Compuware Corporation has announced financial results for its third quarter, which ended 31 December 2004.
"This is more like it," says Compuware Chairman and CEO Peter Karmanos, Jr. "These results confirm the confidence of Compuware`s management in the company`s ability to deliver sound third and fourth quarter results in fiscal 2005. I`m glad that the company is again moving in the right direction and look forward to a solid fourth quarter."
Third quarter fiscal 2005 results
Compuware reports third quarter revenues of $330.5 million, compared to $318.2 million in the third quarter of the previous fiscal year. Net income was $41.7 million compared to $21.8 million in the same quarter of fiscal 2004. Earnings per share (diluted omputation) were 11c compared to 6c, based upon 388.8 million and 385.9 million shares outstanding, respectively.
During the company`s third quarter, software licence fees were $99 million, compared to $80.7 million in the same quarter of the previous year. Maintenance fees were $108.7 million, compared to $102.9 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2004. Revenue from professional services was $122.9 million, compared to $134.6 million in the same quarter last year.
Third quarter fiscal year 2005 highlights
During the third quarter, Compuware:
* Announced it acquired the technology assets of DevStream Corporation. The privately owned software company developed an advanced J2EE performance analysis product, which Compuware recently introduced as Vantage Analyzer for J2EE.
* Introduced the latest, enhanced version of the Compuware Vantage solution, which provides new service assurance capabilities to help IT organisations be more effective in their approach to delivering reliable service to business users.
* Reported that a new, independent research report published by industry analyst firm Gartner, confirmed the architected, rapid application development (ARAD) approach. The study examined the productivity and ROI benefits of service-oriented application development methods and found that ARAD can yield an ROI of up to 1 500%. ARAD is the approach used by Compuware OptimalJ, a leading, model-driven, pattern-based enterprise development solution.
* Introduced the latest releases in the XPEDITER product line, which help organisations better analyse, understand, debug and test their mainframe applications. Compuware XPEDITER enables organisations to reduce IT expenditures and leverage and extend their existing investments in legacy applications.
* Partnered with Collation, Inc to provide configuration management capabilities to Compuware`s application service management customers.
* Demonstrated at STARWEST 2004 two new DevPartner products - Compuware DevPartner Fault Simulator and Compuware DevPartner SecurityChecker - that significantly extend the ability to detect and diagnose software quality errors in Microsoft-technology applications during the development process.
* Announced an alliance with Dynamics Research Corporation (DRC) to develop applications for Ohio`s Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System. DRC was awarded the $30 million contract - more than a third of which was earmarked for Compuware - in a competitive RFP.
* Announced an agreement to provide Mitsubishi Motors Corporation of Japan with Covisint Communicate portal service. Covisint Communicate will help Mitsubishi improve sharing of information and collaborative business processes with suppliers.
* Demonstrated at the CU2004 Worldwide Uniface User Conference, the new capabilities of Uniface Jti, version 3.0, which helps eliminate the costs of rewriting and even re-architecting existing applications for the Web.
* Announced details of its Uniface application platform suite, which consists of the Compuware Uniface development environment, the Uniface Flow business process management solution and Uniface View, a Web application delivery framework.
* Was once again named as one of 101 Metropolitan Detroit`s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For, as determined by the Michigan Business and Professional Association.
* Announced that Detroit Public Schools (DPS) had been awarded PeopleSoft`s "Leaders in Supply Chain Management" award. PeopleSoft honoured DPS for the district`s innovation and excellence in the areas of procurement and supply-chain management. The IT organisation of DPS operates in partnership with Compuware.
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