AEC software provider, The Nemetschek Group, has continued to increase revenues and earnings in Q3 2021, with SaaS revenues reaching a record high £34.5m
Dr Axel Kaufmann, spokesman of Nemetschek’s executive board and CFOO, said: “Our customers rely on the solutions of the Nemetschek Group for their digital transformation.
“Innovations and a strong customer focus are the key drivers for our sales success. This also includes our subscription and SaaS offerings.
“With the very good operational development in Q3, we have laid the foundation to achieve the upper end of our previously raised target ranges for both our revenue growth and EBITDA margin for the financial year 2021.”
Key figures for Nemetschek in Q3 include:
- In Q3, the revenue contribution from the subscription/SaaS models, which increased by 48% (currency-adjusted: 48.1%) to EUR 34.5m.
- On a 9-month basis, the revenues increased by 46.6% (currency-adjusted: 50.2%) to EUR 93.0m. As a result, the revenue share of subscription/SaaS models as a percentage of total revenues increased from 14.5% to 18.8% within one year.
- In addition, recurring revenues, including service contracts and subscription/SaaS models, increased by 17.8% (currency-adjusted: 17.8%) to EUR 106.5m in Q3.
- Accumulated recurring revenues in the first 9 months of the year increased to EUR 302.6m, with a growth of 14.0% (currency-adjusted: 16.7%).
- The share of recurring revenues for the quarter reached a new record high of 61.3% compared to 2020: 60.8%).
- Group revenue for the quarter grew by 13.9% (currency-adjusted: 13.8%) to EUR 169.3m.
- In the first 9 months of 2021, group revenue increased to EUR 493.6m, corresponding to a growth of 13.0% (currency-adjusted: 15.7%).
- Group operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) increased by 16.4% in Q3 (currency-adjusted: 15.4%) to EUR 54.4m.
- The high growth momentum and efficiency improvements led to an increase in the EBITDA margin to 32.1% compared Q3 2020 levels: 31.4%). On a 9-month-basis, the EBITDA margin expanded by 2.9 percentage points to 32.5% (previous year: 29.6%).
- The net income for the quarter increased significantly by 35.7% to EUR 34.2m (previous year: EUR 25.2m).
- Consequently, earnings per share in Q3 increased to EUR 0.30 (previous year: EUR 0.22).
- The accumulated net income for the first 9 months of the year increased by 42.9% to EUR 96.8m, corresponding to earnings per share of EUR 0.84 (previous year: EUR 0.59).
Strategic focus points
In the third quarter, the AEC software provider successfully invested in two innovative companies.
In addition to the successful subscription/SaaS migration as well as the increase in recurring revenues, the strategic focus continues to be on the ongoing internationalisation of Nemetschek.
Nemetschek continues to work on the reduction of the group’s complexity, in addition to the targeted efficiency improvements.
A further goal is to offer clients better-aligned solutions from a single source, such as the integration of the brands Precast and SDS2 into ALLPLAN as well as the integration of DDS into Graphisoft.
Segment overview
The design segment, which focuses mainly on Europe, was able to increase its revenue to a huge EUR 85.6m reaching a growth of 7.6% compared to the prior year’s quarter.
The build segment, which mainly targets construction companies in the USA and German-speaking regions, continued to skyrocket growth in the third quarter, with revenue increasing by 16.8% (currency-adjusted: 16.6%) to EUR 55.4m.
The continued success in the third quarter confirms the strategic decision to shift the start of the subscription/SaaS migration of Bluebeam to 2022 with a then significantly higher user base.
The manage segment, which focuses on the European commercial building sector, continued its double-digit revenue growth generating momentous revenues of EUR 11.0m, even though investments by facility managers have not yet reached their pre-crisis levels.
The media and entertainment segment achieved the strongest growth in its history and continued to benefit from the successful and well-advanced conversion to subscription models as well as its ongoing internationalisation. Revenue in Q3 grew by 37.0 % (currency-adjusted: 37.1%) to a record level of EUR 18.9m. In addition, profitability also improved significantly. The EBITDA margin expanded to 42.0%, compared to 32.7% in Q3 2020.
