III bought 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, May 12th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $48.57 per share, with a total value of $242,850.00. Following the purchase, the chief executive officer owned 326,922 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $15,878,601.54. This trade represents a 1.55% increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Company insiders own 1.10% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of ACI Worldwide

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Hohimer Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in ACI Worldwide by 4.1% in the first quarter. Hohimer Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,962 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $271,000 after acquiring an additional 197 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in ACI Worldwide by 5.0% in the first quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 4,367 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $237,000 after acquiring an additional 207 shares in the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC raised its holdings in ACI Worldwide by 1.4% in the first quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 15,744 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $861,000 after acquiring an additional 212 shares in the last quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC raised its holdings in ACI Worldwide by 3.2% in the fourth quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC now owns 8,048 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $418,000 after acquiring an additional 246 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its holdings in ACI Worldwide by 5.0% in the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,638 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $293,000 after acquiring an additional 267 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.74% of the company’s stock.

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.