AVEVA Group PLC (LON:AVV) shares jumped at the opening bell on Tuesday after the British engineering firm saw profits soar by more than 50% in the first half of its financial year.
The FTSE 250 company merged with Schneider Electric’s software business this time last year in a deal worth more than £3bn.
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Stripping out a hefty amortisation charge related to the merger, adjusted pre-tax profit surged 54% to rise in adjusted profit to £60.5mln (H1 17: £39.2mln) in the six months ended September 30.
Revenue climbed almost 11% to £343.0mln (H1 17: £309.4mln). AVEVA intends to pay an interim dividend of 14.0p.
“AVEVA delivered a good performance in the first half of the financial year,” said chief executive Craig Hayman.
“Sales execution was strong, integration is on-track and the results represent a good base to build on in the second half.”
He added: “We remain confident in the outlook and are making progress towards our medium-term targets of delivering revenue growth at least in-line with the industrial software market, increasing recurring revenue as a percentage of overall revenue and improving AVEVA's Adjusted EBIT margin to 30%.”
Shares climbed 6.3% to 2,854p in early deals on Tuesday.