Quickie: ANSYS’ Q3 well ahead of expectations

Quickie: ANSYS’ Q3 well ahead of expectations

We’re on day 4 of no power here in our little slice of (New England) paradise, so this must be short, if there’s any hope of uploading it. More after the earnings call and once Net access is back to normal. ANSYS reported a Q3 that basically blew past its...
Quickie: ANSYS’ Q3 well ahead of expectations

Quickie: DS acquires No Magic for MBSE, has mixed Q3

I’m at AVEVA World Summit this week, so this has to be brief: DS announced earnings today, and as part of that package of news said that it intends to acquire No Magic, a maker of model-based systems engineering and architecture modeling solutions for software...
Quickie: ANSYS’ Q3 well ahead of expectations

Quickie: ESI reports slump in H1, boosts R&D investment

ESI Group today released results for the second quarter of fiscal 2018 (ending January 31, 2018, but which the company sometimes refers to as fiscal 2017). Overall, the results aren’t awful — the company suffered from both a touch comparable over a year...
Quickie: ANSYS’ Q3 well ahead of expectations

Quickie: Hexagon’s Q2 shows continued weakness in PPM

Hexagon just announced Q2 results that showed modest growth overall and a decent contribution from the recently acquired MSC Software. PPM continues to struggle, but CEO Ola Rollen said in the earnings material that he expects the business to return to growth towards...
Quickie: ANSYS’ Q3 well ahead of expectations

Quickie: PTC’s FQ3 suffers from weakness in Japan

It’s tough to be PTC. Revenue ahead of expectations, license and subscription bookings not so much, “sales execution issues” in Japan … weak guidance for the company’s fiscal Q4 … stock gets hammered. A few of the details — much more...
Quickie: ANSYS’ Q3 well ahead of expectations

CAE rumbles on: ANSYS, ESI and Exa earnings recaps

Over the last few weeks, CAE companies have released earnings that highlight the growing importance of CAE technology in many companies’ product development processes, and the impact these technologies are having on the enterprises that use them. First, key...
Quickie: ANSYS’ Q3 well ahead of expectations

Quickie: AVEVA still feeling the slump in oil and gas

AVEVA just announced that, as expected, total revenue was up as reported but down in constant currencies, as the British Pound is weakened over Brexit uncertainties. In general, the results seem are due to slumping demand from companies that would normally use...