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ACI Worldwide, Inc. Reports Financial Results for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2023

Q1 2023 HIGHLIGHTS

  • Recurring revenue grew 9%, adjusting for FX and divestiture1
  • Biller segment revenue grew 11%
  • Cash flow from operations up 39%
  • Reiterating guidance for full-year 2023

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), the global leader in mission-critical, real-time payments software, announced financial results today for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.

“First quarter results were consistent with our expectations and reflect our team’s solid execution in what remains an uncertain economic environment,” said Thomas Warsop, Interim President and CEO of ACI Worldwide. “In particular, the actions taken in our Biller business, including those addressing the inflation-driven interchange headwinds, have helped to drive meaningful growth in that segment.”

Warsop continued, “Looking to the rest of the year, we are energized by new opportunities across our businesses, particularly in real-time payments and cloud-based technologies, and we are confident we have the right strategy in place to capitalize on them. Our renewal calendar and implementation pipeline provide us with confidence we are on track to deliver our outlook for full-year 2023 and to achieve our revenue growth target of 7-9% by 2024.”

FINANCIAL SUMMARY

In Q1 2023, total revenue was $290 million, down 5% adjusted for FX and the divestiture. Recurring revenue grew 9%, adjusting for FX and the divestiture. Net loss was $32 million. Total adjusted EBITDA in the quarter was $25 million compared to $68 million in Q1 2022. New ARR2 bookings for the quarter were $11 million and new ARR bookings for the trailing twelve months (TTM) were $100 million, which was up 8% from the TTM ending March 2022.

  • Bank segment revenue decreased 24% and Bank segment adjusted EBITDA decreased 58%, versus Q1 2022, adjusted for FX and the divestiture. As previously discussed, the timing of larger renewal events is heavily back-half weighted in 2023.
  • Merchant segment revenue decreased 12% and Merchant segment adjusted EBITDA decreased 53% on a constant currency basis, versus Q1 2022, resulting primarily from the continued transition from non-recurring license fees to recurring SaaS revenues and by investments that are expected to accelerate growth.
  • Biller segment revenue increased 11% and Biller segment adjusted EBITDA increased 12%, versus Q1 2022, driven by new customer onboarding and progress with our interchange improvement program.

ACI ended the quarter with $142 million in cash on hand and a debt balance of $1 billion, which represents a net debt leverage ratio of 2.9x. The company did not repurchase any shares in the quarter, but has $200 million available on the share repurchase authorization.

REITERATING 2023 GUIDANCE

For the full-year of 2023, the Company expects revenue growth to be in the mid-single-digits on a constant currency and divestiture-adjusted basis, or in the range of $1.436 billion to $1.466 billion. The Company expects adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $380 million to $395 million with net adjusted EBITDA margin expansion. The Company expects revenue to be between $300 million and $310 million and adjusted EBITDA of $35 million to $45 million in Q2 2023. This excludes one-time charges related to the move of the Company’s European data centers to the public cloud and one-time costs to implement certain efficiency strategies.

CEO SEARCH

After reviewing and meeting with a number of promising candidates for the permanent CEO position, the Board is in the final stages of the selection process and expects to complete the search in the upcoming weeks.

1 Corporate Online Banking divestiture

2 “ARR”' is annual recurring revenue expected to be generated from new bookings signed in the period, including new accounts, new applications and add-on sales

CONFERENCE CALL TO DISCUSS FINANCIAL RESULTS

Today, management will host a conference call at 8:30 am ET to discuss these results. Interested persons may access a real-time audio broadcast of the teleconference at http://investor.aciworldwide.com/ or use the following number for dial-in participation: toll-free 1 (888) 660-6377; and conference code 3153574. A call replay will be available for two weeks on (855) 859-2056 for US/Canada callers and +1 (404) 537-3406 for international participants.

About ACI Worldwide

ACI Worldwide is a global leader in mission-critical, real-time payments software. Our proven, secure and scalable software solutions enable leading corporations, fintechs, and financial disruptors to process and manage digital payments, power omni-commerce payments, present and process bill payments, and manage fraud and risk. We combine our global footprint with a local presence to drive the real-time digital transformation of payments and commerce.

© Copyright ACI Worldwide, Inc. 2023.

ACI, ACI Worldwide, ACI Payments, Inc., ACI Pay, Speedpay and all ACI product/solution names are trademarks or registered trademarks of ACI Worldwide, Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States, other countries or both. Other parties' trademarks referenced are the property of their respective owners.

To supplement our financial results presented on a GAAP basis, we use the non-GAAP measures indicated in the tables, which exclude significant transaction-related expenses, as well as other significant non-cash expenses such as depreciation, amortization, and stock-based compensation, that we believe are helpful in understanding our past financial performance and our future results. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to our GAAP results and are not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. Management generally compensates for limitations in the use of non-GAAP financial measures by relying on comparable GAAP financial measures and providing investors with a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures only in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP.

We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures reflect an additional way to view aspects of our operations that, when viewed with our GAAP results, provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our business. Certain non-GAAP measures include:

  • Adjusted EBITDA: net income (loss) plus income tax expense (benefit), net interest income (expense), net other income (expense), depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation, as well as significant transaction-related expenses. Adjusted EBITDA should be considered in addition to, rather than as a substitute for, net income (loss).
  • Net Adjusted EBITDA Margin: Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue net of pass-through interchange revenue. Net Adjusted EBITDA Margin should be considered in addition to, rather than as a substitute for, net income (loss).
  • Diluted EPS adjusted for non-cash and significant transaction related items: diluted EPS plus tax effected significant transaction related items, amortization of acquired intangibles and software, and non-cash stock-based compensation. Diluted EPS adjusted for non-cash and significant transaction related items should be considered in addition to, rather than as a substitute for, diluted EPS.
  • Recurring revenue: revenue from software as a service and platform as a service fees and maintenance fees. Recurring revenue should be considered in addition to, rather than as a substitute for, total revenue.
  • ARR: Annual recurring revenue expected to be generated from new accounts, new applications, and add-on sales bookings contracts signed in the period.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Generally, forward-looking statements do not relate strictly to historical or current facts and may include words or phrases such as “believes,” “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” and words and phrases of similar impact. The forward-looking statements are made pursuant to safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are not limited to: (i) looking to the rest of the year, we are energized by new opportunities across our businesses, particularly in real time payments and cloud-based technologies, and we are confident we have the right strategy in place to capitalize on them, (ii) our renewal calendar and implementation pipeline provide us with confidence we are on track to deliver our outlook for full-year 2023 and to achieve our revenue growth target of 7-9% by 2024, (iii) Q2 2023 and full year 2023 revenue and adjusted EBITDA financial guidance, and (iv) after reviewing and meeting with a number of promising candidates for the permanent CEO position, the Board is in the final stages of the selection process and expects to complete the search in the upcoming weeks.

All of the foregoing forward-looking statements are expressly qualified by the risk factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such factors include, but are not limited to, increased competition, business interruptions or failure of our information technology and communication systems, security breaches or viruses, our ability to attract and retain senior management personnel and skilled technical employees, future acquisitions, strategic partnerships and investments, divestitures and other restructuring activities, implementation and success of our strategy, impact if we convert some or all on-premise licenses from fixed-term to subscription model, anti-takeover provisions, exposure to credit or operating risks arising from certain payment funding methods, customer reluctance to switch to a new vendor, our ability to adequately defend our intellectual property, litigation, our offshore software development activities, risks from operating internationally, including fluctuations in currency exchange rates, events in eastern Europe, adverse changes in the global economy, compliance of our products with applicable legislation, governmental regulations and industry standards, the complexity of our products and services and the risk that they may contain hidden defects, complex regulations applicable to our payments business, our compliance with privacy and cybersecurity regulations, our involvement in investigations, lawsuits and other expense and time-consuming legal proceedings, exposure to unknown tax liabilities, changes in tax laws and regulations, consolidations and failures in the financial services industry, volatility in our stock price, demand for our products, failure to obtain renewals of customer contracts or to obtain such renewals on favorable terms, delay or cancellation of customer projects or inaccurate project completion estimates, impairment of our goodwill or intangible assets, the accuracy of management’s backlog estimates, the cyclical nature of our revenue and earnings and the accuracy of forecasts due to the concentration of revenue-generating activity during the final weeks of each quarter, restrictions and other financial covenants in our debt agreements, our existing levels of debt, events outside of our control including natural disasters, wars, and outbreaks of disease, and revenues or revenue mix. For a detailed discussion of these risk factors, parties that are relying on the forward-looking statements should review our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

ACI WORLDWIDE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited and in thousands)

 

March 31, 2023

 

December 31, 2022

ASSETS

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

142,412

 

$

124,981

Receivables, net of allowances

 

342,765

 

 

403,781

Settlement assets

 

413,343

 

 

540,667

Prepaid expenses

 

34,017

 

 

28,010

Other current assets

 

21,499

 

 

17,366

Total current assets

 

954,036

 

 

1,114,805

Noncurrent assets

 

 

 

Accrued receivables, net

 

270,332

 

 

297,818

Property and equipment, net

 

48,327

 

 

52,499

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

38,374

 

 

40,031

Software, net

 

119,801

 

 

129,109

Goodwill

 

1,226,026

 

 

1,226,026

Intangible assets, net

 

220,540

 

 

228,698

Deferred income taxes, net

 

63,345

 

 

53,738

Other noncurrent assets

 

66,020

 

 

67,171

TOTAL ASSETS

$

3,006,801

 

$

3,209,895

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

Accounts payable

$

47,170

 

$

47,997

Settlement liabilities

 

412,800

 

 

539,087

Employee compensation

 

29,834

 

 

45,289

Current portion of long-term debt

 

70,443

 

 

65,521

Deferred revenue

 

69,999

 

 

58,303

Other current liabilities

 

70,664

 

 

102,645

Total current liabilities

 

700,910

 

 

858,842

Noncurrent liabilities

 

 

 

Deferred revenue

 

21,639

 

 

23,233

Long-term debt

 

1,010,938

 

 

1,024,351

Deferred income taxes, net

 

38,679

 

 

40,371

Operating lease liabilities

 

32,026

 

 

33,910

Other noncurrent liabilities

 

34,982

 

 

36,001

Total liabilities

 

1,839,174

 

 

2,016,708

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

Preferred stock

 

 

 

Common stock

 

702

 

 

702

Additional paid-in capital

 

701,040

 

 

702,458

Retained earnings

 

1,241,150

 

 

1,273,458

Treasury stock

 

(661,223)

 

 

(665,771)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(114,042)

 

 

(117,660)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

1,167,627

 

 

1,193,187

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

$

3,006,801

 

$

3,209,895

ACI WORLDWIDE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited and in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

Revenues

 

 

 

Software as a service and platform as a service

$

204,930

 

$

194,562

License

 

18,331

 

 

60,285

Maintenance

 

50,103

 

 

51,418

Services

 

16,312

 

 

16,815

Total revenues

 

289,676

 

 

323,080

Operating expenses

 

 

 

Cost of revenue (1)

 

178,554

 

 

166,286

Research and development

 

37,118

 

 

37,807

Selling and marketing

 

35,435

 

 

34,608

General and administrative

 

31,382

 

 

25,875

Depreciation and amortization

 

31,539

 

 

30,838

Total operating expenses

 

314,028

 

 

295,414

Operating income (loss)

 

(24,352)

 

 

27,666

Other income (expense)

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

(18,892)

 

 

(10,894)

Interest income

 

3,505

 

 

3,159

Other, net

 

(3,395)

 

 

2,250

Total other income (expense)

 

(18,782)

 

 

(5,485)

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

(43,134)

 

 

22,181

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

(10,826)

 

 

6,691

Net income (loss)

$

(32,308)

 

$

15,490

Income (loss) per common share

 

 

 

Basic

$

(0.30)

 

$

0.13

Diluted

$

(0.30)

 

$

0.13

Weighted average common shares outstanding

 

 

 

Basic

 

108,156

 

 

115,287

Diluted

 

108,156

 

 

116,098

(1) The cost of revenue excludes charges for depreciation but includes amortization of purchased and developed software for resale.

ACI WORLDWIDE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited and in thousands)

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

$

(32,308)

 

$

15,490

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

6,131

 

 

4,981

Amortization

 

25,408

 

 

26,508

Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets

 

2,767

 

 

2,716

Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs

 

1,115

 

 

1,153

Deferred income taxes

 

(10,382)

 

 

(3,367)

Stock-based compensation expense

 

5,301

 

 

7,958

Other

 

(290)

 

 

601

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

Receivables

 

88,960

 

 

9,660

Accounts payable

 

(1,308)

 

 

(2,748)

Accrued employee compensation

 

(15,593)

 

 

(19,138)

Deferred revenue

 

10,202

 

 

9,949

Other current and noncurrent assets and liabilities

 

(39,935)

 

 

(24,889)

Net cash flows from operating activities

 

40,068

 

 

28,874

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 

(2,258)

 

 

(2,280)

Purchases of software and distribution rights

 

(6,481)

 

 

(6,207)

Net cash flows from investing activities

 

(8,739)

 

 

(8,487)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

 

707

 

 

906

Proceeds from exercises of stock options

 

78

 

 

1,022

Repurchase of stock-based compensation awards for tax withholdings

 

(3,001)

 

 

(5,537)

Repurchases of common stock

 

 

 

(37,860)

Proceeds from revolving credit facility

 

50,000

 

 

40,000

Repayment of revolving credit facility

 

(45,000)

 

 

(10,000)

Repayment of term portion of credit agreement

 

(14,606)

 

 

(9,738)

Payments on or proceeds from other debt, net

 

(5,670)

 

 

(4,186)

Net decrease in settlement assets and liabilities

 

(2,834)

 

 

(605)

Net cash flows from financing activities

 

(20,326)

 

 

(25,998)

Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash

 

2,557

 

 

(2,464)

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

13,560

 

 

(8,075)

Cash and cash equivalents, including settlement deposits, beginning of period

 

214,672

 

 

184,142

Cash and cash equivalents, including settlement deposits, end of period

$

228,232

 

$

176,067

Reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents to the Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

142,412

 

$

114,754

Settlement deposits

 

85,820

 

 

61,313

Total cash and cash equivalents

$

228,232

 

$

176,067

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

Adjusted EBITDA (millions)

 

2023

 

 

2022

Net income (loss)

$

(32.3)

 

$

15.5

Plus:

 

 

 

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

(10.8)

 

 

6.7

Net interest expense

 

15.4

 

 

7.7

Net other income (expense)

 

3.4

 

 

(2.3)

Depreciation expense

 

6.1

 

 

5.0

Amortization expense

 

25.4

 

 

26.5

Non-cash stock-based compensation expense

 

5.3

 

 

8.0

Adjusted EBITDA before significant transaction-related expenses

$

12.5

 

$

67.1

Significant transaction-related expenses:

 

 

 

Cost reduction strategies

$

8.3

 

$

European datacenter migration

 

1.0

 

 

Other

 

3.1

 

 

0.5

Adjusted EBITDA

$

24.9

 

$

67.6

Revenue, net of interchange:

 

 

 

Revenue

$

289.7

 

$

323.1

Interchange

 

106.2

 

 

93.2

Revenue, net of interchange

$

183.5

 

$

229.9

 

 

 

 

Net Adjusted EBITDA Margin

 

14 %

 

 

29 %

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

Segment Information (millions)

 

2023

 

 

2022

Revenue

 

 

 

Banks

$

88.0

 

$

132.2

Merchants

 

34.8

 

 

41.0

Billers

 

166.9

 

 

149.9

Total

$

289.7

 

$

323.1

Recurring Revenue

 

 

 

Banks

$

55.6

 

$

61.3

Merchants

 

32.5

 

 

34.8

Billers

 

166.9

 

 

149.9

Total

$

255.0

 

$

246.0

Segment Adjusted EBITDA

 

 

 

Banks

$

24.7

 

$

64.7

Merchants

 

6.5

 

 

14.7

Billers

 

29.6

 

 

26.4

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

2023

 

2022

EPS Impact of Non-cash and Significant Transaction-related Items (millions)

EPS Impact

 

$ in Millions

(Net of Tax)

 

EPS Impact

 

$ in Millions

(Net of Tax)

GAAP net income (loss)

$

(0.30)

 

$

(32.3)

 

$

0.13

 

$

15.5

Adjusted for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Significant transaction-related expenses

 

0.09

 

 

9.5

 

 

 

 

0.4

Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles

 

0.06

 

 

6.4

 

 

0.06

 

 

7.0

Amortization of acquisition-related software

 

0.04

 

 

4.4

 

 

0.04

 

 

5.0

Non-cash stock-based compensation

 

0.04

 

 

4.0

 

 

0.05

 

 

6.0

Total adjustments

$

0.23

 

$

24.3

 

$

0.15

 

$

18.4

Diluted EPS adjusted for non-cash and significant transaction-related items

$

(0.07)

 

$

(8.0)

 

$

0.28

 

$

33.9

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

Recurring Revenue (millions)

 

2023

 

 

2022

SaaS and PaaS fees

$

204.9

 

$

194.6

Maintenance fees

 

50.1

 

 

51.4

Recurring Revenue

$

255.0

 

$

246.0

Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) Bookings (millions)

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

TTM Ended March 31,

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

ARR bookings

$

11.4

 

$

21.1

 

$

100.1

 

$

92.9

 

Contacts

For more information contact:

Investor Relations:

John Kraft

SVP, Head of Strategy and Finance

239-403-4627 / john.kraft@aciworldwide.com

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