Source document: aci-worldwide-inc_2019

Question: When does the company record an accrued receivable?
Facts: when revenue is recognized prior to invoicing
Answer: when revenue is recognized prior to invoicing

Question: What was the billed receivables in 2019?
Facts: $213,654
Answer: $213,654 thousand

Question: What was the billed receivables in 2018?
Facts: $239,275
Answer: $239,275 thousand

Question: What was the change in billed receivables between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 213,654; 239,275
Derivation: $213,654-$239,275
Answer: -25621 thousand

Question: What was the change in accrued receivables between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 336,858; 399,302
Derivation: 399,302-336,858
Answer: 62444 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in total receivables, net between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 537,192; 572,238
Derivation: ($572,238-$537,192)/$537,192
Answer: 6.52 percent

Question: What were the term loans in 2019?
Facts: $756,060
Answer: $756,060 thousand

Question: What were the term loans in 2018?
Facts: $284,959
Answer: $284,959 thousand

Question: What was the Revolving credit facility in 2019?
Facts: 239,000
Answer: 239,000 thousand

Question: What was the change in term loans between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 284,959; 756,060
Derivation: $756,060-$284,959
Answer: 471101 thousand

Question: What was the change in total debt between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 1,373,155; 671,756
Derivation: 1,373,155-671,756
Answer: 701399 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in total long-term debt between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 1,339,007; 650,989
Derivation: ($1,339,007-$650,989)/$650,989
Answer: 105.69 percent

Question: What were the term loans based on?
Facts: the Term Loans debt outstanding and interest rate in effect at December 31, 2019, of 4.05%.
Answer: the Term Loans debt outstanding and interest rate in effect at December 31, 2019, of 4.05%.

Question: What was the total term loans?
Facts: 756,060
Answer: 756,060 thousand

Question: What was the total term loans interest?
Facts: 117,168
Answer: 117,168 thousand

Question: What percentage of the total consists of payments due less than 1 year?
Facts: 1,786,362; 124,665
Derivation: $124,665/$1,786,362
Answer: 6.98 percent

Question: What percentage of the total consists of payments due in 1-3 years?
Facts: 1,786,362; 240,649
Derivation: $240,649/$1,786,362
Answer: 13.47 percent

Question: What percentage of the total contractual obligations consists of term loans?
Facts: 1,786,362; 756,060
Derivation: 756,060/$1,786,362
Answer: 42.32 percent

Question: What were the operating lease liabilities in 2019?
Facts: $15,049
Answer: $15,049 thousand

Question: What were the royalties payable in 2019?
Facts: 6,107
Answer: 6,107 thousand

Question: What were the royalties payable in 2018?
Facts: 11,318
Answer: 11,318 thousand

Question: What was the change in vendor financed licenses between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 3,551; 9,667
Derivation: 9,667-3,551
Answer: 6116 thousand

Question: What was the change in accrued interest between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 8,407; 9,212
Derivation: 9,212-8,407
Answer: 805 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in total other current liabilities between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 61,688; 76,971
Derivation: ($76,971-$61,688)/$61,688
Answer: 24.77 percent

Question: What does the company consider in estimating the necessary level of allowance for doubtful accounts?
Facts: the aging of accounts receivable, the creditworthiness of customers, economic conditions within the customer’s industry, and general economic conditions, among other factors.
Answer: the aging of accounts receivable, the creditworthiness of customers, economic conditions within the customer’s industry, and general economic conditions, among other factors.

Question: What was the balance at the end of period in 2019?
Facts: -$5,149
Answer: -$5,149 thousand

Question: What was the balance at the end of period in 2018?
Facts: -$3,912
Answer: -$3,912 thousand

Question: What was the change in balance at the end of period between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 3,912; 5,149
Derivation: -$5,149+3,912
Answer: -1237 thousand

Question: What was the change in Amounts written off, net of recoveries between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 1,368; 2,269
Derivation: 1,368-2,269
Answer: -901 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in Amounts written off, net of recoveries between 2017 and 2018?
Facts: 1,305; 2,269
Derivation: (2,269-1,305)/1,305
Answer: 73.87 percent

Question: How much was the 60-month backlog estimate as a result of the acquisition of Speedpay?
Facts: $1.5 billion
Answer: $1.5 billion billion

Question: What was the committed backlog in December 31, 2019?
Facts: $2,168
Answer: $2,168 million

Question: What was the committed backlog in June 30, 2019?
Facts: $2,105
Answer: $2,105 million

Question: What was the difference in committed backlog between December 31 and September 30, 2019?
Facts: 2,003; 2,168
Derivation: ($2,168-$2,003)
Answer: 165 million

Question: What was the difference in Renewal backlog between June 30 and March 31, 2019?
Facts: 2,417; 3,588
Derivation: 3,588-2,417
Answer: 1171 million

Question: What was the percentage change in ACI on premise between December 31 and September 30, 2019?
Facts: 1,925; 1,977
Derivation: ($1,977-$1,925)/$1,925
Answer: 2.7 percent

Question: Which group of people does ACI on Premise serve?
Facts: customers who manage their software on site or through a third-party cloud service provider.
Answer: customers who manage their software on site or through a third-party cloud service provider.

Question: Which group of people does ACI on Demand serve?
Facts: the needs of banks, merchants, and billers who use payments to facilitate their core business
Answer: the needs of banks, merchants, and billers who use payments to facilitate their core business

Question: What was the ACI on Premise revenue in 2019?
Facts: $579,334
Answer: $579,334 thousand

Question: What was the change in ACI on demand revenue between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 433,025; 678,960
Derivation: 678,960-433,025
Answer: 245935 thousand

Question: What was the change in total revenue between 2018 and 2017?
Facts: 1,009,780; 1,024,191
Derivation: $1,009,780-$1,024,191
Answer: -14411 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in Total stock-based compensation expense between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 20,360; 36,763
Derivation: ($36,763-$20,360)/$20,360
Answer: 80.56 percent

Question: How many shares did the company withhold to pay  the employees' portion of the minimum payroll withholding taxes?
Facts: 32,371
Answer: 32,371

Question: What was the number of nonvested shares were there in 2018?
Facts: 213,337
Answer: 213,337

Question: What was the Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value of nonvested shares in 2018?
Facts: $20.21
Answer: $20.21

Question: What is the change in nonvested shares between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 213,337; 92,842
Derivation: 92,842-213,337
Answer: -120495

Question: What was the difference in Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value between Vested and Forfeited shares?
Facts: 20.17; 20.64
Derivation: 20.64-20.17
Answer: 0.47

Question: What was the difference between the Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value of nonvested shares in 2019 and forfeited shares?
Facts: 20.13; 20.64
Derivation: 20.64-20.13
Answer: 0.51

Question: What was the net income in 2019?
Facts: $67,062
Answer: $67,062 thousand

Question: What was the net income in 2017?
Facts: $5,135
Answer: $5,135 thousand

Question: What was the foreign currency translation adjustments in 2018?
Facts: -15,261
Answer: -15,261 thousand

Question: What was the change in net income between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 67,062; 68,921
Derivation: $67,062-$68,921
Answer: -1859 thousand

Question: What was the change in comprehensive income between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 53,660; 68,096
Derivation: $68,096-$53,660
Answer: 14436 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in comprehensive income between 2017 and 2018?
Facts: 21,879; 53,660
Derivation: ($53,660-$21,879)/$21,879
Answer: 145.26 percent

Question: What was the working capital in 2018?
Facts: $269,857
Answer: $269,857 thousand

Question: What was the working capital in 2019?
Facts: $308,426
Answer: $308,426 thousand

Question: What was the total assets in 2015?
Facts: 1,975,788
Answer: 1,975,788 thousand

Question: What was the change in working capital between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 269,857; 308,426
Derivation: $308,426-$269,857
Answer: 38569 thousand

Question: What was the change in current portion of debt between 2016 and 2017?
Facts: 17,786; 90,323
Derivation: 90,323-17,786
Answer: 72537 thousand

Question: What was the change in total assets between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 2,122,455; 3,257,534
Derivation: (3,257,534-2,122,455)/2,122,455
Answer: 53.48 percent

Question: How was depreciation of the assets generally computed by the company?
Facts: using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives based on asset class.
Answer: using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives based on asset class.

Question: What was the useful lives of Furniture and Fixtures?
Facts: 7 years
Answer: 7 years

Question: What was the cost of building and improvements in 2019?
Facts: 14,553
Answer: 14,553 thousand

Question: What was the change in cost of furniture and fixtures between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 12,500; 12,980
Derivation: 12,980-12,500
Answer: 480 thousand

Question: What was the change in the cost of computer and office equipment between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 129,359; 143,942
Derivation: $143,942-$129,359
Answer: 14583 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in the cost of leasehold improvements lease between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 32,096; 33,346
Derivation: (33,346-32,096)/32,096
Answer: 3.89 percent

Question: What does Walletron deliver?
Facts: patented mobile wallet technology.
Answer: patented mobile wallet technology.

Question: How much did it cost the company to acquire certain technology assets of RevChip, LLC ("RevChip") and TranSend Integrated Technologies Inc. ("TranSend")?
Facts: $7.0 million
Answer: $7.0 million million

Question: What was the pro forma revenue in 2019?
Facts: $1,382,957
Answer: $1,382,957 thousand

Question: What was the change in pro forma revenue between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 1,361,729; 1,382,957
Derivation: $1,382,957-$1,361,729
Answer: 21228 thousand

Question: What was the change in pro forma net income between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 82,003; 88,428
Derivation: $82,003-$88,428
Answer: -6425 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in pro forma net income between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 82,003; 88,428
Derivation: ($82,003-$88,428)/$88,428
Answer: -7.27 percent

Question: What was the balance of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning of 2019?
Facts: $28,406
Answer: $28,406 thousand

Question: What was the balance of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning of 2017?
Facts: $24,278
Answer: $24,278 thousand

Question: What was the increases for tax positions of prior years in 2019?
Facts: 2,784
Answer: 2,784 thousand

Question: What was the change in Balance of unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of year between 2017 and 2018?
Facts: 24,278; 27,237
Derivation: $27,237-$24,278
Answer: 2959 thousand

Question: What was the change in balance of unrecognized tax benefits at the end of the year between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 28,406; 29,000
Derivation: $29,000-$28,406
Answer: 594 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in increases for tax positions established for the current year between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 1,185; 2,542
Derivation: (2,542-1,185)/1,185
Answer: 114.51 percent

Question: How did the company amortize other intangible assets?
Facts: using the straight-line method over periods ranging from three years to 20 years.
Answer: using the straight-line method over periods ranging from three years to 20 years.

Question: What was the balance of ACI On demand in 2019?
Facts: $554,617
Answer: $554,617 thousand

Question: What was the total balance in 2019?
Facts: $1,280,525
Answer: $1,280,525 thousand

Question: What was the change in balance of ACI on demand between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 183,783; 554,617
Derivation: $554,617-183,783
Answer: 370834 thousand

Question: What was the change in total balance between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 1,280,525; 909,691
Derivation: $1,280,525-909,691
Answer: 370834 thousand

Question: What percentage of total balance consists of ACI on Demand in 2019?
Facts: 1,280,525; 554,617
Derivation: $554,617/$1,280,525
Answer: 43.31 percent

Question: What was the net cash from operating activities in 2018?
Facts: $183,932
Answer: $183,932 thousand

Question: What was the net cash from operating activities in 2019?
Facts: $137,649
Answer: $137,649 thousand

Question: What was the net cash used in investing activities in 2019?
Facts: -830,481
Answer: -830,481 thousand

Question: What was the change in net cash from operating activities between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 137,649; 183,932
Derivation: $183,932-$137,649
Answer: 46283 thousand

Question: What was the change in net cash used in investing activities between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 45,360; 830,481
Derivation: -830,481+45,360
Answer: -785121 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in net cash from financing activities between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 57,704; 667,223
Derivation: (667,223+57,704)/57,704
Answer: 1256.29 percent

Question: What were the number of shares Exercised in 2018?
Facts: 854,524
Answer: 854,524

Question: What was the weighted average grant date fair value of stock options granted during the years ended December 31, 2018?
Facts: $7.03
Answer: $7.03

Question: What was the weighted average grant date fair value of stock options granted during the years ended December 31, 2017?
Facts: $6.24
Answer: $6.24

Question: What is the difference in the Weighted Average Exercise Price between Exercised and Forfeited stock options?
Facts: 15.78; 17.89
Derivation: 17.89-15.78
Answer: 2.11

Question: What is the change in the number of shares between outstanding and exercisable stock options as of December 31, 2019?
Facts: 3,462,664; 4,006,816
Derivation: 4,006,816-3,462,664
Answer: 544152

Question: What is the difference in the Weighted Average Exercise Price between Exercised and Outstanding stock options in 2018?
Facts: 15.78; 17.76
Derivation: $17.76-15.78
Answer: 1.98

Question: How many shares did the company withhold pay the employees’ portion of the minimum payroll withholding taxes in 2019? 
Facts: 57,802
Answer: 57,802

Question: What was the number of granted shares in 2019?
Facts: 742,579
Answer: 742,579

Question: What was the number of vested shares in 2019?
Facts: 259,634
Answer: 259,634

Question: What was the percentage of vested RSUs that the company withheld to pay the employees’ portion of the minimum payroll withholding taxes in 2019?
Facts: 259,634; 57,802
Derivation: 57,802/259,634
Answer: 22.26 percent

Question: What was the change in nonvested RSUs between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 1,009,404; 651,045
Derivation: 1,009,404-651,045
Answer: 358359

Question: What was the percentage change in nonvested RSUs between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 1,009,404; 651,045
Derivation: (1,009,404-651,045)/651,045
Answer: 55.04 percent

Question: What are TSRs?
Facts: performance shares that are earned, if at all, based upon the Company’s total shareholder return as compared to a group of peer companies over a three-year performance period.
Answer: performance shares that are earned, if at all, based upon the Company’s total shareholder return as compared to a group of peer companies over a three-year performance period.

Question: What was the interest rate in 2017?
Facts: 1.5%
Answer: 1.5%

Question: What was the volatility in 2018?
Facts: 28.0%
Answer: 28.0%

Question: What was the change in interest rate between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 2.4; 2.5
Derivation: 2.5%-2.4%
Answer: 0.1 percent

Question: What was the change in Volatility between 2017 and 2018?
Facts: 26.5; 28.0
Derivation: 28.0%-26.5%
Answer: 1.5 percent

Question: What was the percentage change in expected life (years) between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 2.8; 2.9
Derivation: (2.8-2.9)/2.9
Answer: -3.45 percent

Question: What does the consolidated balance sheet and statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019, include?
Facts: the acquisition of Speedpay
Answer: the acquisition of Speedpay

Question: What was the total revenues in 2019?
Facts: $ 1,258,294
Answer: $ 1,258,294 thousand

Question: What was the net income in 2019?
Facts: 67,062
Answer: 67,062 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in net income between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 67,062; 68,921
Derivation: (67,062-68,921)/68,921
Answer: -2.7 percent

Question: What was the percentage change in basic earnings per share between 2017 and 2018?
Facts: 0.04; 0.59
Derivation: ($0.59-$0.04)/$0.04
Answer: 1375 percent

Question: What was the change in net income between 2015 and 2016?
Facts: 129,535; 85,436
Derivation: 129,535-85,436
Answer: 44099 thousand

Question: What was the expected life (years) in 2018?
Facts: 5.6
Answer: 5.6

Question: What was the risk-free interest rate in 2018?
Facts: 2.7%
Answer: 2.7%

Question: What was the risk-free interest rate in 2017?
Facts: 1.9%
Answer: 1.9%

Question: What was the change in Expected volatility between 2017 and 2018?
Facts: 26.4; 29.4
Derivation: 26.4%-29.4%
Answer: -3 percent

Question: What was the change in risk-free interest rate between 2017 and 2018?
Facts: 1.9; 2.7
Derivation: 2.7%-1.9%
Answer: 0.8 percent

Question: What was risk-free interest rate in 2017 as a percentage of risk-free interest rate in 2018?
Facts: 1.9; 2.7
Derivation: 1.9/2.7
Answer: 70.37 percent

Question: How were basic earnings per share computed by the company?
Facts: in accordance with ASC 260, Earnings per Share, based on weighted average outstanding common shares.
Answer: in accordance with ASC 260, Earnings per Share, based on weighted average outstanding common shares.

Question: How were diluted earnings per share computed by the company?
Facts: based on basic weighted average outstanding common shares adjusted for the dilutive effect of stock options, RSUs, and certain contingently issuable shares for which performance targets have been achieved.
Answer: based on basic weighted average outstanding common shares adjusted for the dilutive effect of stock options, RSUs, and certain contingently issuable shares for which performance targets have been achieved.

Question: What was the basic weighted average shares outstanding in 2019?
Facts: 116,175
Answer: 116,175 thousand

Question: What was the change in Basic weighted average shares outstanding between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 116,057; 116,175
Derivation: 116,175-116,057
Answer: 118 thousand

Question: What was the change in Basic weighted average shares outstanding between 2017 and 2018?
Facts: 116,057; 118,059
Derivation: 116,057-118,059
Answer: -2002 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in Diluted weighted average shares outstanding between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 117,632; 118,571
Derivation: (118,571-117,632)/117,632
Answer: 0.8 percent

Question: Why did ACI On Premise Segment Adjusted EBITDA decrease between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: due to a $5.2 million increase in cash operating expense, partially offset by a $2.6 million increase in revenue.
Answer: due to a $5.2 million increase in cash operating expense, partially offset by a $2.6 million increase in revenue.

Question: What was the total revenue in 2018?
Facts: $ 1,009,780
Answer: $ 1,009,780 thousand

Question: What was the total stock-based compensation expense in 2019?
Facts: $ 36,763
Answer: $ 36,763 thousand

Question: What was the change in Corporate depreciation and amortization between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 54,175; 76,182
Derivation: 76,182-54,175
Answer: 22007 thousand

Question: What was the change in ACI on Premise revenues between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 576,755; 579,334
Derivation: $579,334-$576,755
Answer: 2579 thousand

Question: What was the percentage change in segment adjusted EBITDA ACI on Premise between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 321,305; 323,902
Derivation: ($321,305-$323,902)/$323,902
Answer: -0.8 percent

Question: What was the additional stock-based compensation expense in 2019?
Facts: $3.7 million
Answer: $3.7 million million

Question: What was the number of nonvested shares at expected attainment in 2019?
Facts: 669,469
Answer: 669,469

Question: What was the number of nonvested shares at expected attainment in 2018?
Facts: 540,697
Answer: 540,697

Question: What was the change in nonvested shares at expected attainment between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 540,697; 669,469
Derivation: 669,469-540,697
Answer: 128772

Question: What was the percentage change in nonvested shares at expected attainment between 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 540,697; 669,469
Derivation: (669,469-540,697)/540,697
Answer: 23.82 percent

Question: What is the difference in Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value between nonvested shares and forfeited shares in 2018?
Facts: 18.80; 19.83
Derivation: $19.83-18.80
Answer: 1.03