ACI Worldwide Inc [ACIW] stock is trading at $33.83, up 2.52%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The ACIW shares have gain 4.61% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 5.42%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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On 1, April 2024, ACI Worldwide and Arab Financial Services To Drive Payments Modernization for Banks and Merchants in the Middle East. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, AFS – the leading digital payment solutions provider and fintech enabler in the Middle East and Africa – will utilize ACI Enterprise Payments Platform and ACI Payments Orchestration Platform to drive digital payments modernization in the region.
From an analyst’s perspective:
ACI Worldwide Inc [NASDAQ: ACIW] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 08, 2024, when Jefferies initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $38. Previously, Seaport Research Partners started tracking the stock with Buy rating on November 21, 2023, and set its price target to $31. On November 02, 2022, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold. Stephens started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and suggested a price target of $31 on July 15, 2022. Compass Point initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $40 as its price target on September 17, 2020. Needham started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on May 29, 2020, and assigned it a price target of $32. In a note dated February 18, 2020, Stephens downgraded an Equal-Weight rating on this stock.
ACI Worldwide Inc [ACIW] stock has fluctuated between $19.56 and $33.56 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $35 within the next 12 months. ACI Worldwide Inc [NASDAQ: ACIW] shares were valued at $33.83 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 3.46% based on the average ACIW price forecast.
Analyzing the ACIW fundamentals
ACI Worldwide Inc [NASDAQ:ACIW] reported sales of 1.45B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 5.48%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.48% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.15%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.1%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.08%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.09. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.8.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 33.26 points at the first support level, and at 32.69 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 34.12, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 34.40.
ACI Worldwide Inc [ACIW] reported earnings per share of $1.12 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.97/share, meaning a difference of $0.15 and a surprise factor of 15.50%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2023 were $0.35 per share as compared to estimates of $0.12 per share, a difference of $0.23 representing a surprise of 191.70%.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, ACI Worldwide Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.35. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 1.35, and the Cash Ratio is 0.16. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.48, the price to book ratio is 2.76 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 30.46.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Silva Alessandro, Chief Revenue Officer, that happened on Dec 04 ’23 when 17817.0 shares were sold. Chief Financial Officer, Behrens Scott W completed a deal on Dec 01 ’23 to sell 35003.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Product Officer Guerra Deborah L sold 3426.0 shares on Aug 08 ’23.
