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Dassault Systèmes Reports Solid First Quarter Results And Reaffirms Full-Year Objectives
Press Release
VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France — April 25, 2024
Dassault Systèmes Reports Solid First Quarter Results And Reaffirms Full-Year Objectives
Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8, DSY.PA) today announced IFRS unaudited estimated financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024. The Group's Board of Directors approved these estimated results on April 24, 2024. This press release also includes financial information on a non-IFRS basis and reconciliations with IFRS figures in the Appendix.
Summary Highlights
(unaudited, IFRS & non-IFRS unless otherwise noted,
all revenue growth rates in constant currencies)
Dassault Systèmes' Chief Executive Officer Commentary
Pascal Daloz, Dassault Systèmes' Chief Executive Officer, commented:
“In the first quarter, our 3D EXPERIENCE business delivered strong results. A majority of key industry leaders in Manufacturing have now adopted our platform, taking advantage of its science-driven approach, integrative capabilities, and cloud flexibility. Looking ahead, we see large opportunities in Transportation & Mobility, as well as in Aerospace & Defense.
In Life Sciences, as the sector pivots towards patient-centricity, technology transfer from labs to bioreactors, and the utilization of generative AI for faster innovation, we are replicating what we have achieved in other industries by providing an end-to-end platform. This transformation lays the foundation for new sources of sustainable growth.
While we are rooted in the present, we also want to make a positive impact on the world. Shaping the Generative Economy is the next step in our journey. The Generative Economy goes beyond extending virtual twins to living organisms: it's about learning from life to adopt net-positive ways of living ─ giving back to the planet and society more than we take. A more holistic view of the entire life cycles and impact becomes critical.
This holistic approach is made possible through our 3D EXPERIENCE platform, enabling clients to connect data from experience with models from science. Using our generative AI engines, they will nurture circularity and elevate data into valuable knowledge and know-how.”
Financial Summary
First Quarter 2024 Versus 2023 Financial Comparisons
(unaudited, IFRS and non-IFRS unless otherwise noted,
all revenue growth rates in constant currencies)
Dassault Systèmes' Chief Financial Officer Commentary
(revenue and operating margin growth rates in constant currencies,
data on a non-IFRS basis)
Rouven Bergmann, Dassault Systèmes' Chief Financial Officer, commented:
“We had a solid start to the year, while remaining focused on the fundamentals of our business model. Software revenue grew by 7% in the first quarter, underpinned by strong operating leverage with operating margin increasing 50 basis points year-over-year and earnings per share up 12% in constant currencies.
Subscription revenue increased 10% with MEDIDATA weighing on this performance, as anticipated. Excluding this impact, subscription revenue rose 22%, reflecting the continued good momentum in 3D EXPERIENCE.
While 2024 is expected to be a back-end loaded year, Q1 provides increasing visibility in the 3D EXPERIENCE pipeline, mainly driven by the adoption in our customer base. For MEDIDATA, we see progress towards recovery in the second half, supported by the stabilization of the clinical trial market and good execution in terms of bookings growth and win rates.
For the full year, we are confirming our objectives with total revenue growth between 8% and 10%, and non-IFRS diluted EPS at €1.29 - €1.31, up 10% to 12% in constant currencies.”
Financial Objectives for 2024
Dassault Systèmes' second quarter and 2024 financial objectives presented below are given on a non-IFRS basis and reflect the principal 2024 currency exchange rate assumptions for the US dollar and Japanese yen as well as the potential impact from additional non-Euro currencies:
These objectives are prepared and communicated only on a non-IFRS basis and are subject to the cautionary statement set forth below.
The 2024 non-IFRS financial objectives set forth above do not take into account the following accounting elements below and are estimated based upon the 2024 principal currency exchange rates above: no significant contract liabilities write-downs; share-based compensation expenses, including related social charges, estimated at approximately €165 million (these estimates do not include any new stock option or share grants issued after March 31, 2024); amortization of acquired intangibles and of tangibles reevaluation, estimated at approximately €372 million, largely impacted by the acquisition of MEDIDATA; and lease incentives of acquired companies at approximately €2 million.
The above objectives also do not include any impact from other operating income and expenses, net principally comprised of acquisition, integration and restructuring expenses, and impairment of goodwill and acquired intangible assets; from one-time items included in financial revenue; from one-time tax effects; and from the income tax effects of these non-IFRS adjustments. Finally, these estimates do not include any new acquisitions or restructuring completed after March 31, 2024.
Corporate Announcements
Today's Webcast and Conference Call Information
Today, Thursday, April 25, 2024, Dassault Systèmes will host, from London, a webcasted presentation at 9:00 AM London Time / 10:00 AM Paris time, and will then host a conference call at 10:00 AM New York time / 2:00 PM London time / 3:00 PM Paris time. The webcasted presentation and conference calls will be available online by accessing investor.3ds.com.
Additional investor information is available at investor.3ds.com or by calling Dassault Systèmes' Investor Relations at +33.1.61.62.69.24.
Investor Relations Events
Forward-looking Information
Statements herein that are not historical facts but express expectations or objectives for the future, including but not limited to statements regarding the Group's non-IFRS financial performance objectives are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on Dassault Systèmes management's current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Actual results or performances may differ materially from those in such statements due to a range of factors.
The Group's actual results or performance may be materially negatively affected by numerous risks and uncertainties, as described in the “Risk Factors” section 1.9 of the 2023 Universal Registration Document ('Document d'enregistrement universel') filed with the AMF (French Financial Markets Authority) on March 18, 2024, available on the Group's website www.3ds.com .
In particular, please refer to the risk factor “Uncertain Global Economic Environment” in section 1.9.1.1 of the 2023 Universal Registration Document set out below for ease of reference:
“In light of the uncertainties regarding economic, business, social, health and geopolitical conditions at the global level, Dassault Systèmes' revenue, net earnings and cash flows may grow more slowly, whether on an annual or quarterly basis, mainly due to the following factors:
The occurrence of crises – health and political crises in particular – could have consequences both for the health and safety of Dassault Systèmes' employees and for the Company. It could also adversely impact the financial situation or financing and supply capabilities of Dassault Systèmes' existing and potential customers, commercial and technology partners, some of whom may be forced to temporarily close sites or cease operations. A deteriorating economic environment could generate increased price pressure and affect the collection of receivables, which would negatively impact Dassault Systèmes' revenue, financial performance and market position.
Dassault Systèmes makes every effort to take into consideration this uncertain macroeconomic outlook. Dassault Systèmes' business results, however, may not develop as anticipated. Furthermore, due to factors affecting sales of Dassault Systèmes' products and services, there may be a substantial time lag between an improvement in global economic and business conditions and an upswing in the Company's business results.
In preparing such forward-looking statements, the Group has in particular assumed an average US dollar to euro exchange rate of US$1.10 per €1.00 as well as an average Japanese yen to euro exchange rate of JPY155.0 to €1.00, before hedging for the second quarter 2024. The Group has in particular assumed an average US dollar to euro exchange rate of US$1.10 per €1.00 as well as an average Japanese yen to euro exchange rate of JPY156.5 to €1.00, before hedging for the full year 2024. However, currency values fluctuate, and the Group's results may be significantly affected by changes in exchange rates.
Non-IFRS Financial Information
Readers are cautioned that the supplemental non-IFRS financial information presented in this press release is subject to inherent limitations. It is not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles and should not be considered in isolation from or as a substitute for IFRS measurements. The supplemental non-IFRS financial information should be read only in conjunction with the Company's consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS. Furthermore, the Group's supplemental non-IFRS financial information may not be comparable to similarly titled “non-IFRS” measures used by other companies. Specific limitations for individual non-IFRS measures are set forth in the Company's 2023 Universal Registration Document filed with the AMF on March 18, 2024.
In the tables accompanying this press release the Group sets forth its supplemental non-IFRS figures for revenue, operating income, operating margin, net income and diluted earnings per share, which exclude the effect of adjusting the carrying value of acquired companies' deferred revenue, share-based compensation expense and related social charges, the amortization of acquired intangible assets and of tangibles reevaluation, certain other operating income and expense, net, including impairment of goodwill and acquired intangibles, the effect of adjusting lease incentives of acquired companies, certain one-time items included in financial revenue and other, net, and the income tax effect of the non-IFRS adjustments and certain one-time tax effects. The tables also set forth the most comparable IFRS financial measure and reconciliations of this information with non-IFRS information.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dassault Systèmes' 3D EXPERIENCE platform, 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions: http://www.3ds.com
ABOUT DASSAULT SYSTÈMES
Dassault Systèmes is a catalyst for human progress. We provide business and people with collaborative virtual environments to imagine sustainable innovations. By creating virtual twin experiences of the real world with our 3D EXPERIENCE platform and applications, our customers can redefine the creation, production and life-cycle-management processes of their offer and thus have a meaningful impact to make the world more sustainable. The beauty of the Experience Economy is that it is a human-centered economy for the benefit of all – consumers, patients and citizens. Dassault Systèmes brings value to more than 350,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, in more than 150 countries. For more information, visit www.3ds.com
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APPENDIX TABLE OF CONTENTS
Due to rounding, numbers presented throughout this and other documents may not add up precisely to the totals provided and percentages may not precisely reflect the absolute figures.
Glossary of Definitions
Non-IFRS Financial Information
Acquisitions and Foreign Exchange Impact
Condensed consolidated statements of income
Condensed consolidated balance sheet
Condensed consolidated cash flow statement
IFRS – non-IFRS reconciliation
DASSAULT SYSTÈMES - Glossary of Definitions
Information in Constant Currencies
Dassault Systèmes has followed a long-standing policy of measuring its revenue performance and setting its revenue objectives exclusive of currency in order to measure in a transparent manner the underlying level of improvement in its total revenue and software revenue by activity, industry, geography and product lines. The Group believes it is helpful to evaluate its growth exclusive of currency impacts, particularly to help understand revenue trends in its business. Therefore, the Group provides percentage increases or decreases in its revenue and expenses (in both IFRS as well as non-IFRS) to eliminate the effect of changes in currency values, particularly the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen, relative to the euro. When trend information is expressed "in constant currencies", the results of the "prior" period have first been recalculated using the average exchange rates of the comparable period in the current year, and then compared with the results of the comparable period in the current year.
While constant currency calculations are not considered to be an IFRS measure, the Group believes these measures are critical to understanding its global revenue results and to compare with many of its competitors who report their financial results in U.S. dollars. Therefore, Dassault Systèmes includes this calculation for comparing IFRS revenue figures as well non-IFRS revenue figures for comparable periods. All information at constant exchange rates is expressed as a rounded percentage and therefore may not precisely reflect the absolute figures.
Information on Growth excluding acquisitions (“organic growth”)
In addition to financial indicators on the entire Group's scope, Dassault Systèmes provides growth excluding acquisitions effect, also named organic growth. In order to do so, the data relating to the scope is restated excluding acquisitions, from the date of the transaction, over a period of 12 months.
Information on Industrial Sectors
The Group provides broad end-to-end software solutions and services: its platform-based virtual twin experiences combine modeling, simulation, data science and collaborative innovation to support companies in the three sectors it serves, namely Manufacturing Industries, Life Sciences & Healthcare, and Infrastructure & Cities.
These three sectors comprise twelve industries:
Information on Product Lines
The Group's product lines financial reporting include the following financial information:
Starting from 2022, 3DS OUTSCALE became a brand of Dassault Systèmes. As the first sovereign and sustainable operator on the cloud, 3DS OUTSCALE enables governments and corporations from all sectors to achieve digital autonomy through a Cloud experience and with a world-class cyber governance.
GEO's
Eleven GEOs are responsible for driving the development of the Company's business and implementing its customer‑centric engagement model. Teams leverage strong networks of local customers, users, partners, and influencers.
These GEOs are structured into three groups:
3DEXPERIENCE Software Contribution
To measure the relative share of 3D EXPERIENCE software in its revenues, Dassault Systèmes uses the following ratio: for software revenue, the Group calculates the percentage contribution by comparing total 3D EXPERIENCE software revenue to software revenue for all product lines except SOLIDWORKS, MEDIDATA, CENTRIC PLM and other acquisitions (defined as “ 3D EXPERIENCE Eligible software revenue”);
Cloud revenue
Cloud revenues correspond to revenue generated through a catalog of online services to configure and run cloud solutions, delivered by Dassault Systèmes via a cloud infrastructure hosted by Dassault Systèmes, or by third party providers of cloud computing infrastructure services. This offering is available through different deployment methods: Dedicated cloud, Sovereign cloud and International cloud. All cloud applications can be offered through subscriptions models or perpetual licenses and maintenance.
DASSAULT SYSTÈMES
NON-IFRS FINANCIAL INFORMATION
(unaudited; in millions of Euros, except per share data, percentages, headcount and exchange rates)
Non-IFRS key figures exclude the effects of adjusting the carrying value of acquired companies' contract liabilities (deferred revenue), share-based compensation expense, including related social charges, amortization of acquired intangible assets and of tangible assets revaluation, lease incentives of acquired companies, other operating income and expense, net, including the acquisition, integration and restructuring expenses, and impairment of goodwill and acquired intangible assets, certain one-time items included in financial loss, net, certain one-time tax effects and the income tax effects of these non-IFRS adjustments.
Comparable IFRS financial information and a reconciliation of the IFRS and non-IFRS measures are set forth in the separate tables within this Attachment.
DASSAULT SYSTÈMES
ACQUISITIONS AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE IMPACT
(unaudited; in millions of Euros)
DASSAULT SYSTÈMES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(unaudited; in millions of Euros, except per share data and percentages)
Excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets and of tangible assets revaluation.
Variation compared to the same period in the prior year.
DASSAULT SYSTÈMES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(unaudited; in millions of Euros)
DASSAULT SYSTÈMES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
(unaudited; in millions of Euros)
DASSAULT SYSTÈMES
SUPPLEMENTAL NON-IFRS FINANCIAL INFORMATION
IFRS – NON-IFRS RECONCILIATION
(unaudited; in millions of Euros, except per share data and percentages)
Readers are cautioned that the supplemental non-IFRS information presented in this press release is subject to inherent limitations. It is not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles and should not be considered as a substitute for IFRS measurements. Also, the Group's supplemental non-IFRS financial information may not be comparable to similarly titled “non-IFRS” measures used by other companies. Further specific limitations for individual non-IFRS measures, and the reasons for presenting non-IFRS financial information, are set forth in the Group's Document d'Enregistrement Universel for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the AMF on March 18, 2024. To compensate for these limitations, the supplemental non-IFRS financial information should be read not in isolation, but only in conjunction with the Group's consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS.
In the reconciliation schedule above, (i) all adjustments to IFRS revenue data reflect the exclusion of the effect of adjusting the carrying value of acquired companies' contract liabilities (deferred revenue); (ii) adjustments to IFRS operating expense data reflect the exclusion of the amortization of acquired intangible assets and of tangible assets revaluation, share-based compensation expense, including related social charges, lease incentives of acquired companies, as detailed below, and other operating income and expense, net including acquisition, integration and restructuring expenses, and impairment of goodwill and acquired intangible assets; (iii) adjustments to IFRS financial loss, net reflect the exclusion of certain one-time items included in financial loss, net, and; (iv) all adjustments to IFRS income data reflect the combined effect of these adjustments, plus with respect to net income and diluted earnings per share, certain one-time tax effects and the income tax effect of the non-IFRS adjustments.
The non-IFRS percentage increase (decrease) compares non-IFRS measures for the two different periods. In the event there is non-IFRS adjustment to the relevant measure for only one of the periods under comparison, the non-IFRS increase (decrease) compares the non-IFRS measure to the relevant IFRS measure.
Based on a weighted average 1,331.1 million diluted shares for Q1 2024 and 1,327.0 million diluted shares for Q1 2023.
1 3D EXPERIENCE Eligible software revenue excludes SOLIDWORKS, MEDIDATA, CENTRIC PLM and recent acquisitions
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