Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. TOST scored 71.7, ACIW scored 69.3 — TOST leads.
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TOST
Toast, Inc.
Software - Infrastructure · Quality-Growth
71.7
$31.31 · $18.1B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
2.4
TOST leads
ACIW
ACI Worldwide, Inc.
Software - Infrastructure · Quality-Growth
69.3
$50.87 · $5.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestACIW23.2x
Fastest growthTOST+23.0%
Strongest balance sheetTOST0.00
Highest qualityTOST72 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
TOST
stronger →← stronger
ACIW
72
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
71
94
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
77
55
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
61
TOST is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
TOST
ACIW
$576mC+
FCF
$285mC
+23.0%A-
Rev
+10.4%B
0.00A
D/E
0.58C+
39.6xC+
P/E
23.2xB+
0.23A
PEG
1.78C+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
TOST
ACIW
117% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
7% above
~37%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~8%/yr
-64%
1-yr DCF upside
-13%
-54%
5-yr DCF upside
-7%
-35%
10-yr DCF upside
+2%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
TOST
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
ACIW
Why this score
Buying back stock
The companies
TOSTToast, Inc.
Software - Infrastructure · $31.31 · beta 1.74
Why now
Software - Infrastructure · market cap $18.1b. Down 21% from 52-week high of $39.73 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +23%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.23 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 26 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $38.92 (implying +24% upside).
Moat
ROE 24% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 119% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. Software economics — recurring revenue, embedded customer workflows, and high gross margin all compound the moat once a base account is won. Switching costs are the lever.
Risk
Beta 1.74 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Trailing P/E 40x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. Software — competitive moat is durable until it isn't; watch net revenue retention, gross margin trends, and any new market entrant with a fundamentally lower price point.
ACIWACI Worldwide, Inc.
Software - Infrastructure · $50.87 · beta 0.99
Why now
Software - Infrastructure · market cap $5.1b. 17% off the 52-week high of $61.08. Revenue growing +10%, comfortably above the S&P median. 3 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $67.33 (implying +32% upside).
Moat
Net margin 12% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 16% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 126% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Software — competitive moat is durable until it isn't; watch net revenue retention, gross margin trends, and any new market entrant with a fundamentally lower price point.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where TOST and ACIW diverge
On the headline score the gap is 2.4 points in favor of TOST. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthTOST 94.3 · ACIW 76.7TOST +17.6
ValueTOST 54.5 · ACIW 61.2ACIW +6.7
QualityTOST 71.7 · ACIW 71.1level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is TOST or ACIW the better stock?
TOST scores higher: TOST 71.7, ACIW 69.3 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do TOST and ACIW differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where TOST leads by 18 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are TOST and ACIW scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.