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SS&C Technologies Holdings (SS&C Technologies Holdings) Altman Z-Score

: 1.57 (As of Today)
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The Altman Z-Score is a model designed to predict the likelihood of a company going bankrupt within the next two years. Created by American finance professor Edward Altman in 1968, the model is specifically designed for publicly traded manufacturing companies with assets greater than $1 million.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.57 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

SS&C Technologies Holdings has a Altman Z-Score of 1.57, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Altman Z-Score <= 1.8, it is in Distress Zones.
When Altman Z-Score >= 3, it is in Safe Zones.
When Altman Z-Score is between 1.8 and 3, it is in Grey Zones.

The historical rank and industry rank for SS&C Technologies Holdings's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

SSNC' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.97   Med: 1.56   Max: 4.13
Current: 1.57

During the past 13 years, SS&C Technologies Holdings's highest Altman Z-Score was 4.13. The lowest was 0.97. And the median was 1.56.


SS&C Technologies Holdings Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for SS&C Technologies Holdings's Altman Z-Score 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 Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.37 1.76 1.87 1.54 1.58

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
Altman Z-Score 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.54 1.70 1.82 1.67 1.58

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, SS&C Technologies Holdings's Altman Z-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Altman Z-Score 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 Altman Z-Score Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, SS&C Technologies Holdings's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SS&C Technologies Holdings's Altman Z-Score falls into.



SS&C Technologies Holdings Altman Z-Score Calculation

Altman Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

SS&C Technologies Holdings's Altman Z-Score for today is calculated with this formula:

Z=1.2*X1+1.4*X2+3.3*X3+0.6*X4+1.0*X5
=1.2*0.0154+1.4*0.1727+3.3*0.0737+0.6*1.2773+1.0*0.304
=1.57

* 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. GuruFocus does not calculate Altman Z-Score when X4 or X5 value is 0.

Trailing Twelve Months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023:
Total Assets was $18,103 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $4,052 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3,772 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $3,126 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 276.7 + 207.8 + 194.5 + 178.7 = $858 Mil.
Interest Expense was -125.8 + -120.6 + -118 + -111.9 = $-476 Mil.
Revenue was 1411.6 + 1365.9 + 1362.6 + 1362.7 = $5,503 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $14,950 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $11,705 Mil.

* Note that for stock reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data.

X1=Working Capital/Total Assets
=(Total Current Assets - Total Current Liabilities)/Total Assets
=(4051.5 - 3771.9)/18102.5
=0.0154

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=3126.3/18102.5
=0.1727

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(857.7 - -476.3)/18102.5
=0.0737

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=14949.971/11704.8
=1.2773

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=5502.8/18102.5
=0.304

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Distress Zones - 1.81 < Grey Zones < 2.99 - Safe Zones

SS&C Technologies Holdings has a Altman Z-Score of 1.57 indicating it is in Distress Zones.

Study by Altman found that companies that are in Distress Zone have more than 80% of chances of bankruptcy in two years.


SS&C Technologies Holdings  (NAS:SSNC) Altman Z-Score Explanation

X1: The Working Capital/Total Assets (WC/TA) ratio is a measure of the net liquid assets of the firm relative to the total capitalization. Working capital is defined as the difference between current assets and current liabilities. Ordinarily, a firm experiencing consistent operating losses will have shrinking current assets in relation to total assets. Altman found this one proved to be the most valuable liquidity ratio comparing with the current ratio and the quick ratio. This is however the least significant of the five factors.

X2: Retained Earnings/Total Assets: the RE/TA ratio measures the leverage of a firm. Retained earnings is the account which reports the total amount of reinvested earnings and/or losses of a firm over its entire life. Those firms with high RE, relative to TA, have financed their assets through retention of profits and have not utilized as much debt.

X3, Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets (EBIT/TA): This ratio is a measure of the true productivity of the firm's assets, independent of any tax or leverage factors. Since a firm's ultimate existence is based on the earning power of its assets, this ratio appears to be particularly appropriate for studies dealing with corporate failure. This ratio continually outperforms other profitability measures, including cash flow.

X4, Market Value of Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities (MVE/TL): The measure shows how much the firm's assets can decline in value (measured by market value of equity plus debt) before the liabilities exceed the assets and the firm becomes insolvent.

X5, Revenue/Total Assets (S/TA): The capital-turnover ratio is a standard financial ratio illustrating the sales generating ability of the firm's assets.

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Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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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