Company Analysis

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (ACIW)

Nasdaq: ACIW · Services-Prepackaged Software · Elkhorn, NE · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade5.5
◀ Past 6.4● Present 5.5▶ Future 5.0

The grade of ACI Worldwide, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.5/10
◀ Past6.425% of the headline
● Present5.535% of the headline
▶ Future5.040% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.4/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 230 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

ACI Worldwide, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+7% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

ACI Worldwide, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.0 billion in fiscal 2017 to $1.8 billion in fiscal 2025, up 7% a year; it rose in 7 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 1% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2018; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span7.0%bottom 24% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 42% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 7% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak1.4%bottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.8% a year. 42% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 2 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 75th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, ACI Worldwide, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 42% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 2 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $224 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 10% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.5/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 15%: 15¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 51%: owes 51¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 60th percentile among 217 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, ACI Worldwide, Inc. earned about 15 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 28 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 51 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 42% of its family
  • return on equitytop 22% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 35% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 36% of 218 in its family; net margin 12.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 218 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

ACI Worldwide, Inc.'s standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.8 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 19% by size; a net margin of 12.9% ranks in the top 24%; revenue growth of 7.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 35% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.76Btop 19% of its family
  • net margin12.9%top 24% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth7.4%bottom 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 32% of 139 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 139 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

ACI Worldwide, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Warsop, Thomas W III (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-06-02, 3.4 years (bottom 42% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 2.8 years (bottom 11%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (bottom 42%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 14 peoplebottom 42% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed2.8 yearsbottom 11% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.4 yearsbottom 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 30% of 216 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 30th percentile among 216 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

ACI Worldwide, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $196 million against debt of $818 million leaves -20% of its assets as net cash, bottom 9% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 17.6% of revenue (top 43%); a gross margin of 49% (bottom 25%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-20.0%bottom 9% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue17.6%top 43% of its family
  • gross margin49.0%bottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 43% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

ACI Worldwide, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 7.4% a year over the last three filed years against 7% over all 9, speeding up (top 18% of its family); the newest year grew 10.4% (bottom 42%); research spending grew 7.9% a year (top 47%); capital spending grew -0.5% a year (top 49%) (its annual reports). ACI Worldwide, Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: Software As Service and Platform As Service at $1.0 billion (57%), License at $462 million (26%), Maintenance at $201 million (11%), and 1 more; 3 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.4 points a yeartop 18% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth10.4%bottom 42% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending7.9%top 47% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-0.5%top 49% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.3/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 47% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 194 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

ACI Worldwide, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.8 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 4.2% above the $1.7 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 29% of its family); net income of $227 million against a prior three-year average of $156 million (top 49%); a net margin of 12.9% against 10.4% before (bottom 35%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace4.2%top 29% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+46%top 49% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.5 pointsbottom 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton ACIW · research, not advice