Q4 EPS Estimates for ACI Worldwide Cut by Seaport Res Ptn

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACIW) – Research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn dropped their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of ACI Worldwide in a report issued on Monday, October 13th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Cantwell now forecasts that the technology company will earn $0.94 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.96. The consensus estimate for ACI Worldwide’s current full-year earnings is $2.00 per share.

Other analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Wall Street Zen lowered ACI Worldwide from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, August 9th. Zacks Research lowered ACI Worldwide from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, August 21st. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of ACI Worldwide in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Stephens upgraded ACI Worldwide from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $60.00 target price for the company in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $60.00.

ACI Worldwide Stock Performance

Shares of ACIW opened at $51.48 on Tuesday. ACI Worldwide has a 12 month low of $40.45 and a 12 month high of $59.71. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $49.73 and a 200-day moving average price of $48.55. 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 firm has a market cap of $5.31 billion, a PE ratio of 21.72 and a beta of 1.05.

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The technology company reported $0.35 EPS 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $380.45 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.47 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. ACI Worldwide has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On ACI Worldwide

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of ACI Worldwide during the 2nd quarter valued at about $47,641,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in shares of ACI Worldwide by 132.9% during the 1st quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,571,363 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $85,986,000 after buying an additional 896,564 shares during the last quarter. Nuveen LLC purchased a new position in shares of ACI Worldwide during the 1st quarter valued at about $25,267,000. American Century Companies Inc. raised its stake in shares of ACI Worldwide by 32.8% during the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 1,662,130 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $76,308,000 after buying an additional 410,423 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd raised its stake in shares of ACI Worldwide by 305.1% during the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 433,783 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $19,915,000 after buying an additional 326,699 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors 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.