As of today (2024-04-24), ACI Worldwide's share price is $33.33.
ACI Worldwide's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.20. Hence, ACI Worldwide's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 27.87.
The historical rank and industry rank for ACI Worldwide's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
ACIW'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 14.13 Med: 25.82 Max: 125
Current: 27.82
During the past 13 years, ACI Worldwide's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 125.00. The lowest was 14.13. And the median was 25.82.
ACIW's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 56.46% of 1470
companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 23.48
vs ACIW: 27.82
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of ACI Worldwide was 32.60% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -19.10% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 1.00% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 5.10% per year.
During the past 13 years, ACI Worldwide's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 71.40% per year. The lowest was -33.20% per year. And the median was 9.50% per year.
ACI Worldwide Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for ACI Worldwide's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of ACI Worldwide's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, ACI Worldwide's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
ACI Worldwide Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution
For the Software industry and Technology sector, ACI Worldwide's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where ACI Worldwide's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
ACI Worldwide Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
ACI Worldwide's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
ACI Worldwide's Share Price of today is $33.33.
ACI Worldwide's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.20.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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ACI Worldwide (ACI Worldwide) Business Description
ACI Worldwide Inc develops, markets, and installs a portfolio of software products primarily focused on facilitating electronic payments. The firm also leverages its distribution network in the Americas; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, or EMEA; and Asia-Pacific regions to sell software developed by third parties. ACI software products process payment transactions for retail banking clients, billers such as utilities and healthcare providers, and community banks and credit unions. ACI's customers are financial institutions all over the world, but most of the revenue is generated in the United States and EMEA regions.
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