ACI Worldwide Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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May 04, 2010
ACI Worldwide Inc. (ACIW, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2010-03-31.

Aci Worldwide Inc. has a market cap of $662 million; its shares were traded at around $19.45 with a P/E ratio of 30.4 and P/S ratio of 1.6. ACIW is in the portfolios of Wallace Weitz of Weitz Wallace R & Co, RS Investment Management, Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC.

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Several other factors related to our business may have a significant impact on our operating results from year to year. For example, the accounting rules governing the timing of revenue recognition in the software industry are complex and it can be difficult to estimate when we will recognize revenue generated by a given transaction. Factors such as maturity of the software product licensed, payment terms, creditworthiness of the customer, and timing of delivery or acceptance of our products often cause revenue related to sales generated in one period to be deferred and recognized in later periods. For arrangements in which services revenue is deferred, related direct and incremental costs may also be deferred. Additionally, while the majority of our contracts are denominated in the United States dollar, a substantial portion of our sales are made, and some of our expenses are incurred, in the local currency of countries other than the United States. Fluctuations in currency exchange rates in a given period may result in the recognition of gains or losses for that period. We have two interest rate swaps with a commercial bank whereby we pay a fixed rate of 5.375% and 4.90% and receive a floating rate indexed to the 3-month LIBOR from the counterparty on a notional amount of $75 million and forecasted borrowings of $50 million, respectively. Both of these swaps terminate on October 4, 2010.

Included in our 60-month backlog estimates are amounts expected to be recognized during the initial license term of customer contracts (Committed Backlog) and amounts expected to be recognized from assumed renewals of existing customer contracts (Renewal Backlog). Amounts expected to be recognized from assumed contract renewals are based on our historical renewal experience. The Committed Backlog and Renewal Backlog estimates as of March 31, 2010 are $751 million and $756 million, respectively.

During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we refined the classification of our revenues in order to better conform to industry practice and to better reflect the results of our on-demand business. Our presentation of revenues has been revised to separately disclose software hosting fees, which includes all revenues from hosting and on-demand arrangements. Previously, these revenues were primarily included in services revenue with a smaller portion included in maintenance fees and software license fees. As a result of this change in classification of revenues, we reclassified $0.3 million, $1.5 million and $7.7 million from software license fees, maintenance fees, and services, respectively, to software hosting fees in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2009.

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