---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000935036-22-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACIW"
cik: "0000935036"
company_name: "ACI WORLDWIDE, INC."
filed_at: "2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T05:13:10.168829+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ACI Worldwide FY2021 rev $1.371B (+6%), net income $128M (+76%); guides FY2022 rev $1.415-1.435B

## Summary
- Q4 2021 revenue $467M (+21%), net income $109M (+63%), adjusted EBITDA $205M (+31%).
- Full-year adjusted EBITDA $384M (+7%), net adjusted EBITDA margin 38% vs 37% in 2020.
- Bank segment revenue up 12%; Merchant recurring revenue up 8%; Biller segment rev up 1%.
- Repurchased 3M shares for $107M in 2021; additional 800K shares for $27M in 2022 YTD.
- Guides Q1 2022 rev $310-330M, adj. EBITDA $60-80M; FY2022 adj. EBITDA $400-415M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000935036-22-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACIW
- cik: 0000935036
- company_name: ACI WORLDWIDE, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935036/000093503622000007/0000935036-22-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935036/000093503622000007/aciw-20220224.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000935036-22-000007
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000935036-22-000007.txt

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