Why SSNC fell on Oct 23
Down 7% on Oct 23, and still 13% under its Oct 22 close.
- Its Oct 22 results:
Down 7% on Oct 23, and still 13% under its Oct 22 close.
SSNC's Quality Score rose 1 point on Tue, Nov 10, to 6. It closed near its high of the day.
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| The company | An $853M profit |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Nov 9 |
After its last 4 reports it closed +0.6% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.
Averagefor quality, not price, 2 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
SSNC is #129 of 268 by Quality Score.
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Share count against a year before: SSNC -3.8%, SNPS +20%, CDNS +1%, QTWO -0.5%.
Expected to report Thu Feb 4, after the close (in 86 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $1.7B, 8% more than a year ago; a profit of $0.83 a share, from $0.83.
SSNC's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Adjusted revenues | $6,736 – $6,776 |
Sales grew 6.1% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $1.20 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | -2.6% | -7.3% | -10.0% |
| Jul 23, 2026 | +7.9% | +10.3% | +15.3% |
| Apr 23, 2026 | -1.8% | -4.0% | -1.1% |
Sales grew every year from 2018 to 2025, to $6.3B. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
RSI 42.9, MACD below signal, below its 50-day, above its 200-day. Not scored.
Its dividends come to 16% of its free cash flow.
| Dividend | $1.20 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $282M a year |
| Free cash flow | $1.8B |
| Record | Raised every year since 2016 |
2 insiders sold $584K across 3 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
3 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: SSNC is under 0.1% of VYM, under 0.1% of DGRO, and under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.
SS&C Technologies provides software products and software-enabled services to a variety of customers primarily in financial services. Acquisitions are a large part of SS&C's history. SS&C GlobeOp provides fund administration services to alternative and traditional asset managers. In addition, SS&C provides portfolio accounting, portfolio management, trading, banking/lending, and other software to asset managers, banks, and financial advisors. SS&C's purchase of Intralinks makes it a leading player in virtual deal room solutions. With its 2018 purchase of DST Systems, SS&C gained a foothold in the healthcare industry with pharmacy health management solutions and medical claim administration services. In 2022, SS&C acquired robotic process automation software firm Blue Prism.
“The market for the software and services we provide is competitive, rapidly evolving and highly sensitive to new product introductions and marketing efforts by industry participants, although high conversion costs can create barriers to adoption of new products or technologies.”
SSNC scores 6 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #129 of 268 in Software by Quality Score, with 2 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 7% on Oct 23, and still 13% under its Oct 22 close. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
SSNC scores 6 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #129 of 268 in Software by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind SSNC's 6.
2 insiders sold $584K across 3 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Michael Jay Zamkow, Director, who sold $200K on May 20. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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Insider and Congress trades, the chart, and the financials, in one score.
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