Dassault Systèmes: Outperforming Third Quarter; Confirming Full-Year Objectives

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VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France October 25, 2023

Dassault Systèmes: Outperforming Third Quarter; Confirming Full-Year Objectives

Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8, DSY.PA), today announced IFRS unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023. The Group’s Board of Directors approved these results on October 24, 2023. This press release includes financial information on a non-IFRS basis and reconciliations with IFRS figures in the Appendix.

Summary Highlights

(unaudited, IFRS and non-IFRS unless otherwise noted,
all revenue growth rates in constant currencies)

  • 3Q23: Software revenue up 12%, above high end of our target range;

  • 3Q23: Subscription revenue up 18%, accelerating sequentially, driven by an increasing share of large 3DEXPERIENCE deals and broad-based adoption of the subscription model;

  • 3Q23: Strong rebound in licenses & other revenue, up 20%;

  • 3Q23: 3DEXPERIENCE delivered a remarkable growth of 46% in software revenue;

  • 3Q23: Non-IFRS Operating Margin1 of 31.0%, representing a 50 basis point improvement excluding effects from currency exchange, compared to the same period last year;

  • 3Q23: Non-IFRS Diluted EPS2 at €0.28, up 7% as reported, or 20% in constant currencies, outperforming objectives;

  • FY2023: Confirming revenue growth of 8%-9% and increasing diluted EPS by 1 cent to now €1.19-€1.21. Well on-track to achieve our five-year plan of doubling EPS by 2023 as initially planned.

Bernard Charlès, Dassault Systèmes’ Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer commented:

“Today, our clients are driven by the ambition to bring about a metamorphosis where they not only embrace a sustainable economy, accomplishing more with fewer resources, but also cultivate an experience economy characterized by personalization, contextualization, and automatic updates of experiences.

In this context, virtual twins, as central pillars of a company's knowledge and know-how, prove to be essential, not only during innovation phases but throughout the product lifecycle. They pave the way for more efficient resource management and the continuous enhancement of the user experience. Virtual twins enable ‘software-defined experiences’, shifting the value from physical assets to software, all the while empowering our clients to establish direct connections with their end customers, providing tailored experiences.

What sets us apart is our ability to provide a scientific representation of the world's complexity through our science-based virtual twin experiences. When combined with artificial intelligence, we can design 'human-centered generative experiences', placing humans at the core, amplifying their capabilities, bridging the real and the virtual, and facilitating informed decision-making.”