Ansys Records Largest Ever Deal in 4Q; Accounting Sees Firm Crush Expectations; Shares Overvalued
Ansys blew through its fourth-quarter guidance and posted strong revenue and EPS growth, which continued to signify the firm’s rosy position in the simulation software space. The strong outperformance versus expectations was attributable to a $59 million four-year deal that the firm signed in the fourth quarter that hadn’t been accounted for (the deal represented the largest in its history). With Ansys transitioning to ASC 606 accounting, we now expect a heightened level of earnings volatility, ...ANSYS develops and markets engineering simulation software and services used by engineers, designers, researchers and students across a spectrum of industries and academia, including aerospace and defense, automotive, electronics, semiconductors, energy, materials and chemical processing, turbomachinery, consumer products, healthcare, and sports. The company focuses on the development of solutions that enable users to analyze designs directly on the desktop, providing a platform for product development, from design concept to final-stage testing and validation. The company's product portfolio include ANSYS Workbench?, a framework upon which the company's suite of engineering simulation technologies is built.
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