ESI reports strong close to 2014, ends with growth

ESI reports strong close to 2014, ends with growth

Mar 17, 2015 | Hot Topics

ESI last week reported results for Q4 and the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015 that were surprisingly strong, with Q4 total revenue up 8% as reported to €49 million, boosting full year revenue to €110 million, up 1.5%. That’s quite a reversal, given that...

Autodesk’s FQ4 caps off a great year

Feb 27, 2015 | Hot Topics

Last night, Autodesk reported results for fiscal Q4 and fiscal 2015 (ended January 31) that, well, beat just about all expectations. I need to study the details but: Total revenue was up 13% percent to $665 million in FQ4, versus an analyst consensus of $650 million...
ESI reports strong close to 2014, ends with growth

Rand’s CQ4 suffers from a tough comparable in 2013

Feb 20, 2015 | Hot Topics

Rand Worldwide’s fiscal Q2, ending on December 31, 2014 revenue was down as reported year/year (y/y) to $22.4 million — but, excluding one really big sale a year ago, total revenue was up nearly 8%. You may remember that Rand has been reinventing itself, buying back...
ESI reports strong close to 2014, ends with growth

MuM’s Q4 revenue up 15%

Feb 11, 2015 | Hot Topics

Yesterday’s gloomy Trimble news wasn’t the start of a trend, it would appear. Today,  Mensch und Maschine, the Autodesk VAR and developer of software under the OPEN MIND and other brands, reported that Q4 revenue was up 15% to €37 million, boosting sales...
ESI reports strong close to 2014, ends with growth

Trimble had a tough Q4, revenue down 6% y/y

Feb 10, 2015 | Hot Topics

Well, this is a bit of a shock after the mostly upbeat results we’ve been getting from engineering software companies: Trimble’s Q4 revenue was $564 million, down 6% and at the low end of the company’s guidance. Wall Street consensus was $579.4...
ESI reports strong close to 2014, ends with growth

Hexagon’s 2014 ended strong; PP&M, up 14%

Feb 6, 2015 | Hot Topics

Yesterday we had solid growth from DS, a company still deriving most of its revenue from discrete manufacturing industries. How did the AEC/infrastructure/metrology world fare in Q4? Hexagon says it went well, as organic revenue was up 18% as reported and up 9% on an...
ESI reports strong close to 2014, ends with growth

DS reports Q4 revenue up 19%, software up 16%

Feb 5, 2015 | Hot Topics

Dassault Systèmes just reported a Q4 that should make investors quite happy. In Paris, the share price is up around 5% at mid-day local time. Total IFRS revenue was €673 million, up 19% as reported and up 16% in constant currency (cc), right in the middle of guidance,...