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SSNC·SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

$79.93
-0.10 (-0.12%)
Overnight$79.93+0.00 (+0.00%)
High
$80.39
Open
$79.95
Market Cap
18.76B
52W High
$90.22
Low
$78.90
P. Close
$79.93
P/E
21.71
52W Low
$61.40
Fwd P/E
10.34
DailyIQ Est.
$96.60
Inst. Ownership
1.9%
Short Interest
2.03%
Days to Cover
3.5
Technical Score (1D)
50
NEUTRAL
News Sentiment
80
BULLISH
SS&C Technologies has just expanded its Black Diamond Annuities & Insurance Marketplace, adding term‑life quoting and policy‑review tools and integrating new carriers. The move comes after the company secured mandates from Principal Financial Group and Bolton Global Capital to embed its retirement and wealth‑management platforms into their advisor workflows. This broadened functionality deepens SSNC’s penetration in the advisor‑centric wealth‑tech space, making its solutions more sticky and likely to generate incremental recurring revenue over the next 1–10 trading days. The added term‑life quoting capability also positions SSNC to capture a larger share of the growing demand for integrated retirement protection products, which could lift its earnings per share guidance. Because the expansion does not materially alter SSNC’s core risk profile, analysts expect the impact to be incremental rather than transformative. Watch for the first quarterly earnings report to see whether the new mandates translate into higher platform adoption metrics and whether the company can monetize the new carrier integrations. Pay attention to any updates on the contractual terms of the Principal and Bolton agreements, as longer‑term commitments would signal stronger upside. Finally, monitor the broader wealth‑tech market for any regulatory changes that could affect the adoption of integrated annuity and insurance tools.
Earnings Summary
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. is a global provider of software and software‑enabled services for the financial services and healthcare sectors, delivering integrated solutions for securities accounting, trading, portfolio management, and back‑office operations. Operating in the technology software‑application space, the company focuses on streamlining complex processes for institutional clients worldwide. In Q1 2025 SS&C reported earnings per share of $1.44 versus an estimate of $1.40445, with revenue of $1.5148 billion, slightly above expectations. The following quarter, Q1 2026, saw EPS of $1.69 against an estimate of $1.6831 and revenue of $1.6482 billion, a modest decline from the prior quarter’s $1.6646 billion estimate, indicating a slight revenue slowdown while EPS remained marginally above forecasts. Q2 2026 continued this pattern with EPS of $1.76 beating the $1.7125 estimate and revenue of $1.6969 billion versus a $1.6975 billion estimate, essentially flat. The company has consistently met or exceeded analyst EPS estimates in the last four quarters, while revenue growth has decelerated from a 9.8% increase in Q1 2025 to a 1.1% decline in Q1 2026, then stabilizing near flat in Q2 2026. Historically, SS&C has maintained double‑digit revenue growth YoY for several years, but recent quarters show a trend toward plateauing, with EPS still rising modestly. Recent news highlights the expansion of the Black Diamond Annuities & Insurance Marketplace, adding term‑life quoting and policy‑review tools and securing mandates from Principal Financial Group and Bolton Global Capital; this development is expected to deepen platform stickiness and generate incremental recurring revenue. Investors should watch for the Q3 2026 earnings release to assess whether the new carrier integrations and retirement‑income contracts translate into higher subscription uptake and fee‑based revenue, and monitor any updates on the contractual terms of the Principal and Bolton agreements, as longer‑term commitments would signal stronger upside. Additionally, keep an eye on regulatory changes in the wealth‑tech and retirement‑services space that could influence adoption of the expanded product lineup.

EPS

EstBeatMiss
$1.35$1.47$1.59$1.70$1.82Q1'25Q1'26Q2'26Q3'26
QtrEstActual+/−
Q3'26$1.77 - -
Q2'26$1.71$1.76+2.8%
Q1'26$1.68$1.69+0.4%
Q1'25$1.40$1.44+2.5%

Revenue

EstBeatMiss
$1.5B$1.6B$1.6B$1.7B$1.7BQ1'25Q1'26Q2'26Q3'26
QtrEstActual+/−
Q3'26$1.7B - -
Q2'26$1.7B$1.7B-0.0%
Q1'26$1.7B$1.6B-0.8%
Q1'25 - $1.5B -

Market Data

SSNC Stock Snapshot

HOLD50/100
$79.93+$0.00 (0.0%)
Market cap
18.76B
P/E ratio
21.7
Day range
$78.90 – $80.39
News sentiment
80/100 · Bullish
Analyst target
$93.56 (+17.1%)
Consensus
Buy · 18 analysts
52-week range+30.2% off low · -11.4% from high
$61.40$90.22
Price $79.93 DailyIQ Est. $96.60

This is a pause rather than a turn for SSNC - the signals are mixed by construction. Earnings and guidance carry more weight than macro data at this capitalisation.

Reverse DCF

What growth is priced into SSNC?

CHEAP

At today's price, SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. needs to grow free cash flow about -2.4% a year for the next 10 years to justify its valuation at a 7.75% cost of capital. Over its actual history it has compounded free cash flow at 24.5% a year, so the market is asking for 26.9 percentage points below its own delivered rate. On that basis SSNC looks priced below what its own growth record supports.

Implied FCF growth
-2.4%
Historical FCF CAGR
24.5%
Growth gap
-26.9 pts
Verdict
CHEAP
Discount rate (WACC)
7.75%
Beta
0.80

Behaviour On Record

What SSNC's own history says about today's numbers

Realized volatility (21d)
21.8% 42nd pct
Below its peak
-11.4%
vs 200-day average
+6.3%
Up days (1y)
47%

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. is currently running 21.8% annualised volatility over the last 21 sessions. Measured against SSNC's own 13 years of daily returns rather than a market-wide average, that is the 42nd percentile close to its own typical level, against a typical reading of 23.6%. The distinction matters because a number that looks calm for one stock is turbulent for another, and the absolute figure on its own tells you neither.

SSNC is trading -11.4% below its running peak. Across 12 full years on file, its median worst-drawdown-in-a-year was -21.0%, and the deepest was -48.8% in 2020. The current pullback is therefore shallower than what this stock gives back in a typical year, which is context worth having before treating it as a dislocation.

Price sits +6.3% from its 200-day moving average. Against every other day in its history, that gap ranks at the 50th percentile close to the gap it normally carries. Over the past year SSNC closed higher on 47% of sessions, and it is currently 3 sessions into a falling streak.

On September specifically: over 13 years of records, SSNC finished the month higher 5 of 13 times, with a median return of -3.4% and an average of -2.7%. Its strongest month historically has been November at +3.7% on average, its weakest September at -2.7%. Seasonality is a weak signal on its own — a decade is a small sample and regimes change — but it is a real distribution rather than a rule of thumb.

Overnight risk is measurable too: SSNC has opened more than 2% away from the prior close in 144 of 3,266 sessions (4.4% of the time), with the largest gaps running +13.1% and -10.3%. For anyone holding through an event, that rate is a better guide to overnight exposure than the intraday range.

All figures computed from 3,267 daily closes between 2013-09-23 and 2026-09-18, split-adjusted, recomputed daily. Percentiles are against SSNC's own 13-year history, not a peer group or index.

Sector Rotation

Is money rotating into or out of SSNC's sector?

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. sits in the Technology sector, currently ranked 1st of 11 GICS sectors by relative-strength rotation score (leading). Within its narrower Software industry group, SSNC ranks 3rd of 15 tracked industries, leading.

Sector rank
#1 of 11
Sector state
Leading
Sector rotation score
90
Industry rank
#3 of 15

Options Market

What is the options market pricing for SSNC?

CallsPuts

For SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.'s nearest expiry (2026-10-16, 25 days out), open interest is call-heavy, a bullish tilt (put/call ratio of 0.00).

Put/call ratio (2026-10-16)
0.00
Total open interest
101

Analyst Rating Changes

Are analysts turning bullish or bearish on SSNC?

RBC Capital most recently reiterated its rating on SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. to Outperform on Aug 31, 2026 with a price target of $101 (from $92). Over the last 90 days, coverage has run 0 upgrades against 0 downgrades, a net mixed lean.

Latest action
RBC CapitalOutperform
90-day upgrades
0
90-day downgrades
0
Net rating momentum
0
DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
Aug 31, 2026RBC CapitalMaintainedOutperform$92 → $101
Jul 27, 2026DA DavidsonMaintainedBuy$96
Jul 24, 2026RBC CapitalMaintainedOutperform$89 → $92
Jul 24, 2026NeedhamReiteratedBuy$90
Jul 20, 2026JefferiesMaintainedBuy$92 → $83
Jul 20, 2026JP MorganMaintainedNeutral$94 → $87
Jul 15, 2026DA DavidsonMaintainedBuy$96
Apr 27, 2026DA DavidsonMaintainedBuy$96
Apr 24, 2026UBSMaintainedBuy$112 → $115
Apr 24, 2026Morgan StanleyMaintainedEqual-Weight$86 → $78
Apr 24, 2026NeedhamMaintainedBuy$95 → $90
Apr 21, 2026JefferiesMaintainedBuy$105 → $92

SSNC Competitive Positioning

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (SSNC) is tracked alongside these names in Software - Application on DailyIQ — ranked by market cap, with today's move alongside.