CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
29 April 2008
Financial News
Dassault Systèmes Reports 2008 First Quarter Software Revenue Growth Above 14% in Constant Currencies
Dassault Systèmes (DS) reported U.S. GAAP unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.
Summary Financial Highlights
Q1 GAAP total revenue up 12% on GAAP software revenue growth of 16%, both in constant currencies
Q1 non-GAAP total revenue up 10% on non-GAAP software revenue growth of 14%, both in constant currencies
Q1 EPS €0.34 on GAAP basis and €0.41 on non-GAAP basis
DS reconfirms 2008 Business Outlook: reconfirms constant currencies non-GAAP software and non-GAAP total revenue growth objectives for 2008; reconfirms non-GAAP operating margin expansion objective for 2008; adjusts non-GAAP EPS growth objective for 2008 to between 6% and 10% growth solely due to US dollar weakness
First Quarter 2008 Financial Summary
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U.S. GAAP |
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Non-GAAP |
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In millions of Euros, except per share data |
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Growth |
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Growth in cc* |
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Growth |
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Growth in cc* |
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Q1 Total Revenue |
307.4 |
6% |
12% |
307.9 |
4% |
10% |
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Q1 Software Revenue |
269.1 |
9% |
16% |
269.6 |
8% |
14% |
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Q1 EPS |
0.34 |
21% |
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0.41 |
5% |
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Q1 Operating Margin |
17.3% |
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22.8% |
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* In constant currencies.
Bernard Charlès, Dassault Systèmes President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Dassault Systèmes had a solid start to 2008, meeting all of our financial objectives for revenue, operating margin and earnings per share. We are seeing good dynamics in our core industries and new verticals. In particular, we had a very strong quarter for CATIA benefiting from broad-based demand among automotive and aerospace companies and good execution in our Business Transformation Channel for large accounts.
“This year will mark the final steps in the creation of our PLM indirect channel. In this regard, our first quarter was an important milestone as we moved ahead with the planned country transitions, including Germany and Japan. In less than fifteen months, a remarkably short period of time, we have developed an indirect PLM channel spanning more than 60 countries.
“Looking ahead, our number one focus is our customers - helping our customers improve their product innovation, product quality, business processes and investment returns. By doing this, we are confident in our ability to continue to grow our PLM market footprint.”
First Quarter Financial Highlights
GAAP total revenue increased 12% in constant currencies and non-GAAP total revenue increased 10% in constant currencies.
By geographic region and in constant currencies, total GAAP revenue in Europe was up 13% (non-GAAP up 12%) followed by the Americas with growth of 12% (non-GAAP up 10%) and Asia with growth of 10% (non-GAAP up 9%). From a regional perspective, software revenue grew in double-digits in constant currencies in the Company’s three geographic regions.
GAAP software revenue increased 16% in constant currencies. Non-GAAP software revenue increased 14% on new licenses revenue growth of 11% and non-GAAP recurring software revenue growth of 17%, all figures in constant currencies.
GAAP PLM software revenue increased 15% in constant currencies. Non-GAAP PLM software revenue growth of 14% in constant currencies was led by CATIA with non-GAAP software revenue growth of 21% in constant currencies, on strong dynamics with automotive and aerospace companies, channel capacity increases and the inclusion of ICEM. CATIA new seats licensed in the first quarter increased 7% to 8,325 seats. ENOVIA non-GAAP software revenue performance in the first quarter increased 1% in constant currencies, on a strong year-ago comparison.
GAAP Mainstream 3D software revenue increased 18% in constant currencies. Non-GAAP Mainstream 3D software revenue increased 15% in constant currencies on new SolidWorks seat growth of 15% (13,536 new seats licensed) and strong growth in maintenance revenue.
Services and other revenue, representing 12% of total revenue, decreased approximately 10% in constant currencies. These results largely reflect the winding down of certain historical channel management activities and related fee revenue which will continue over the course of 2008 as the Company completes the formation of its indirect PLM channel.
GAAP operating margin was 17.3%. Non-GAAP operating margin increased 70 basis points to 22.8%, compared to 22.1% in the year-ago period.
GAAP earnings per diluted share increased 21%. Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share increased 5% to €0.41 reflecting an increase in non-GAAP operating income of 8% offset by a significant decrease in financial revenue and other, net. While net interest income increased 26%, quarter-end currency exchange losses largely offset this increase.
New wins in the first quarter included: Skanska in construction in Europe; Bell Helicopter in aerospace and Leviton in high tech in the Americas; and Tata Motors in automotive in Asia. Re-orders included: Gulfstream and Spirit in aerospace and Northrop Grumman in shipbuilding in the Americas, and Honda, Mitsubishi and Toyota in automotive in Asia.
During the first quarter, DS repurchased 961,986 common shares for a total cost of approximately €35 million.
Cash flow and other financial highlights
Net operating cash flow was €88.4 million for the first quarter. Cash and short-term investments totaled €682.9 million and long-term debt totalled €202.7 million at March 31, 2008.
Annual Shareholders’ Meeting date and cash dividend recommendation
The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting has been scheduled for May 22, 2008. The Board of Directors has recommended an annual cash dividend equivalent to €0.46 per share, representing about €54 million in the aggregate, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, and a 5% increase from last year’s dividend per share. The dividend is subject to approval by shareholders at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.
Other Corporate Announcements
On April 8th, 2008 DS announced that it has been named the leader in several categories of CIMdata’s newly published “PLM Market Growth in 2007: A First Look in 2008 - Exceeding Expectations”and that 2007 was DS’ third consecutive year at the top of the industry mindshare rankings. In the report, CIMdata ranked Dassault Systèmes the leader in overall PLM industry market presence among the industry’s Mindshare Leaders – rankings which reflect Dassault Systèmes’ leadership in both the “mainstream PLM” and more expansive “comprehensive PLM” market sectors.CIMdata defines a mindshare leader as the company end-users most readily identified with the term “PLM”.
Business Outlook
Thibault de Tersant, Senior Executive Vice President and CFO, commented, “Our 2008 outlook remains good and essentially unchanged from when we released it in February. We, therefore, are reconfirming our 2008 non-GAAP constant currency objectives for total revenue growth of about 10% and slightly increasing our software revenue growth to about 12% to 13%. We are also reconfirming our objective to increase our 2008 non-GAAP operating margin by 80 to 130 basis points in comparison to 2007. We are reducing our 2008 non-GAAP earnings per share growth objective to a range between 6% and 10% solely to reflect the severity of the US dollar weakness as our overall business outlook remains unchanged.”
The Company’s objectives are prepared and communicated only on a non-GAAP basis and are subject to the cautionary statement set forth below:
Second quarter 2008 non-GAAP total revenue objective of about €315 to €320 million and non-GAAP EPS of about €0.44 to €0.46;
2008 non-GAAP total revenue objective reiterated at about 10% growth in constant currencies; 2008 non-GAAP software revenue objective reiterated at about 12% to 13% growth in constant currencies;
2008 non-GAAP EPS objective adjusted down solely on U.S. dollar weakness from previous guidance to about €2.10 to €2.17, representing about 6% to 10% growth;
2008 non-GAAP operating margin objective reiterated at about 27% to 27.5%;
Objectives based upon exchange rate assumptions for the 2008 second quarter of US$1.60 per €1.00 and JPY 160 per €1.00 and 2008 full year exchange rate assumptions of US$1.57 per €1.00 and JPY 159 per €1.00.
The constant currency revenue objective leads to a reported 2008 non-GAAP revenue range of about €1.325 to €1.340 billion based upon the above assumed currency exchanges rates for 2008;
The non-GAAP objectives set forth above do not take into account the following accounting elements: deferred revenue write-downs estimated at approximately €1 million for 2008; stock-based compensation expense estimated at approximately €18 million for 2008; amortization of acquired intangibles estimated at approximately €48 million for 2008. The above objectives do not include any impact from one-time costs and one-time gains related to the anticipated DS global headquarters’ relocation in 2008. These estimates also do not include any new stock option or share grants, or any new acquisitions completed after April 29, 2008.
Recent Business News Highlights
On April 3rd, DS announced the new Abaqus release for CATIA V5.
On March 12th, DS launched PLM solutions for Life Sciences.
On March 3rd, DS unveiled Dymola 7.0, its next-generation Modelica-based multi-engineering modeling and simulation solution.
Webcast and conference call information
Dassault Systèmes will host a webcast and a conference call today, Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Management will host the webcast at 8:15 AM London time/9:15 AM Paris time and will then host the conference call at 3:00 PM CET/2:00 PM London time/9:00 AM New York time. The webcast and conference call will be available via the Internet by accessing http://www.3ds.com/corporate/investors/ The webcast and conference call will be archived for 30 days. Additional investor information can be accessed by calling Dassault Systèmes’ Investor Relations at 33.1.40.99.69.24.
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