SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.370-1.430 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 1.390. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.5 billion-$1.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.5 billion. SS&C Technologies also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 5.640-5.960 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have weighed in on the company. UBS Group upped their target price on SS&C Technologies from $92.00 to $93.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $92.00 target price on shares of SS&C Technologies in a research report on Thursday, October 10th. StockNews.com downgraded SS&C Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 15th. Raymond James raised their price objective on SS&C Technologies from $79.00 to $85.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $90.00 target price on shares of SS&C Technologies in a research report on Friday, October 25th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $83.88.

SS&C Technologies Price Performance

Shares of SSNC traded down $0.02 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $81.80. The stock had a trading volume of 1,999,646 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,266,653. SS&C Technologies has a 52 week low of $59.53 and a 52 week high of $82.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 1.21. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $77.42 and its 200-day moving average price is $74.80. The company has a market capitalization of $20.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.32 and a beta of 1.38.

SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The technology company reported $1.41 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.32 by $0.09. SS&C Technologies had a return on equity of 17.33% and a net margin of 12.26%. On average, analysts forecast that SS&C Technologies will post 4.62 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

SS&C Technologies Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 16th. Investors of record on Monday, December 2nd were given a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 2nd. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.22%. SS&C Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 35.84%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO William C. Stone sold 132,700 shares of SS&C Technologies stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $76.85, for a total transaction of $10,197,995.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 31,837,926 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,446,744,613.10. This trade represents a 0.42 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, SVP Jason Douglas White sold 69,000 shares of SS&C Technologies stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $77.07, for a total value of $5,317,830.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now owns 6,412 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $494,172.84. This represents a 91.50 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 449,000 shares of company stock valued at $34,461,478. 15.40% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About SS&C Technologies

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc engages in the development and provision of software solutions to the financial services and healthcare industries. It operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and Japan, Canada, and the Americas, excluding the United States and Canada.