Aci Worldwide, Inc.
ACIW Nasdaq Services-Prepackaged Software Financials FY2016βFY2025
What Aci Worldwide, Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- ACI WORLDWIDE, INC.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Feb 26, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0000935036-26-000011
0000935036
Revenue and margins
Aci Worldwide, Inc. had $1.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 10.4% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 7.9% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $310M in fiscal 2025, 17.6% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Aci Worldwide, Inc. returned $203M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 65% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 1.6%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Aci Worldwide, Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $122M | $125M | $164M | $216M | $196M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.0B | $925M | $818M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.7x | 2.9x | 2.5x | 1.7x | 1.5x |
| Debt / equity | 0.9x | 0.9x | 0.8x | 0.6x | 0.5x |
| Interest coverage | 4.7x | 3.8x | 2.8x | 4.3x | 5.7x |
| Current ratio | 1.2x | 1.3x | 1.4x | 1.6x | 1.5x |
| Quick ratio | 1.2x | 1.3x | 1.4x | 1.6x | 1.5x |
| Total assets | $3.2B | $3.2B | $3.4B | $3.0B | $3.1B |
| Total liabilities | $1.9B | $2.0B | $2.1B | $1.6B | $1.6B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.5B |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $944M | $965M | $874M | $708M | $621M |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 | 3 / 9 | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | 1.6% | β7.5% | β5.8% | β2.4% | β7.3% | β2.8% | β0.0% | β1.4% | β4.8% | β3.1% |
| Altman Z'' | 2.52 | 2.35 | 3.58 | 2.37 | 2.32 | 2.68 | 2.86 | 3.11 | 4.18 | 4.45 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $1.0B | $1.0B | $1.0B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.4B | $1.5B | $1.6B | $1.8B |
| Net interest income | β$39.7M | β$38.4M | β$30.4M | β$52.1M | β$45.0M | β$33.5M | β$40.6M | β$64.3M | β$56.5M | β$43.0M |
| Gross profit | $561M | $572M | $579M | $641M | $672M | $732M | $726M | $733M | $803M | $862M |
| Operating income | $221M | $84.6M | $126M | $124M | $145M | $210M | $204M | $220M | $308M | $330M |
| Interest expense | $40.2M | $39.0M | $41.5M | $64.0M | $56.6M | $45.1M | $53.2M | $78.5M | $72.5M | $57.8M |
| Pretax income | $186M | $43.6M | $91.8M | $72.2M | $98.6M | $175M | $207M | $148M | $250M | $307M |
| Income tax | $56.0M | $38.4M | $22.9M | $5.1M | $26.0M | $47.3M | $64.5M | $26.1M | $47.3M | $80.0M |
| Net income | $130M | $5.1M | $68.9M | $67.1M | $72.7M | $128M | $142M | $122M | $203M | $227M |
| Diluted EPS | $1.09 | $0.04 | $0.59 | $0.57 | $0.62 | $1.08 | $1.24 | $1.12 | $1.91 | $2.16 |
| Diluted shares | 0.12B | 0.12B | 0.12B | 0.12B | 0.12B | 0.12B | 0.11B | 0.11B | 0.11B | 0.10B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $99.8M | $146M | $184M | $133M | $315M | $220M | $143M | $169M | $359M | $323M |
| Capital expenditure | $40.8M | $25.7M | $18.3M | $23.1M | $17.8M | $20.6M | $13.1M | $8.9M | $15.4M | $12.9M |
| Free cash flow | $59.0M | $120M | $166M | $110M | $297M | $200M | $130M | $160M | $343M | $310M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $103M | $102M | $97.4M | $123M | $140M | $133M | $127M | $122M | $111M | $96.9M |
| Stock-based compensation | $43.6M | $13.7M | $20.4M | $36.8M | $29.6M | $27.2M | $29.8M | $24.5M | $41.3M | $70.6M |
| Acquisitions | β$0.2M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $757M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β | β | β | β |
| Share buybacks | $60.1M | $37.4M | $54.5M | $35.6M | $28.9M | $107M | $207M | $27.6M | $128M | $203M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $60.1M | $37.4M | $54.5M | $35.6M | $28.9M | $107M | $207M | $27.6M | $128M | $203M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $75.8M | $69.7M | $149M | $121M | $165M | $122M | $125M | $164M | $216M | $196M |
| Total debt | $744M | $686M | $672M | $1.4B | $1.2B | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.0B | $925M | $818M |
| Current assets | $408M | $422M | $566M | $920M | $1.2B | $937M | $1.1B | $1.4B | $991M | $1.1B |
| Current liabilities | $376M | $322M | $297M | $612M | $906M | $754M | $859M | $1.0B | $603M | $706M |
| Property and equipment, net | $79.0M | $80.2M | $72.7M | $70.4M | $64.7M | $63.1M | $52.5M | $37.9M | $35.1M | $37.4M |
| Goodwill | $910M | $910M | $910M | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.2B |
| Intangible assets | $204M | $191M | $168M | $357M | $322M | $283M | $229M | $196M | $165M | $147M |
| Total assets | $1.9B | $1.9B | $2.1B | $3.3B | $3.4B | $3.2B | $3.2B | $3.4B | $3.0B | $3.1B |
| Total liabilities | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.1B | $2.1B | $2.2B | $1.9B | $2.0B | $2.1B | $1.6B | $1.6B |
| Preferred stock | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $755M | $765M | $1.0B | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.5B |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 55.8% | 55.8% | 57.4% | 50.9% | 51.9% | 53.4% | 51.0% | 50.5% | 50.3% | 49.0% |
| Operating margin | 22.0% | 8.3% | 12.5% | 9.8% | 11.2% | 15.3% | 14.3% | 15.2% | 19.3% | 18.7% |
| EBITDA margin | 32.3% | 18.2% | 22.1% | 19.6% | 22.0% | 25.0% | 23.3% | 23.6% | 26.3% | 24.3% |
| Net margin | 12.9% | 0.5% | 6.8% | 5.3% | 5.6% | 9.3% | 10.0% | 8.4% | 12.7% | 12.9% |
| FCF margin | 5.9% | 11.8% | 16.4% | 8.7% | 23.0% | 14.6% | 9.2% | 11.0% | 21.5% | 17.6% |
| Net interest share of revenue | β3.9% | β3.8% | β3.0% | β4.1% | β3.5% | β2.4% | β2.9% | β4.4% | β3.5% | β2.4% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 10.8% | 4.0% | 6.0% | 4.8% | 4.9% | 7.0% | 6.5% | 8.3% | 11.7% | 11.4% |
| Return on capital employed | 14.5% | 5.5% | 6.9% | 4.7% | 5.8% | 8.7% | 8.7% | 9.2% | 12.7% | 13.8% |
| Return on equity | 17.2% | 0.7% | 7.6% | 6.2% | 6.2% | 10.4% | 11.7% | 9.7% | 14.8% | 15.4% |
| Return on assets | 6.8% | 0.3% | 3.5% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 3.9% | 4.5% | 3.7% | 6.3% | 7.4% |
| Return on tangible equity | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 616.9% | 160.9% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 1.8% | β1.4% | 24.6% | 2.9% | 5.9% | 3.7% | 2.2% | 9.8% | 10.4% |
| Net income growth | β | β96.0% | 1,242.2% | β2.7% | 8.3% | 75.9% | 11.3% | β14.5% | 67.2% | 11.6% |
| EPS growth | β | β96.3% | 1,375.0% | β3.4% | 8.8% | 74.2% | 14.8% | β9.7% | 70.5% | 13.1% |
| FCF growth | β | 104.1% | 37.5% | β33.9% | 171.3% | β32.7% | β34.8% | 22.5% | 115.1% | β9.7% |
| Share count change | β | 0.5% | β1.5% | 0.8% | β0.4% | 0.5% | β3.7% | β4.7% | β2.2% | β1.6% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.1x | 3.3x | 2.3x | 5.1x | 3.5x | 2.7x | 2.9x | 2.5x | 1.7x | 1.5x |
| Debt / equity | 1.0x | 0.9x | 0.6x | 1.2x | 1.0x | 0.9x | 0.9x | 0.8x | 0.6x | 0.5x |
| Interest coverage | 5.5x | 2.2x | 3.0x | 1.9x | 2.6x | 4.7x | 3.8x | 2.8x | 4.3x | 5.7x |
| Current ratio | 1.1x | 1.3x | 1.9x | 1.5x | 1.3x | 1.2x | 1.3x | 1.4x | 1.6x | 1.5x |
| Quick ratio | 1.1x | 1.3x | 1.9x | 1.5x | 1.3x | 1.2x | 1.3x | 1.4x | 1.6x | 1.5x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 4.1% | 2.5% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.7% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 4.3% | 1.3% | 2.0% | 2.9% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 1.7% | 2.6% | 4.0% |
| Payouts / FCF | 101.8% | 31.0% | 32.9% | 32.5% | 9.7% | 53.7% | 158.5% | 17.3% | 37.2% | 65.4% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 7.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| Accruals ratio | 1.6% | β7.5% | β5.8% | β2.4% | β7.3% | β2.8% | β0.0% | β1.4% | β4.8% | β3.1% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000935036). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.