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SS&C Technologies Holdings

SSNC
55
Software - Application · Technology
Price
$69.56
-1.01 (-1.43%)
Market Cap
$16.75B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
55
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

5.3% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 267.3M (2021) → 253.1M (2025)

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides software products and software-enabled services to financial services and healthcare industries. The company owns and operates technology stack across securities accounting; front-office functions, such as trading and modeling; middle-office functions include portfolio management and reporting; back-office functions, such as accounting, performance measurement, reconciliation, reporting, processing and clearing, and compl

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+8.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+8.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$508M/ year

Flat (-2% vs prior year)

8.1% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

14.0%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$421M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

SS&C Technologies Holdings is growing revenue at 9% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
48.7%
Healthy — 48.7% gross margin
Operating Margin
24.8%
Excellent — 24.8% operating margin
ROCE
2.9%
Weak — 2.9% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+7.5%
Steady sales growth (7.5% YoY)
EPS YoY
+0.6%
Flat earnings

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
220%
Turns 220% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
26.7%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (26.7%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
1.09
Elevated debt (1.09)
Interest Cover
3.49x
Tight — interest eats into profit (3.5x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
20.8x
Growth-priced — P/E 20.8

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
+12.6
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (20.8 → 8.3)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.65%
Small dividend — 1.65% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+8.0%
Dividend growing modestly (8.0% YoY)

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