Many newsy bits on a Thursday: deals and earnings, oh my!

Many newsy bits on a Thursday: deals and earnings, oh my!

Many newsy bits on a Thursday: deals and earnings, oh my! What did I see this morning? We’re not even at the end of January, and it already feels like a very long year … something like that. You too? We’ll get through it together! While the wider world...
MuM starts PLMish earnings on a strong, but mixed, note

MuM starts PLMish earnings on a strong, but mixed, note

MuM starts PLMish earnings on a strong, but mixed, note Mensch und Maschine reported its July/August/September results a few days ago. If you recall, Mensch und Maschine is both an Autodesk reseller and a supplier of its own software. As of mid-September, Autodesk...
A wander through PLMish earnings so far

A wander through PLMish earnings so far

A wander through PLMish earnings so far This has been an unusually long and somewhat fraught earnings season. We started with Dassault Systèmes’ preannouncement, wandered through the drama around Autodesk’s delayed publication of its fiscal 2024 (ended 31...
A wander through PLMish earnings so far

MuM didn’t see problems in Q2; reports record half-year

MuM didn’t see problems in Q2; reports record half-year Mensch und Maschine (MuM) today reported results for the second quarter—and the good news is that it was the strongest H1 in the company’s history. Of course, it is not selling megadeals to aerospace and...
A wander through PLMish earnings so far

DS starts PLMish earnings on a down note

DS starts PLMish earnings on a down note And here we go—it’s the start of the third calendar quarter, which means we’ll hear from the publicly traded PLMish companies about how the second quarter went and what they expect for the rest of 2025. I admit, I didn’t see...
Autodesk’s FQ1 overshadowed by accounting – but it was actually really good

Autodesk: everything is fine; nothing to see here

Autodesk: everything is fine; nothing to see here A quick update since so many of you have asked: On Friday, Autodesk said it had concluded its investigation into free cash flow and operating margin calculations and that there would be no restatement or adjustment of...
Autodesk’s FQ1 overshadowed by accounting – but it was actually really good

Keysight+ESI = so far, so good

Keysight+ESI = so far, so good We’re deep into earnings season and getting a sense of where things stand. Most PLMish companies seem cautious about the near term, with more optimism about the second half of calendar 2024. I’ll try to do a recap soon, but today, I want...
Autodesk’s FQ1 overshadowed by accounting – but it was actually really good

Nemetschek’s view: AEC is doing OK, thank you very much

Nemetschek’s view: AEC is doing OK, thank you very much Remember how the VAR results I wrote about yesterday showed some weakness in AEC? Like many things, that may be the case, but not for everyone. The Nemetschek Group just announced preliminary results for 2023...