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ACI WORLDWIDE, INC. (ACIW)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for ACI WORLDWIDE, INC. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About ACI WORLDWIDE, INC.

ACI Worldwide, Inc. develops and supports software solutions for intelligent payments orchestration used by banks, merchants, and billers worldwide. Its products enable secure processing and management of digital payments across various channels and networks, including real-time payments, fraud management, and merchant payment platforms. The company serves financial institutions, payment processors, merchants in retail and other industries, and billers in sectors such as utilities, healthcare, and telecommunications.

Snapshot

Revenue
$1.76B
Revenue growth (YoY)
10.4%
Net income
$226.7M
Diluted EPS
$2.16
Gross margin
49.0%
Operating margin
18.7%
Net margin
12.9%
FCF margin
17.6%
ROE
14.9%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
24.7×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$5.43B
Long-term debt / equity
0.51×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Aci Worldwide

  • Revenue grew 10.4% to $1.8B in FY2025, in line with the 9.8% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 18.7% in FY2025, +3.4 pp against 15.3% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $430M, up 7.3% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $310M in FY2025, 17.6% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 11.6% to $227M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Aci Worldwide’s fundamentals sit among the 332 software companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin49.0%
29th percentile of 264
Operating margin18.7%
82nd percentile of 303
Net margin12.9%
74th percentile of 307
FCF margin17.6%
57th percentile of 285
Revenue growth (YoY)+10.4%
48th percentile of 325
ROE14.9%
72nd percentile of 285
P/E24.7×
48th percentile of 169
Long-term debt / equity0.51×
56th percentile of 127
Short interest4.49d
64th percentile of 330

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 2 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
2
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
4
1 new, 3 added
Reduced / exited
4
4 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$85.1M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$30.6M613.0KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$22.2M441.2KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$12.3M244.2KAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$8.9M177.9KReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$5.7M113.2KReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$3.8M75.3KReduced
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$957,27019.0KNew
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$660,50913.1KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
6.0M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+5.1%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.49
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
1.3M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-146.0M+5.1%4.49
2026-07-315.7M+21.1%6.39
2026-07-154.7M-4.1%4.32
2026-06-304.9M+17.7%3.92
2026-06-154.2M-1.7%4.83
2026-05-294.3M-10.8%6.48
2026-05-154.8M+11.7%6.21
2026-04-304.3M-0.3%5.20

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$1.76B$1.59B$1.45B$1.42B$1.37B
Gross profit$862.1M$802.5M$733.4M$725.8M$731.7M
Operating income$329.9M$308.1M$220.4M$203.8M$209.9M
Net income$226.7M$203.1M$121.5M$142.2M$127.8M
Diluted EPS$2.16$1.91$1.12$1.24$1.08

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$322.8M$358.7M$168.5M$143.4M$220.5M
Capital expenditure$12.9M$15.4M$8.9M$13.1M$20.6M
Free cash flow$309.9M$343.3M$159.6M$130.3M$199.9M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$430.4M7.3%$31.8M$0.31
Q1 FY2026$425.7M7.9%$38.3M$0.37
Q4 FY2025$481.6M6.3%$64.3M$0.62
Q3 FY2025$482.4M6.8%$91.3M$0.88
Q2 FY2025$401.3M7.4%$12.2M$0.12
Q1 FY2025$394.6M24.9%$58.9M$0.55
Q4 FY2024$453.0M-4.9%$98.6M$0.93
Q3 FY2024$451.8M24.4%$81.4M$0.77

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorTechnology
SIC industryServices-Prepackaged Software
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2012
SEC CIK935036

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-26
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10-Q2026-08-06
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10-Q2026-05-07
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8-K2026-08-06
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8-K2026-06-02
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8-K2026-05-07
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8-K2026-02-26
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.