Ameritas Advisory Services LLC Acquires Shares of 696 ACI Worldwide, Inc. $ACIW

Ameritas Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in ACI Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACIW) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 696 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $32,000.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of ACIW. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in ACI Worldwide in the fourth quarter valued at $242,000. Park Avenue Securities LLC acquired a new stake in shares of ACI Worldwide during the first quarter worth about $202,000. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in shares of ACI Worldwide by 24.5% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,266 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $179,000 after buying an additional 642 shares during the period. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of ACI Worldwide during the first quarter worth about $25,000. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC boosted its stake in shares of ACI Worldwide by 36.2% during the first quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 24,806 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,357,000 after buying an additional 6,588 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.74% of the company’s stock.

ACI Worldwide Trading Up 0.9%

Shares of ACI Worldwide stock opened at $51.48 on Wednesday. ACI Worldwide, Inc. has a 12-month low of $40.45 and a 12-month high of $59.71. The company has a current ratio of 1.48, a quick ratio of 1.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62. The stock has a market cap of $5.31 billion, a PE ratio of 21.72 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a 50-day moving average of $49.73 and a two-hundred day moving average of $48.55.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ACIW has been the subject of several recent research reports. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of ACI Worldwide in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of ACI Worldwide from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 21st. Wall Street Zen cut shares of ACI Worldwide from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, August 9th. Finally, Stephens raised 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 report on Thursday, July 17th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, ACI Worldwide has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $60.00.

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.