Strs Ohio Takes Position in ACI Worldwide, Inc. $ACIW

Strs Ohio acquired a new stake in ACI Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACIW) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund acquired 27,900 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,526,000.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Hohimer Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of ACI Worldwide by 4.1% in the 1st 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 increased its stake in ACI Worldwide by 5.0% during the 1st quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 4,367 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $237,000 after purchasing an additional 207 shares in the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC increased its stake in ACI Worldwide by 1.4% during the 1st quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 15,744 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $861,000 after purchasing an additional 212 shares in the last quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC increased its stake in ACI Worldwide by 3.2% during the 4th quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC now owns 8,048 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $418,000 after purchasing an additional 246 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its stake in ACI Worldwide by 73.7% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 872 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $48,000 after purchasing an additional 370 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 94.74% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

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

ACI Worldwide Trading Down 0.4%

Shares of ACI Worldwide stock opened at $49.38 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $46.53 and its 200 day simple moving average is $48.73. ACI Worldwide, Inc. has a 52-week low of $40.45 and a 52-week high of $59.71. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.84 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62, a quick ratio of 1.48 and a current ratio of 1.48.

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

ACI Worldwide Company 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.