ACI Worldwide FY2025 EPS Forecast Lowered by Seaport Res Ptn

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACIW) – Investment analysts at Seaport Res Ptn dropped their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of ACI Worldwide in a report released on Monday, October 13th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Cantwell now expects that the technology company will earn $2.37 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $2.40. 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 Q1 2026 earnings at $0.23 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.42 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.93 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.27 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.84 EPS.

A number of other research analysts also recently weighed in on ACIW. Zacks Research downgraded shares of ACI Worldwide from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, August 21st. Stephens upgraded shares of ACI Worldwide from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $60.00 target price on the stock in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of ACI Worldwide in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. 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 two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $60.00.

ACI Worldwide Stock Down 1.9%

ACI Worldwide stock opened at $50.52 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $5.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.32 and a beta of 1.05. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $49.90 and its 200-day simple moving average is $48.56. The company has a current ratio of 1.48, a quick ratio of 1.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62. ACI Worldwide has a 1-year low of $40.45 and a 1-year high of $59.71.

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The technology company reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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 the consensus estimate of $380.45 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.47 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. ACI Worldwide has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS.

Institutional Trading of ACI Worldwide

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. CWM LLC increased its stake in ACI Worldwide by 353.2% in the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 19,540 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,031,000 after acquiring an additional 15,228 shares during the period. Swedbank AB increased its stake in ACI Worldwide by 18.4% in the third quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 474,446 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $25,037,000 after acquiring an additional 73,800 shares during the period. OLD National Bancorp IN bought a new stake in ACI Worldwide in the third quarter valued at about $280,000. Kopion Asset Management LLC increased its stake in ACI Worldwide by 56.3% in the third quarter. Kopion Asset Management LLC now owns 126,437 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $6,672,000 after acquiring an additional 45,566 shares during the period. Finally, Trust Point Inc. bought a new stake in ACI Worldwide in the third quarter valued at about $318,000. 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.