Yousif Capital Management LLC Increases Stock Holdings in ACI Worldwide, Inc. $ACIW

Yousif Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of ACI Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACIW) by 0.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 39,266 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 335 shares during the quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC’s holdings in ACI Worldwide were worth $1,803,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC purchased a new stake in ACI Worldwide during the 1st quarter worth approximately $25,000. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in shares of ACI Worldwide during the second quarter worth approximately $32,000. Wayfinding Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of ACI Worldwide during the first quarter worth approximately $39,000. Cheviot Value Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of ACI Worldwide during the first quarter worth approximately $44,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its position in shares of ACI Worldwide by 73.7% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 872 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $48,000 after buying an additional 370 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.74% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

ACI Worldwide Price Performance

Shares of ACIW opened at $48.75 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $5.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.57 and a beta of 1.05. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $50.07 and a 200-day moving average of $48.37. 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, Inc. has a 52 week low of $40.45 and a 52 week high of $59.71.

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW) last released its quarterly earnings data 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 return on equity of 19.09% and a net margin of 14.76%.The business had revenue of $401.26 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $380.45 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm 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. As a group, analysts forecast 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.