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ACI Worldwide, Inc. (ACIW) 10-Year Financial Performance & Capital Metrics

ACIW • • Industrial / General
TechnologyInfrastructure SoftwarePayment Processing & Digital CommerceEnterprise Payment Processors
AboutACI Worldwide, Inc., a software company, develops, markets, installs, and supports a range of software products and solutions for facilitating digital payments to banks, merchants, and billers worldwide. The company offers ACI Acquiring, a merchant management system to deliver digital innovation, improve fraud prevention, and reduce interchange fees; ACI Issuing, a digital payments issuing solution; and ACI Enterprise Payments Platform that provides payment processing and orchestration capabilities for digital payments. It also provides ACI Low Value Real-Time Payments, a platform for processing real-time payments; and ACI High Value Real-Time Payments, a payments engine that offers multi-bank, multi-currency, 24x7 payment processing, and SWIFT messaging. In addition, the company offers ACI Omni Commerce, a scalable, omni-channel payment processing platform; ACI Secure eCommerce solution; ACI Fraud Management, a real-time approach to fraud management; ACI Digital Business Banking, a cloud-based digital banking platform; and ACI Speedpay, an integrated suite of digital billing, payment, disbursement, and communication services. The company offers electronic bill presentment and payment services to consumer finance, insurance, healthcare, higher education, utility, government, and mortgage sectors; implementation services, including product installations and configurations, and custom software modifications; and business and technical consultancy, on-site support, product education, and testing services, as well as distributes or acts as a sales agent for software developed by third parties. It markets its products under the ACI Worldwide brand. The company was formerly known as Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. and changed its name to ACI Worldwide, Inc. in July 2007. The company was founded in 1975 and is based in Coral Gables, Florida.Show more
  • Revenue $1.59B +9.8%
  • EBITDA $429M +21.0%
  • Net Income $203M +67.2%
  • EPS (Diluted) 1.91 +70.5%
  • Gross Margin 50.34% -0.3%
  • EBITDA Margin 26.9% +10.2%
  • Operating Margin 19.33% +27.4%
  • Net Margin 12.74% +52.3%
  • ROE 14.78% +53.1%
  • ROIC 10.5% +41.0%
  • Debt/Equity 0.67 -17.4%
  • Interest Coverage 4.25 +51.4%
Technical Analysis

Key Insights

Based on financial data analysis

✓Strengths

  • ✓Strong 5Y profit CAGR of 24.8%
  • ✓Strong Piotroski F-Score: 7/9
  • ✓FCF machine: 21.5% free cash flow margin
  • ✓High quality earnings: Operating CF exceeds net income
  • ✓Share count reduced 2.2% through buybacks

✗Weaknesses

No significant weaknesses identified

* These insights are generated automatically based on available financial data. Please conduct your own research before making investment decisions.

Price & Volume

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Growth Metrics

Revenue CAGR

10Y4.61%
5Y4.85%
3Y5.17%
TTM7.01%

Profit (Net Income) CAGR

10Y11.64%
5Y24.81%
3Y16.7%
TTM14.83%

EPS CAGR

10Y12.66%
5Y27.36%
3Y20.93%
TTM17.6%

ROCE

10Y Avg8.59%
5Y Avg8.97%
3Y Avg10.2%
Latest12.76%

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Profit & Loss

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Sales/Revenue+1.05B1.01B1.02B1.01B1.26B1.29B1.37B1.42B1.45B1.59B
Revenue Growth %0.03%-0.04%0.02%-0.01%0.25%0.03%0.06%0.04%0.02%0.1%
Cost of Goods Sold+472.3M444.91M452.29M430.35M617.45M622.46M638.87M696.07M719.21M791.78M
COGS % of Revenue0.45%0.44%0.44%0.43%0.49%0.48%0.47%0.49%0.5%0.5%
Gross Profit+573.68M560.79M571.9M579.43M640.84M671.86M731.73M725.83M733.37M802.5M
Gross Margin %0.55%0.56%0.56%0.57%0.51%0.52%0.53%0.51%0.5%0.5%
Gross Profit Growth %0.02%-0.02%0.02%0.01%0.11%0.05%0.09%-0.01%0.01%0.09%
Operating Expenses+445.73M339.66M487.26M453.52M517.09M527.12M521.83M522M512.96M494.37M
OpEx % of Revenue0.43%0.34%0.48%0.45%0.41%0.41%0.38%0.37%0.35%0.31%
Selling, General & Admin216.83M231.7M260.92M225.3M258.98M256.04M250.34M249.01M249.83M236.73M
SG&A % of Revenue0.21%0.23%0.25%0.22%0.21%0.2%0.18%0.18%0.17%0.15%
Research & Development145.92M169.9M136.92M143.63M146.57M139.29M144.31M146.31M140.76M146.68M
R&D % of Revenue0.14%0.17%0.13%0.14%0.12%0.11%0.11%0.1%0.1%0.09%
Other Operating Expenses82.98M-61.94M89.43M84.58M111.53M131.79M127.18M126.68M122.37M110.96M
Operating Income+127.95M221.13M84.64M125.91M123.76M144.74M209.9M203.84M220.41M308.13M
Operating Margin %0.12%0.22%0.08%0.12%0.1%0.11%0.15%0.14%0.15%0.19%
Operating Income Growth %-0.07%0.73%-0.62%0.49%-0.02%0.17%0.45%-0.03%0.08%0.4%
EBITDA+225.38M324.58M186.86M223.26M262.26M308.51M353.81M342.2M354.4M428.8M
EBITDA Margin %0.22%0.32%0.18%0.22%0.21%0.24%0.26%0.24%0.24%0.27%
EBITDA Growth %0%0.44%-0.42%0.19%0.17%0.18%0.15%-0.03%0.04%0.21%
D&A (Non-Cash Add-back)97.43M103.45M102.22M97.35M138.5M163.76M143.91M138.36M133.99M120.67M
EBIT154.75M225.76M82.58M133.33M136.24M155.26M220.13M259.83M226.11M322.88M
Net Interest Income+-40.99M-39.65M-38.45M-30.39M-52.07M-45M-33.54M-40.65M-64.27M-56.55M
Interest Income386K530K564K11.14M11.97M11.63M11.52M12.55M14.21M15.93M
Interest Expense41.37M40.18M39.01M41.53M64.03M56.63M45.06M53.19M78.49M72.47M
Other Income/Expense-14.57M-35.55M-41.07M-34.11M-51.55M-46.12M-34.83M2.8M-72.78M-57.73M
Pretax Income+113.37M185.58M43.57M91.8M72.21M98.63M175.06M206.63M147.63M250.41M
Pretax Margin %0.11%0.18%0.04%0.09%0.06%0.08%0.13%0.15%0.1%0.16%
Income Tax+27.94M56.05M38.44M22.88M5.15M25.97M47.27M64.46M26.12M47.29M
Effective Tax Rate %0.75%0.7%0.12%0.75%0.93%0.74%0.73%0.69%0.82%0.81%
Net Income+85.44M129.53M5.13M68.92M67.06M72.66M127.79M142.18M121.51M203.12M
Net Margin %0.08%0.13%0.01%0.07%0.05%0.06%0.09%0.1%0.08%0.13%
Net Income Growth %0.26%0.52%-0.96%12.42%-0.03%0.08%0.76%0.11%-0.15%0.67%
Net Income (Continuing)85.44M129.53M5.13M68.92M67.06M72.66M127.79M142.18M121.51M203.12M
Discontinued Operations0000000000
Minority Interest0000000000
EPS (Diluted)+0.721.090.040.590.570.621.081.241.121.91
EPS Growth %0.24%0.51%-0.96%13.75%-0.03%0.09%0.74%0.15%-0.1%0.71%
EPS (Basic)0.731.100.040.590.580.621.091.251.121.93
Diluted Shares Outstanding118.92M118.85M119.44M117.63M118.57M118.08M118.65M114.24M108.86M106.49M
Basic Shares Outstanding117.47M117.53M118.06M116.06M116.17M116.4M117.41M113.7M108.5M105.49M
Dividend Payout Ratio----------

Balance Sheet

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Total Current Assets+388.08M407.99M421.82M566.48M920.38M1.15B937.43M1.11B1.41B990.82M
Cash & Short-Term Investments102.24M75.75M69.71M148.5M121.4M165.37M122.06M124.98M164.24M216.39M
Cash Only102.24M75.75M69.71M148.5M121.4M165.37M122.06M124.98M164.24M216.39M
Short-Term Investments0000000000
Accounts Receivable239.13M287.1M300.83M348.18M359.2M342.88M320.4M403.78M452.34M414.4M
Days Sales Outstanding83.44104.2107.21125.86104.1996.6985.33103.65113.6694.87
Inventory27.46M25.88M23.22M23.28M000000
Days Inventory Outstanding21.2221.2318.7419.74------
Other Current Assets13.68M19.25M28.06M46.52M415.24M622.37M470.27M558.03M758.59M330.81M
Total Non-Current Assets+1.6B1.49B1.44B1.56B2.34B2.23B2.22B2.1B2.04B2.03B
Property, Plant & Equipment60.63M78.95M80.23M72.73M127.76M105.98M110.88M92.53M72.19M63.93M
Fixed Asset Turnover17.25x12.74x12.77x13.88x9.85x12.21x12.36x15.37x20.12x24.94x
Goodwill913.26M909.69M909.69M909.69M1.28B1.28B1.28B1.23B1.23B1.23B
Intangible Assets494.87M389.13M346.67M305.36M591.49M518.44M440.79M357.81M304.06M258.27M
Long-Term Investments000189.01M0000332.48M0
Other Non-Current Assets42.5M39.05M36.48M52.15M285.77M269.87M338.64M364.99M44.83M413.53M
Total Assets+1.99B1.9B1.86B2.12B3.26B3.39B3.16B3.21B3.44B3.03B
Asset Turnover0.53x0.53x0.55x0.48x0.39x0.38x0.43x0.44x0.42x0.53x
Asset Growth %0.08%-0.04%-0.02%0.14%0.53%0.04%-0.07%0.02%0.07%-0.12%
Total Current Liabilities+390.44M376.37M321.78M296.62M611.95M905.61M754.15M858.84M1.04B602.63M
Accounts Payable55.42M42.87M34.72M39.6M37.01M41.22M41.31M48M45.96M45.42M
Days Payables Outstanding42.8335.1728.0233.5921.8824.1723.625.1723.3320.94
Short-Term Debt105.43M90.32M17.79M20.77M34.15M34.27M45.87M65.52M74.41M34.93M
Deferred Revenue (Current)1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K
Other Current Liabilities49.36M88.08M86.33M111.68M444.64M708.13M558.15M663.01M833.58M428.78M
Current Ratio0.99x1.08x1.31x1.91x1.50x1.28x1.24x1.30x1.36x1.64x
Quick Ratio0.92x1.02x1.24x1.83x1.50x1.28x1.24x1.30x1.36x1.64x
Cash Conversion Cycle61.8490.2697.93112.01------
Total Non-Current Liabilities+945.37M771.01M775.26M777.6M1.52B1.27B1.16B1.16B1.08B998.34M
Long-Term Debt843.29M653.6M667.94M650.99M1.34B1.12B1.02B1.02B963.6M889.65M
Capital Lease Obligations000046.77M39.96M43.35M33.91M29.07M22.59M
Deferred Tax Liabilities28.07M26.35M16.91M31.71M32.05M40.5M36.12M40.37M40.73M39.92M
Other Non-Current Liabilities31.93M41.2M38.44M43.61M44.63M39.93M34.54M36M25M26.87M
Total Liabilities1.34B1.15B1.1B1.07B2.13B2.18B1.91B2.02B2.12B1.6B
Total Debt+938.58M743.92M685.73M671.76M1.43B1.21B1.12B1.14B1.08B956.43M
Net Debt836.34M668.16M616.02M523.25M1.31B1.04B998.55M1.01B912.19M740.04M
Debt / Equity1.43x0.99x0.90x0.64x1.27x1.00x0.90x0.95x0.81x0.67x
Debt / EBITDA4.16x2.29x3.67x3.01x5.47x3.92x3.17x3.32x3.04x2.23x
Net Debt / EBITDA3.71x2.06x3.30x2.34x5.01x3.38x2.82x2.95x2.57x1.73x
Interest Coverage3.09x5.50x2.17x3.03x1.93x2.56x4.66x3.83x2.81x4.25x
Total Equity+654.4M754.92M764.6M1.05B1.13B1.21B1.24B1.19B1.32B1.42B
Equity Growth %0.13%0.15%0.01%0.37%0.08%0.07%0.03%-0.04%0.11%0.08%
Book Value per Share5.506.356.408.919.5310.2210.4910.4412.1713.37
Total Shareholders' Equity654.4M754.92M764.6M1.05B1.13B1.21B1.24B1.19B1.32B1.42B
Common Stock702K702K702K702K702K702K702K702K702K702K
Retained Earnings416.85M545.73M550.87M863.77M930.83M1B1.13B1.27B1.39B1.6B
Treasury Stock-252.96M-297.76M-319.96M-355.86M-377.64M-387.58M-475.97M-665.77M-674.9M-784.91M
Accumulated OCI-71.58M-94.1M-77.36M-92.62M-91.58M-92.44M-99.55M-117.66M-109.47M-121.47M
Minority Interest0000000000

Cash Flow

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Cash from Operations+183.07M99.83M146.2M183.93M132.6M336.3M220.47M143.38M168.52M358.75M
Operating CF Margin %0.18%0.1%0.14%0.18%0.11%0.26%0.16%0.1%0.12%0.23%
Operating CF Growth %0.23%-0.45%0.46%0.26%-0.28%1.54%-0.34%-0.35%0.18%1.13%
Net Income85.44M129.53M5.13M68.92M67.06M72.66M127.79M142.18M121.51M203.12M
Depreciation & Amortization97.43M103.45M102.22M97.35M138.5M163.76M143.91M138.36M133.99M120.67M
Stock-Based Compensation18.38M43.61M13.68M20.36M36.76M29.6M27.24M29.75M24.55M41.28M
Deferred Taxes19.33M17.7M21.66M-5.73M-22.14M3.35M3.73M1.6M-4.08M-13.13M
Other Non-Cash Items-20.42M-145.09M4.72M6.64M9.3M10.82M5.54M-30.86M6.24M4.83M
Working Capital Changes-17.09M-49.38M-1.23M-3.61M-96.89M56.11M-87.74M-137.65M-113.69M1.98M
Change in Receivables-11.36M-76.46M-8.24M-14.76M-19.05M8.79M-43.83M-132.19M-63M-23.58M
Change in Inventory00000-8.79M0000
Change in Payables8.56M-13.92M-1.7M5.77M-7.7M2.48M1.41M7.73M-3.77M-268K
Cash from Investing+-199.96M129.63M-54.41M-45.36M-830.48M-30.7M-45.37M60.25M-37.78M-45.05M
Capital Expenditures-48.91M-63.08M-54.41M-43.89M-23.1M-46.63M-20.58M-13.1M-8.92M-15.4M
CapEx % of Revenue0.05%0.06%0.05%0.04%0.02%0.04%0.02%0.01%0.01%0.01%
Acquisitions----------
Investments----------
Other Investing14.62M192.48M-28.7M-1.47M-50.11M15.93M-24.79M-26.79M-28.85M-29.65M
Cash from Financing+49.56M-251.08M-98.15M-57.7M668.35M-261.57M-256.88M-171.06M-111.55M-288.2M
Debt Issued (Net)----------
Equity Issued (Net)----------
Dividends Paid0000000000
Share Repurchases----------
Other Financing7.53M6.35M8.56M17.09M-2.7M356K-43.8M24.45M-13.83M-37.39M
Net Change in Cash----------
Free Cash Flow+134.17M36.75M91.78M140.04M84.59M289.67M175.1M103.49M130.74M343.35M
FCF Margin %0.13%0.04%0.09%0.14%0.07%0.22%0.13%0.07%0.09%0.22%
FCF Growth %0.18%-0.73%1.5%0.53%-0.4%2.42%-0.4%-0.41%0.26%1.63%
FCF per Share1.130.310.771.190.712.451.480.911.203.22
FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income)2.14x0.77x28.47x2.67x1.98x4.63x1.73x1.01x1.39x1.77x
Interest Paid35.18M35.05M34.98M35.3M58.98M51.99M40.07M48.53M73.54M70.2M
Taxes Paid24.04M19.08M37.82M32.2M27.73M27.76M46.17M43.55M65.44M47.91M

Key Ratios

Metric2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Return on Equity (ROE)13.83%18.38%0.68%7.6%6.16%6.22%10.43%11.66%9.65%14.78%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)6.65%11.38%4.53%6.4%4.62%4.63%7.01%6.88%7.45%10.5%
Gross Margin54.85%55.76%55.84%57.38%50.93%51.91%53.39%51.05%50.49%50.34%
Net Margin8.17%12.88%0.5%6.83%5.33%5.61%9.32%10%8.37%12.74%
Debt / Equity1.43x0.99x0.90x0.64x1.27x1.00x0.90x0.95x0.81x0.67x
Interest Coverage3.09x5.50x2.17x3.03x1.93x2.56x4.66x3.83x2.81x4.25x
FCF Conversion2.14x0.77x28.47x2.67x1.98x4.63x1.73x1.01x1.39x1.77x
Revenue Growth2.94%-3.85%1.84%-1.41%24.61%2.86%5.89%3.74%2.16%9.76%

Revenue by Segment

2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Bill Payments--271.42M---592.49M629.41M685.91M726.52M
Bill Payments Growth-------6.23%8.98%5.92%
Issuing And Acquiring-----380.72M443.1M450.88M420.8M522.71M
Issuing And Acquiring Growth------16.39%1.76%-6.67%24.22%
License-------348.13M321.22M412.31M
License Growth---------7.73%28.35%
Maintenance-------200.04M205.07M190.76M
Maintenance Growth--------2.51%-6.98%
Merchant Payments--76.95M-102.9M108.73M152.99M153.91M150.62M165.91M
Merchant Payments Growth-----5.67%40.71%0.60%-2.14%10.15%
Real-Time Payments------77.92M104.78M128.96M126.74M
Real-Time Payments Growth-------34.46%23.08%-1.72%
Fraud Management------43.7M47.42M63.5M52.41M
Fraud Management Growth-------8.50%33.91%-17.47%
Digital Business Banking------60.4M35.5M2.79M-
Digital Business Banking Growth--------41.22%-92.14%-
Biller Payments----510.3M586.05M----
Biller Payments Growth-----14.84%----
Real Time Payments--72.87M-100.61M81.06M----
Real Time Payments Growth------19.43%----
Digital Channels--94.04M-77.71M75.71M----
Digital Channels Growth------2.58%----
Payment Intelligence----69.81M62.06M----
Payment Intelligence Growth------11.09%----
Retail Payments--428.58M-396.97M-----
Retail Payments Growth----------
Technology Service---77.05M------
Technology Service Growth----------
Payments Risk Management--80.33M-------
Payments Risk Management Growth----------
Retail Payments Processing402.45M415.73M--------
Retail Payments Processing Growth-3.30%--------
Billers241.95M255.54M--------
Billers Growth-5.62%--------
Online Banking And Community Financial Services219.7M125.58M--------
Online Banking And Community Financial Services Growth--42.84%--------
Card And Merchant Management70.17M77.76M--------
Card And Merchant Management Growth-10.81%--------
Tools and Infrastructure42.78M63.92M--------
Tools and Infrastructure Growth-49.41%--------
Wholesale Banking Payments41.55M37.04M--------
Wholesale Banking Payments Growth--10.84%--------
Payment Fraud Management27.37M30.13M--------
Payment Fraud Management Growth-10.07%--------

Revenue by Geography

2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
UNITED STATES628.01M527.43M541.24M-781.82M830.51M869.08M851.71M887.17M931.05M
UNITED STATES Growth--16.02%2.62%--6.23%4.64%-2.00%4.16%4.95%
Non-US-116.72M482.96M---501.52M570.19M565.41M663.24M
Non-US Growth--313.78%----13.69%-0.84%17.30%
EMEA250.57M---301.66M293.23M----
EMEA Growth------2.80%----
Asia Pacific84.85M---97.44M97.49M----
Asia Pacific Growth-----0.05%----
Americas, Other----77.37M73.09M----
Americas, Other Growth------5.53%----
Other Americas82.55M---------
Other Americas Growth----------

Frequently Asked Questions

Valuation & Price

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (ACIW) has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.8x. This is roughly in line with market averages.

Growth & Financials

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (ACIW) reported $1.73B in revenue for fiscal year 2024. This represents a 272% increase from $465.1M in 2011.

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (ACIW) grew revenue by 9.8% over the past year. This is steady growth.

Yes, ACI Worldwide, Inc. (ACIW) is profitable, generating $260.9M in net income for fiscal year 2024 (12.7% net margin).

Dividend & Returns

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (ACIW) has a return on equity (ROE) of 14.8%. This is reasonable for most industries.

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (ACIW) generated $300.7M in free cash flow for fiscal year 2024. Positive FCF indicates the company can fund dividends, buybacks, or reinvestment.

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