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Posted on June 6, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleDassault Systemes delays its earnings target to 2029 due to weak auto demand and tariff uncertainties, impacting investor confidence.
By Anna Peverieri
(Reuters) -French software company Dassault Systemes extended the target period of its medium-term earnings per share (EPS) forecast by one year on Friday, at a time when weak auto demand and tariff-driven uncertainty weigh on its business.
The group, which sells its software to automakers, plane makers and industrial companies, had aimed to double its non-IFRS diluted EPS to between 2.20 euros and 2.40 euros under its 2023–2028 strategy, a target it now expects to reach in 2029.
Hit by a prolonged slowdown in the global auto industry, Dassault Systemes lowered its 2025 operating margin growth forecast in April, citing market volatility related to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. It had also cut 2024 forecasts twice in the second half of last year.
The repeated outlook cuts have fuelled investor concerns over the company's ability to hit its medium and longer term targets, including those set for 2028.
Dassault Systemes did not provide updates on its mid-term revenue target in the statement published ahead of its investor day event. It had previously forecast double-digit percentage growth until the end of 2028.
A trader said the target delay looked "pretty back-end loaded", as Dassault Systemes' shares slid 1.6% as of 0803 GMT.
(Reporting by Anna Peverieri in Gdansk, editing by Milla Nissi-Prussak)
Dassault Systemes extended the target period of its medium-term earnings per share forecast by one year, now aiming for 2029.
The company cited a prolonged slowdown in the global auto industry and market volatility as reasons for lowering its 2025 operating margin growth forecast.
Investors are concerned about the company's ability to meet its medium and long-term targets due to repeated outlook cuts.
Following the announcement, Dassault Systemes' shares slid 1.6% as traders noted that the target delay appeared to be heavily back-end loaded.
No, Dassault Systemes did not provide updates on its mid-term revenue target in the statement released ahead of its investor day event.
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