Bedford, Mass. – 2024年11月4日 - Aspen Technology, Inc. (「AspenTech」 or the 「Company」) (NASDAQ: AZPN), a global leader in industrial software, today announced financial results for its first quarter in fiscal 2025, ended September 30, 2024.
Antonio Pietri, President and Chief Executive Officer of AspenTech, commented, “AspenTech continues to perform well amid ongoing macro uncertainty, delivering solid results to start fiscal 2025. We continue to see strong customer demand for our products and solutions to support their operational excellence and sustainability initiatives. The resilience of our ACV growth is a great indication of the mission-criticality of AspenTech’s technology to our customers.”
Pietri continued, “At our recent investor day, we laid out a compelling strategy that underscored how we believe AspenTech is poised to benefit from global investments in decarbonization, electrification, and the transition to a new energy system. Looking ahead, we are confident in our ability to deliver consistent high-single to double-digit ACV growth while meaningfully expanding our ACV margin to our Target Operating Model of 45-47% in the coming years. Today’s announcement of our anticipated acquisition of Open Grid Systems is in support of the strategy outlined and expands our suite of products and solutions for the utilities industry.”
First Quarter Fiscal Year 2025 and Recent Business Highlights
•Annual contract value1 (「ACV」) was $94140萬 for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, increasing 9.4% year over year and 0.9% quarter over quarter.
•Cash flow used in operations was $440萬 for the first quarter of fiscal 2025. Free cash flow was negative $640萬 for the first quarter of fiscal 2025. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results is presented in the financial tables included in this press release.
•AspenTech announced today in a separate press release that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Open Grid Systems Limited (「Open Grid Systems」), a global provider of network model management technology and a pioneer in developing model-driven applications supporting open access to data through industry standards. This acquisition will further enhance AspenTech’s Digital Grid Management (「DGM」) suite to support utilities in effectively managing grid complexity while also ensuring resiliency.
AspenTech held its 2024 Investor Day on September 17, 2024. As part of the event, the Company provided a multi-year financial outlook and value creation framework to drive ACV1 growth, expand margins, and execute disciplined capital allocation. A replay of the event webcast and presentation materials are available for a limited time on the Webcasts and Events section of AspenTech’s IR website at https://ir.aspentech.com/events-presentations/webcasts-and-events.
Fiscal Year 2025 Business Outlook
Based on information as of today, November 4, 2024, AspenTech is reaffirming its fiscal 2025 guidance. Please note that the Company’s fiscal 2025 ACV1 growth guidance is based on an ACV1 balance of $93290萬 as of June 30, 2024.