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SS&C Technologies Holdings (SS&C Technologies Holdings) Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) : $93.02 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is SS&C Technologies Holdings Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based)?

As of today (2024-04-27), SS&C Technologies Holdings's intrinsic value calculated from the Discounted Cash Flow model is $93.02.

Note: Discounted Cash Flow model is only suitable for predictable companies (Business Predictability Rank higher than 1-Star). If the company's predictability rank is 1-Star or Not Rated, result may not be accurate due to the low predictability of business and the data will not be stored into our database.

SS&C Technologies Holdings's Predictability Rank is 3.5-Stars.

Margin of Safety (FCF Based) using Discounted Cash Flow model for SS&C Technologies Holdings is 34.16%.

The industry rank for SS&C Technologies Holdings's Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) or its related term are showing as below:

SSNC's Price-to-DCF (FCF Based) is ranked better than
68.2% of 283 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 0.96 vs SSNC: 0.66

SS&C Technologies Holdings Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) Historical Data

The historical data trend for SS&C Technologies Holdings's Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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SS&C Technologies Holdings Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) Chart

SS&C Technologies Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based)
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SS&C Technologies Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 122.02 130.00 137.36 118.25 102.06

Competitive Comparison of SS&C Technologies Holdings's Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based)

For the Software - Application subindustry, SS&C Technologies Holdings's Price-to-DCF (FCF Based), along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-DCF (FCF Based) data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


SS&C Technologies Holdings's Price-to-DCF (FCF Based) Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, SS&C Technologies Holdings's Price-to-DCF (FCF Based) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SS&C Technologies Holdings's Price-to-DCF (FCF Based) falls into.



SS&C Technologies Holdings Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) Calculation

This is the intrinsic value calculated from the Discounted Cash Flow model with default parameters. In a discounted cash flow model, the future cash flow is estimated based on a cash flow growth rate and a discount rate. The cash flow of the future is discounted to its current value at the discount rate. All of the discounted future cash flow is added together to get the current intrinsic value of the company.

Usually a two-stage model is used when calculating a stock's intrinsic value using a discounted cash flow model. The first stage is called the growth stage; the second is called the terminal stage. In the growth stage the company grows at a faster rate. Because it cannot grow at that rate forever, a lower rate is used for the terminal stage.

GuruFocus DCF calculator is a two-stage model. The default values are defined as:

1. Discount Rate: d = 11%
A reasonable discount rate assumption should be at least the long term average return of the stock market, which can be estimated from risk free rate plus risk premium of stock market. GuruFocus uses 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate as the risk-free rate and rounded up to the nearest integer. It is updated daily. The current risk-free rate is 4.66%. Please go to Economic Indicators page for more information. Please note that we use the 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate of the United States as default. Then we added a risk premium of 6% to get the estimated discount rate. Some investors use their expected rate of return, which is also reasonable. A typical discount rate can be anywhere between 6% - 20%.

2. Growth Rate in the growth stage: g1 = 16.40%
The Growth Rate in the growth stage is initially set as the default 10-Year FCF Growth Rate (Per Share). In cases where the 10-year growth rate is unavailable, it defaults to using the 5-Year FCF Growth Rate (Per Share). If both the 10-year and 5-year growth rates are unavailable, the system defaults to the 3-Year FCF Growth Rate (Per Share).
However, it's important to note that there is a growth rate range. If the calculated growth rate exceeds 20%, it will be capped at 20%. Conversely, if the calculated growth rate falls below 5%, it will be adjusted to 5% to maintain a reasonable range.
=> SS&C Technologies Holdings's average Free Cash Flow Growth Rate in the past 10 years was 16.40%, which is between 5% and 20%. => GuruFocus defaults => Growth Rate: 16.40%

3. Years of Growth Stage: y1 = 10

4. Terminal Growth Rate: g2 = 4%

5. Years of Terminal Growth: y2 = 10

6. Free Cash Flow per Share: fcf = $3.790.
However, GuruFocus DCF calculator is actually a Discounted Earnings calculator, the EPS without NRI is used as the default. The reason we are doing this is we found that historically stock prices are more correlated with earnings than free cash flow.

All of the default settings can be changed and the results are calculated automatically.

SS&C Technologies Holdings's Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) for today is calculated as

Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based)=Free Cash Flow per Share*{[(1+g1)/(1+d)+(1+g1)^2/(1+d)^2+...+(1+g1)^10/(1+d)^10]
+(1+g1)^10/(1+d)^10*[(1+g2)/(1+d)+(1+g2)^2/(1+d)^2+...+(1+g2)^10/(1+d)^10]}

set x = (1+g1)/(1+d) = (1+0.164)/(1+0.11) = 1.0486486486486
and y = (1+g2)/(1+d) = (1+0.04)/(1+0.11) = 0.93693693693694

Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based)=Free Cash Flow per Share*{[x+x^2+...+x^10]+x^10*[y+y^2+...+y^10]}
=Free Cash Flow per Share*[x*(1-x^10)/(1-x)+x^10*y*(1-y^10)/(1-y)]
=3.790*24.5431
=93.02

Margin of Safety (FCF Based)=(Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based)-Current Price)/Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based)
=(93.02-61.24)/93.02
=34.16 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


SS&C Technologies Holdings  (NAS:SSNC) Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based) Explanation

Unlike valuation methods such as Net Current Asset Value, Tangible Book per Share, Graham Number, Median PS Value etc, discounted Cash Flow model evaluates the companies based on their future earnings power instead of their assets.


Be Aware

What you need to know about the DCF model:

1. The DCF model evaluates a company based on its future earnings power
2. Growth is taken into account; therefore a faster growth company is worth more if everything else is the same.
3. Since we are projecting future growth, it is assumed that the company will grow at the same rate as it did during the past 10 years. Therefore this model works better for the companies that have relatively consistent performance.
4. The DCF model works poorly for inconsistent performers such as cyclicals.
5. What discount rate should you use? Your expected return from the investment is a good discount rate assumption.
6. A larger margin of safety should be required for companies with less predictable businesses.

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SS&C Technologies Holdings (SS&C Technologies Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
80 Lamberton Road, Windsor, CT, USA, 06095
SS&C Technologies provides software products and software-enabled services to a variety of customers primarily in financial services but also healthcare firms. 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 Data Room solutions. With its purchase of DST Systems, SS&C gained a foothold in the healthcare industry with pharmacy health management solutions and medical claim administration services.
Executives
Normand A Boulanger director, officer: President and COO SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, 80 LAMBERTON RD, WINDSOR CT 06095
Rahul Kanwar officer: Senior Vice President 80 LAMBERTON ROAD, WINDSOR CT 06095
Brian N Schell officer: EVP & CFO 433 WEST VAN BUREN STREET, CHICAGO IL 60607
Patrick J Pedonti officer: SVP and CFO SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, 80 LAMBERTON RD, WINDSOR CT 06095
Jonathan E Michael director C/O RLI CORP, 9025 N. LINDBERGH DR., PEORIA IL 61615
William C Stone director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman of the Board & CEO
Jason Douglas White officer: SVP & General Counsel 588 THE PARKWAY, MAMARONECK NY 10543
Joseph J. Frank officer: Chief Legal Officer and GC C/O SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC., 4 TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Michael E Daniels director TYCO, 9 ROSZEL ROAD, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Smita Conjeevaram director 70 HERETOLD ROAD, BRONXVILLE NY 17708
Michael Jay Zamkow director 27 KENSINGTON SQUARE, LONDON X0 06095
Paul Gerard Igoe officer: Sr. VP & General Counsel LYDALL, INC., ONE COLONIAL ROAD, MANCHESTER CT 06042
William A Etherington director CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, 199 BAY STREET - SUITE 4460, TORONTO A6 M5L 1A2
Tc Group Iv, L.p. 10 percent owner 1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., SUITE 200 SOUTH, WASHINGTON DC 20004
Whitman Stephen V R officer: SVP and General Counsel SS&C TECHNOLOGIES, 80 LAMBERTON RD, WINDSOR CT 06095