SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) Issues FY24 Earnings Guidance

SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) issued an update on its FY24 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.93-5.17 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.08. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.695-5.855 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.76 billion. SS&C Technologies also updated its FY 2024 guidance to 4.930-5.170 EPS.

SS&C Technologies Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ:SSNC traded down $0.07 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $61.24. The company had a trading volume of 1,583,612 shares, compared to its average volume of 961,173. The company has a current ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04. SS&C Technologies has a 12 month low of $46.61 and a 12 month high of $65.86. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $62.78 and a 200 day simple moving average of $59.15. The stock has a market cap of $15.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.40 and a beta of 1.43.

SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 13th. The technology company reported $1.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.13. The firm had revenue of $1.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.39 billion. SS&C Technologies had a return on equity of 17.24% and a net margin of 11.46%. On average, analysts predict that SS&C Technologies will post 4.61 EPS for the current year.

SS&C Technologies Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 1st were paid a $0.24 dividend. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 29th. SS&C Technologies’s payout ratio is presently 38.25%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on SSNC. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of SS&C Technologies from $70.00 to $71.00 and gave the stock a buy rating in a research report on Thursday, February 15th. DA Davidson reissued a buy rating and issued a $78.00 target price on shares of SS&C Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, April 16th. Needham & Company LLC raised their price target on SS&C Technologies from $70.00 to $74.00 and gave the stock a buy rating in a research report on Friday. StockNews.com upgraded SS&C Technologies from a buy rating to a strong-buy rating in a report on Monday, January 29th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada increased their target price on SS&C Technologies from $65.00 to $72.00 and gave the stock an outperform rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 14th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus price target of $71.22.

SS&C Technologies Company Profile

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 comprising portfolio management and reporting; back-office functions, such as accounting, performance measurement, reconciliation, reporting, processing and clearing, and compliance and tax reporting; and healthcare solutions consisting of claims adjudication, benefit management, care management, and business intelligence solutions.