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SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. has spent three decades turning other people’s back-office headaches into its revenue stream. The company’s glossy product rails promise ‘AI-driven intelligent automation,’ ‘secure private-cloud managed services,’ and ‘retirement platform elegance,’ but the filing that matters is the 10-Q for the quarter ended 31 March 2026. Inside that document, the company admits $1.65 billion in revenue, $226.1 million in net income, and $299.7 million in operating cash flow while still carrying a $420.9 million cash pile. The numbers are real; the marketing is aspirational. The gap between the two is the company’s real product. (source: 10-Q, period ending 2026-03-31, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402436/000119312526197201/ssnc-20260331.htm)

What SS&C actually sells is administrative plumbing wrapped in regulatory-grade concrete. Its core administration technology handles commercial health plans, Medicare, Medicaid, and health insurance exchanges, while its retirement platform keeps defined-contribution dreams from collapsing into defined-friction. Managed IT services promise secure, scalable private-cloud environments, and investor services tie the knot between fund accounting and the investor experience. The customer list reads like a who’s who of regulated industries that would rather outsource compliance than hire a small army of actuaries. The problem is that every product page ends with the same hubspot CTA: ‘Contact Us.’ Translation: ‘We’ll send a deck and a coffee mug.’ (source: Core Administration Technology & Services, https://www.ssctech.com/solutions/core-administration-technology-services; Retirement Platforms, https://www.ssctech.com/solutions/retirement-platforms; Managed IT Services, https://www.ssctech.com/solutions/managed-services; Investor Services, https://www.ssctech.com/solutions/investor-services)

The 10-Q delivers the arithmetic: $1.65 billion in revenue, $226.1 million net income, and diluted EPS of $0.91 for the three months ended 31 March 2026. Operating income clocked in at $398.2 million, while R&D spend was $134.6 million. Capitalised software amortisation rose to $40.6 million, a reminder that the company still capitalises client-server code like it’s writing a Sci-Fi novel. The balance sheet shows $20.33 billion in assets, $13.43 billion in liabilities, and $6.84 billion in shareholders’ equity. Cash and equivalents stand at $420.9 million, and operating cash flow was $299.7 million. Capex was a modest $6.0 million. (source: 10-Q, period ending 2026-03-31, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402436/000119312526197201/ssnc-20260331.htm)

A quick route to the filing index lives on SEC EDGAR, where the company’s submissions JSON and companyfacts JSON live like digital dustbins for anyone willing to dig. The 8-K dated 23 July 2026 authorises another $500 million in buybacks, a move that feels less like capital discipline and more like a board game where the objective is to keep the share count from rising as fast as the restricted-stock-units pile. The weighted-average diluted share count is 247.6 million, which is what happens when option grants outpace buybacks. (source: 8-K 2026-07-23, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402436/000119312526314097/ssnc-20260723.htm; SEC EDGAR filing index, https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=1402436; SEC submissions JSON, https://data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK0001402436.json; SEC companyfacts JSON, https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001402436.json)

There is The source-change rail is filing/source-led and does not use chart-derived signals. Chart context is available separately on this page through the Atlas chart snapshot or TradingView route where available. If you want to watch the stock, the filing index is the only reliable rail. The company’s market story turns on whether its $134.6 million R&D budget can deliver products that outpace the $40.6 million software amortisation line. Until then, the filings are the best story SS&C has to tell. (source: 10-Q, period ending 2026-03-31, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402436/000119312526197201/ssnc-20260331.htm)

What changed this week is the 8-K that hands the board another half-billion-dollar buyback wand. What remains unproven is whether the company can convert its $1.65 billion in revenue into growth that keeps pace with share dilution. The evidence would feel more decisive if we had segment-level margins, a clear link between R&D spend and new product revenue, or a disclosure that didn’t end with ‘Contact Us.’ (source: 8-K 2026-07-23, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1402436/000119312526314097/ssnc-20260723.htm)