Tag Archives: Earnings
Earnings update, 3D printer edition — looks good!
This earnings season has been incredibly busy and I have fallen far, far behind in summarizing the highlights. To try to catch up a bit, I’ll be grouping these companies by general product category for you, since that’s so much … Continue reading
Autodesk: Q1 was “tough”, no plan to end perpetual sales
Autodesk reported results last night that highlighted how tough the economy is, and perhaps will be for a bit longer than earlier-reporting companies had hoped. Until now, just about everyone pointed to tepid demand that got worse as we moved … Continue reading
ANSYS beats some expectations, lowers others
ANSYS is in a no-win situation: reporting the best first-quarter revenue in its history, within its guidance for the first quarter but lower than some financial analysts had expected. Too, like many other tech companies, ANSYS lowered its revenue forecast … Continue reading
Quickies: Uncertain economy drags down March quarter
It’s a busy week for earnings reports from engineering software companies. While I work on longer-form reports, here are a few quotes from my notes. Note that these are not 100% representative of the company’s March quarter reports — in … Continue reading
ESI falters, costs outpace revenue at year end
ESI yesterday provided more details on its results for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2013. As we posted after the preliminary announcement last month, total revenue was up 16% year/year to €109 million. However, the company’s cautious outlook and higher-than-expected expenses led … Continue reading
DS reports OK Q1, adds FE-DESIGN & Archividéo
Dassault Systèmes’ earnings announcements are usually a welter of numbers, currencies, products, markets and geographies. Today, DS threw two acquisitions into the mix, too. Grab a cup of coffee and let’s see what it all means. DS reports that the … Continue reading
PTC reports decent FQ2, still tough out there
PTC just reported results for its fiscal second quarter (ended March 31) that show the company performed more or less as it predicted. But the rest of fiscal 2013 (through September) is going to be tough and so PTC moderated … Continue reading
AVEVA teases solid performance in FY13
AVEVA today tantalized financial markets with good news that sent its share price up 5%. Turns out that the last half of fiscal 2013 (ended March 31) wasn’t awful. In fact, it was pretty good. The company says it continues to … Continue reading
Quickies: Hexagon, Bentley – oh, and Yale wins hockey crown
I’d normally be writing this week about COFES, the annual engineering software gathering in the Arizona desert, but I didn’t attend this year. Shocking, right? Instead, I played hookey to watch the best collegiate athletes in the US play hockey. … Continue reading
ExOne wants to displace traditional manufacturing
I discovered ExOne earlier this year, when I did a quick survey of the 3D printing universe for a client. ExOne’s rapid prototyping machines use glass, sand and metals in a binder jetting process that (the company says) is faster … Continue reading
