CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings

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Updated Nov 11, 4:00 PM ET · Regular session · May be delayed

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$7.71
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$7.70–$7.72
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7.8M
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Feb 23 projected
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Understand the Business

Why the Stock Moved

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The core investment thesis

Own CCC if its insurer-repairer-automaker-parts network remains hard to displace, but the stock only works if that durability shows up in sustained growth, high gross margins, cash conversion, and better balance-sheet discipline.

CCC price history

Latest price$7.71Today+$0.00 (+0.00%)
CCC -0.39%S&P 500 -2.42%Since first plotted close
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Investment thesis

What must happen next

5 MATERIAL PROPOSITIONS
  • CCC’s multi-party insurance-economy workflow remains hard to displace because insurers, repairers, automakers, and parts suppliers need a shared operating platform rather than isolated point tools.StrengtheningMateriality: High

    GAAP annual revenue rose from $782.4 million in FY2022 to $1.057 billion in FY2025. If the network remains sticky, revenue expansion can continue without CCC having to re-win each participant relationship; if it breaks, growth and pricing power weaken together.

    Watch: Guidewire, Solera, or Mitchell wins a major carrier workflow migration that also pulls repairer participation away from CCC.

    Supporting sources

    Source notes are factual paraphrases; read the original disclosures below.

    GAAP annual revenue rose from $782.4 million in FY2022 to $1.057 billion in FY2025.

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  • CCC’s claims data and AI-enabled workflows continue to deliver enough customer ROI to support premium SaaS economics rather than being competed down into generic claims software.StrengtheningMateriality: High

    GAAP annual gross profit was $776.8 million in FY2025 on $1.057 billion of revenue, implying approximately 73.5% gross margin. This is the margin moat: if AI and data remain differentiated, CCC can fund innovation and still earn strong gross profit; if commoditized, the model becomes more price-sensitive.

    Watch: Generative AI vendors or carrier-owned models make photo estimating, triage, and claims automation cheap and interoperable enough to reduce CCC’s differentiation.

    Supporting sources

    Source notes are factual paraphrases; read the original disclosures below.

    GAAP annual gross profit was $776.8 million in FY2025 on $1.057 billion of revenue, implying approximately 73.5% gross margin.

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  • The SaaS platform can scale without requiring proportional increases in operating expense, because incremental customers and usage should leverage the same workflow, data, and AI infrastructure.StrengtheningMateriality: Medium

    GAAP annual operating income improved from a loss of $23.9 million in FY2023 to income of $80.1 million in FY2024. If operating leverage holds, revenue growth becomes earnings growth; if it fails, CCC may remain a good product business but not a strong equity compounding machine.

    Watch: CCC must materially increase AI infrastructure, security, compliance, or implementation spending to defend its platform position.

    Supporting sources

    Source notes are factual paraphrases; read the original disclosures below.

    GAAP annual operating income improved from a loss of $23.9 million in FY2023 to income of $80.1 million in FY2024.

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  • CCC’s recurring software model remains cash-generative because customers pay for mission-critical claims workflows with limited working-capital intensity.StrengtheningMateriality: Medium

    GAAP annual operating cash flow rose from $199.9 million in FY2022 to $315.5 million in FY2025. Cash conversion gives CCC flexibility to invest, reduce leverage, or compound value without depending heavily on capital markets.

    Watch: Insurers demand usage-based, outcome-based, or longer-payment terms that weaken cash collection despite reported revenue.

    Supporting sources

    Source notes are factual paraphrases; read the original disclosures below.

    GAAP annual operating cash flow rose from $199.9 million in FY2022 to $315.5 million in FY2025.

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  • Per-share value creation depends on management using CCC’s cash generation to control leverage and acquisition risk rather than letting debt-funded expansion absorb the economics of the software platform.WeakeningMateriality: Medium

    GAAP liabilities increased from $1.164 billion at FY2024 year-end to $1.786 billion at FY2025 year-end. A strong operating business can still disappoint owners if incremental cash flow accrues to creditors, sellers of acquired assets, or dilution rather than shareholders.

    Watch: Management pursues additional debt-funded acquisitions before reducing balance-sheet risk from the FY2025 increase in liabilities.

    Supporting sources

    Source notes are factual paraphrases; read the original disclosures below.

    GAAP liabilities increased from $1.164 billion at FY2024 year-end to $1.786 billion at FY2025 year-end.

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Full investment case & evidence

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Original research

CCC’s multi-party insurance-economy workflow remains hard to displace because insurers, repairers, automakers, and parts suppliers need a shared operating platform rather than isolated point tools. If the network remains sticky, revenue expansion can continue without CCC having to re-win each participant relationship; if it breaks, growth and pricing power weaken together.

CCC’s claims data and AI-enabled workflows continue to deliver enough customer ROI to support premium SaaS economics rather than being competed down into generic claims software. This is the margin moat: if AI and data remain differentiated, CCC can fund innovation and still earn strong gross profit; if commoditized, the model becomes more price-sensitive.

The SaaS platform can scale without requiring proportional increases in operating expense, because incremental customers and usage should leverage the same workflow, data, and AI infrastructure. If operating leverage holds, revenue growth becomes earnings growth; if it fails, CCC may remain a good product business but not a strong equity compounding machine.

CCC’s recurring software model remains cash-generative because customers pay for mission-critical claims workflows with limited working-capital intensity. Cash conversion gives CCC flexibility to invest, reduce leverage, or compound value without depending heavily on capital markets.

Per-share value creation depends on management using CCC’s cash generation to control leverage and acquisition risk rather than letting debt-funded expansion absorb the economics of the software platform. A strong operating business can still disappoint owners if incremental cash flow accrues to creditors, sellers of acquired assets, or dilution rather than shareholders.

All standing thesis claims
Original report summary

its insurer-repairer-automaker-parts network remains hard to displace, but the stock only works if that durability shows up in sustained growth, high gross margins, cash conversion, and better balance-sheet discipline.

Evidence assessed Oct 13, 2026. Expand each conclusion for its evidence and what would change it. Thesis evidence—not a buy or sell recommendation.

Bull case and bear case

Bull case and bear case for CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings

Where the evidence on CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings disagrees: Mixed on the latest evidence (Oct 13, 2026). Of its 5 thesis points, 4 strengthening and 1 weakening.

Bull case: what the evidence supports

  • CCC’s multi-party insurance-economy workflow remains hard to displace because insurers, repairers, automakers, and parts suppliers need a shared operating platform rather than isolated point tools.

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  • CCC’s claims data and AI-enabled workflows continue to deliver enough customer ROI to support premium SaaS economics rather than being competed down into generic claims software.

    sec.gov ↗

  • The SaaS platform can scale without requiring proportional increases in operating expense, because incremental customers and usage should leverage the same workflow, data, and AI infrastructure.

    sec.gov ↗

  • CCC’s recurring software model remains cash-generative because customers pay for mission-critical claims workflows with limited working-capital intensity.

    sec.gov ↗

Bear case: what the evidence questions

  • Per-share value creation depends on management using CCC’s cash generation to control leverage and acquisition risk rather than letting debt-funded expansion absorb the economics of the software platform.

    sec.gov ↗

Thesis-Break Engine

What has broken in CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings’s thesis

Each break OptimistFi flagged on CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, dated — with what has historically followed the same kind of break across the market, not a forecast for CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings.

peers+14%-15%-1%12 mo agonow+6 mo
Daily price, then where similar breaks led across the market: the typical -1% path vs comparable companies over six months, inside the middle-half range (+14% to -15%). A base rate, not a forecast.
  • Analyst downgradecondition set before this filing

    Across all companies, this kind of break has happened 12,641 times before. Those stocks trailed comparable companies by a median of 1% over the next six months, and 33% of them trailed it by 10 points or more.

How the Thesis-Break Engine works →Historical outcomes are measured against comparable companies after past breaks of the same kind, across all companies. Not a prediction.

MARKET + FINANCIAL SNAPSHOT

The numbers behind the thesis

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What Changed

  1. Mixed
    Reported results of operations (earnings release).

    CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings filed an SEC 8-K on 2026-07-30: Reported results of operations (earnings release). It is a dated development that tests the current thesis.

  2. Mixed
    Director or principal officer change.

    CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings filed an SEC 8-K on 2026-04-30: Director or principal officer change. It is a dated development that tests the current thesis.

  3. Mixed
    Reported results of operations (earnings release).

    CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings filed an SEC 8-K on 2026-04-30: Reported results of operations (earnings release). It is a dated development that tests the current thesis.

Risks / falsifiers

What could break the thesis

  • Guidewire, Solera, or Mitchell wins a major carrier workflow migration that also pulls repairer participation away from CCC.
  • Generative AI vendors or carrier-owned models make photo estimating, triage, and claims automation cheap and interoperable enough to reduce CCC’s differentiation.
  • CCC must materially increase AI infrastructure, security, compliance, or implementation spending to defend its platform position.
  • Insurers demand usage-based, outcome-based, or longer-payment terms that weaken cash collection despite reported revenue.
  • Management pursues additional debt-funded acquisitions before reducing balance-sheet risk from the FY2025 increase in liabilities.

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Financial statements

CCC income statement

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CCC: quick answers

When does CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings (CCC) report earnings next?
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings's next results are projected for February 23, 2027, from the dates of its own results filings with the SEC. The company has not confirmed the date. It last reported on October 29, 2026. Earnings calendar
What is CCC's short interest?
As of October 30, 2026, 45.0M CCC shares were sold short, 7.62% of its shares outstanding, down 22.9% from the count before. At the stock's average daily volume that is 1.3 days to cover. FINRA publishes the count twice a month. CCC short interest history
Have members of Congress traded CCC?
8 trades in CCC have been disclosed under the STOCK Act by members of Congress, the President or senior officials, none in reports made public in the last 90 days. Every disclosed CCC trade
Which well-known investors own CCC?
3 of the 37 well-known funds tracked here reported CCC shares in their latest 13F filings. By share of the fund's portfolio: Akre Capital Management (Chuck Akre), 3.0%; Dragoneer Investment Group, 1.7%; Duquesne Family Office (Stanley Druckenmiller), 0.1%. Fund portfolios

CCC in well-known investors’ portfolios

3 of 37 funds reported CCC shares in their latest 13F filing. A 13F shows quarter-end positions and arrives up to 45 days later.

FundOf its portfolioValueChangeQuarter
Chuck AkreAkre Capital Management3.0%$154M−5.3%Q2 2026
Dragoneer Investment Group1.7%$47.5MNo changeQ2 2026
Stanley DruckenmillerDuquesne Family Office0.12%$6.0MNewQ2 2026

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