Stocks · Technology · Software - Application
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. SSNC
$78.53 +0.11% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $18.43B
Inexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 22, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 12 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +4.7%).
- Net debt is 3.3× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 48 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth44Weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 38%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 44%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 48%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 48%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 44%
Quality57Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 34%
- Gross marginBottom 46%
- Operating marginTop 12%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 36%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 38%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 16%
- Interest coverBottom 50%
Value87Strong
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 20%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 13%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 17%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 49%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 26%
Momentum45Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 42%
- 6-month returnBottom 42%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 39%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 24%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Revisions61Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 36%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 19%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 41%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 39%
Stability88Strong
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 3%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 13%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 16%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 7.5% | 8.6% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 0.3% | 9.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 48.7% | 48.1% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 22.9% | 23.6% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 24.2% | 26.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 8.6% | 7.5% | ↑ | Bottom 38% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 9.1% | 0.3% | ↑ | Bottom 44% |
| Gross margin | 48.1% | 48.7% | ↓ | Bottom 46% |
| Operating margin | 23.6% | 22.9% | ↑ | Top 12% |
| Net margin | 13.2% | 13.3% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 26.9% | 24.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 7.9% | — | Top 34% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.9% | — | Bottom 48% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.12×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 4.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +17.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.30×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.41%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 5.32%
- Shareholder yield
- 6.73%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 12
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +4.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $91.50
- Target vs current price
- +16.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 24
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 71%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | +4.8% | -0.1% | +16.8% | +22.8% | — |
| Apr 23, 2026 | +2.4% | -0.9% | -1.7% | -4.9% | -1.7% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | +5.0% | +1.7% | -1.1% | +2.4% | -6.0% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | +6.8% | -1.4% | +1.5% | +1.0% | +2.7% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | +4.3% | +0.2% | +2.1% | +5.3% | -3.2% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | +2.1% | +1.4% | -1.0% | +2.8% | +9.0% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | +18.8% | -0.0% | +7.7% | +3.4% | -5.0% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | +2.4% | -0.8% | -6.6% | -3.1% | +5.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | $1.76 | $1.68 | +4.8% | $1.70B |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $1.69 | $1.65 | +2.4% | $1.65B |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $1.69 | $1.61 | +5.0% | $1.65B |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $1.57 | $1.47 | +6.8% | $1.57B |
| Jul 23, 2025 | $1.45 | $1.39 | +4.3% | $1.54B |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $1.44 | $1.41 | +2.1% | $1.51B |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $1.58 | $1.33 | +18.8% | $1.53B |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $1.29 | $1.26 | +2.4% | $1.47B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 22.6× | 24.1× | 24th | Top 20% |
| P/E (forward) | 11.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.6× | — | — | Top 17% |
| EV / Sales | 3.93× | — | — | Top 49% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 9.57% | — | — | Top 13% |
| Earnings yield | 4.43% | — | — | Top 20% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 18.5× – 28.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -10.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +9.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -17.2%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 48
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +7.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +5.0%
- RSI (14)
- 45.6
- Relative volume
- 0.80×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 31.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 79th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.80
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.49
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -12.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -31.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2022 | Oct 12, 2022 | -44.9% | 188 days | 582 days (Feb 7, 2025) |
| Aug 22, 2025 | Jun 30, 2026 | -31.2% | 213 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 20, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -19.3% | 33 days | 94 days (Aug 22, 2025) |
| Dec 8, 2020 | Jan 29, 2021 | -14.2% | 35 days | 49 days (Apr 12, 2021) |
| Jul 29, 2021 | Sep 21, 2021 | -12.7% | 37 days | 28 days (Oct 29, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $18.43B
- P/E (TTM)
- 22.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.48
- Revenue (TTM)
- $6.56B
- Dividend yield
- 1.41%
- 52-week range
- $61.40 – $89.93
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.05B | $5.28B | $5.50B | $5.88B | $6.27B |
| Gross profit | $2.41B | $2.52B | $2.65B | $2.86B | $3.02B |
| Operating income | $1.24B | $1.14B | $1.21B | $1.34B | $1.44B |
| Net income | $800.0M | $650.2M | $607.1M | $760.5M | $796.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.99 | $2.48 | $2.39 | $3.00 | $3.15 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.47B | $1.53B | $1.51B | $1.54B | $1.57B | $1.65B | $1.65B | $1.70B |
| Net income | $164.4M | $248.2M | $213.0M | $180.8M | $210.0M | $193.1M | $226.1M | $234.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.65 | $0.98 | $0.84 | $0.72 | $0.83 | $0.77 | $0.91 | $0.97 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.43B | $1.13B | $1.22B | $1.39B | $1.74B |
| Capital expenditure | -$136.6M | -$208.3M | -$251.5M | -$61.4M | -$80.8M |
| Free cash flow | $1.29B | $926.0M | $963.6M | $1.33B | $1.66B |
| Dividends paid | -$174.0M | -$203.1M | -$220.9M | -$244.9M | -$253.8M |
| Net share buybacks | -$487.9M | -$476.1M | -$471.6M | -$737.5M | -$610.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $434.8M
- Total assets
- $20.61B
- Total liabilities
- $13.90B
- Total debt
- $7.78B
- Net debt
- $7.34B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $6.64B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | $0.30 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | $0.27 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | $0.27 | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | $0.27 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Sep 2, 2025 | $0.27 | Sep 15, 2025 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | $0.25 | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Mar 3, 2025 | $0.25 | Mar 17, 2025 |
| Dec 2, 2024 | $0.25 | Dec 16, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,741,307
- Days to cover
- 3.00
- Change vs previous report
- -0.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 27, 2016
- 2-for-1