
Q1 2025 revenue: € 47.5 million; +16.0%
- Revenue up +14.3% in constant currencies, in line with FY planned trajectory
- Strong commercial dynamic despite still elongated sales cycles
- Growing pipeline fueled by high demand for advanced solutions providing visibility and agility
- 2025 objectives confirmed:
- Mid-to-high teens revenue growth in constant currencies
- c. 35% adjusted EBITDA margin1
- Cash Conversion Rate* of c. 80%
Paris, France, April 29, 2025 - Planisware, a leading B2B provider of SaaS in the rapidly growing Project Economy market, announces today its Q1 2025 revenue. Up by +16.0% in current currencies Revenue amounted to € 47.5 million, mainly led by the continued success of the Group's market-leading SaaS platform. In constant currencies, revenue growth reached +14.3% (€+5.9 million), in line with the planned trajectory to achieve a mid-to-high teens revenue growth in 2025. Recurring revenue amounted to € 43.9 million (92% of total revenue) and was up by +16.2% in constant currencies.
Loïc Sautour, CEO of Planisware, commented: "Although we are not directly impacted by tariffs, we are still observing elongated customers' decision-making process. So we continue to leverage the close connection with our existing customers, but also to initiate commercial relationships with new clients. This approach enabled Planisware to deliver a robust revenue growth in Q1 2025, in line with the planned trajectory for the year.
Facing a significant level of macroeconomic uncertainties, our clients and prospects express greater needs for advanced solutions to manage their portfolio of strategic projects and gain better visibility and agility to navigate in this challenging environment.
In this context, we confirm our mid-to-high teens revenue growth objective for the year while staying vigilant to potential further deterioration in the global economy, particularly in the short term. We also remain disciplined on resources allocation to maintain a strong profitability and best-in-class cash conversion rate while ensuring we keep investing in our long-term growth."
Q1 2025 revenue by revenue stream
In € million | Q1 2025 | Q1 2024 | Variation YoY | Variation in cc* |
Recurring revenue | 43.9 | 37.2 | +18.0% | +16.2% |
SaaS & Hosting | 22.7 | 18.9 | +20.4% | +18.5% |
Evolutive support | 13.2 | 10.8 | +21.8% | +20.0% |
Subscription support | 3.0 | 2.8 | +6.7% | +4.1% |
Maintenance | 4.9 | 4.6 | +6.4% | +5.2% |
Non-recurring revenue | 3.6 | 3.8 | -3.3% | -4.4% |
Perpetual licenses | 0.8 | 1.1 | -24.1% | -25.4% |
Implementation & others non-recurring | 2.8 | 2.7 | +5.5% | +4.4% |
Total revenue | 47.5 | 40.9 | +16.0% | +14.3% |
* Revenue evolution in constant currencies, i.e. at Q1 2024 average exchange rates
Reaching € 47.5 million in Q1 2025, revenue was up by +16.0% in current currencies and +14.3% in constant currencies. The exchange rates effect was almost fully related to the appreciation of the US dollar versus the euro. In order to reflect the underlying performance of the Company independently from exchange rate fluctuations, the following analysis refers to revenue evolution in constant currencies, applying Q1 2024 average exchange rates to Q1 2025 revenue figures, unless expressly stated otherwise.
Recurring revenue
Representing 92% of Q1 2025 total revenue, up by c. 150 basis points versus 91% in Q1 2024, recurring revenue reached € 43.9 million, up by +16.2%.
Revenue growth was led by +17.8% growth of Planisware's SaaS model (i.e. SaaS & Hosting, Annual licenses, and Evolutive & Subscription support), of which SaaS & Hosting revenue was up by +18.5% thanks to contracts secured with new customers as well as continued expansion within the installed base. Revenue of support activities (Evolutive & Subscription support), intrinsically related to Planisware's SaaS offering, grew by +16.7%.
Maintenance revenue was up by +5.2% in the context of the Group's shift from its prior Perpetual license model to a SaaS model and reflecting the strong demand for licenses in the start of 2024 from customers with specific on-premises needs, in particular in the defense industry.
Non-recurring revenue
Non-recurring revenue was down by -4.4% in Q1 2025, with a contrasted trend of Perpetual licenses down by -25.4% and Implementation up by +4.4%.
Implementation activity was high in Q1 2025 with the start of several large SaaS contracts signed end of 2024, leading to +4.4% revenue growth. On the other hand, the Group sold several Perpetual licenses extensions and upgrades to customers with specific on-premises needs but posted a revenue decline by €-0.3 million compared to Q1 2024 which represented a particularly high comparative basis.
Commercial dynamic
In Q1 2025, despite sales cycles remaining longer than a year before, clients and prospects expressed greater needs for advanced solutions to manage their portfolio of strategic projects and gain better visibility and agility to navigate in the current uncertain environment. Planisware continued to support its existing customers in adapting and reorganizing themselves to a rapidly changing environment, while maintaining or enhancing their operational efficiency. As a result, key clients such as Philips or Boston Scientific expanded their usage of Planisware's solutions and support practices. This was particularly the case in the automotive industry with clients such as Fox Factory in the US in PD&I, Continental in Germany, as well as Forvia in France.
The relevance of Planisware's multi-specialist approach has been demonstrated in many sectors, from retail in Australia with Coles or the pharmaceutical industry in Japan with Takeda, to automotive in the USA and Sweden with Dana and HADV Group, which now uses Orchestra to manage its product development portfolio.
2025 objectives confirmed
Taking into account its strong commercial pipeline and acknowledging a high level of uncertainties that may drive further elongation of sales cycles and delays in the start of new contracts, Planisware confirms its 2025 objectives:
- Mid-to-high teens revenue growth in constant currencies
- c. 35% adjusted EBITDA margin*
- Cash Conversion Rate* of c. 80%
Appendices
Investors & Analysts conference call
Planisware's management team will host an international conference call on April 29, 2025 at 8:00am CET to details Q1 2025 performance and key achievements, by means of a presentation followed by a Q&A session. The webcast and its subsequent replay will be available on planisware.com.
Upcoming event
- June 19, 2025: Annual General Meeting of shareholders
- July 31, 2025: H1 2025 results publication
- October 21, 2025: Q3 2025 revenue publication
Contact
Investor Relations | Media |
Benoit d'Amécourt | Brunswick Group Hugues Boëton / Tristan Roquet Montégon |
benoit.damecourt@planisware.com | planisware@brunswickgroup.com |
+33 6 75 51 41 47 | +33 6 79 99 27 15 / +33 6 37 00 52 57 |
About Planisware
Planisware is a leading business-to-business ("B2B") provider of Software-as-a-Service ("SaaS") in the rapidly growing Project Economy. Planisware's mission is to provide solutions that help organizations transform how they strategize, plan and deliver their projects, project portfolios, programs and products.
With circa 750 employees across 16 offices, Planisware operates at significant scale serving around 600 organizational clients in a wide range of verticals and functions across more than 30 countries worldwide. Planisware's clients include large international companies, medium-sized businesses and public sector entities.
Planisware is listed on the regulated market of Euronext Paris (Compartment A, ISIN code FR001400PFU4, ticker symbol "PLNW").
For more information, visit: https://planisware.com/ and connect with Planisware on LinkedIn.
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- Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as Current operating profit including share of profit of equity-accounted investees, plus amortization and depreciation as well as impairment of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment, plus either non-recurring items or non-operating items.
- Adjusted EBITDA margin is the ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to total revenue.
- Adjusted FCF (Free Cash Flow) is calculated as cash flows from operating activities, plus IPO costs paid, if any, less other financial income and expenses classified as operating activities in the cash-flow statement, and less net cash relating to capital expenditures.
- Cash Conversion Rate is defined as Adjusted FCF divided by Adjusted EBITDA.
1 Non-IFRS measure. Non-IFRS measures included in this document are defined in the disclaimer at the end of this document.
