TopPicks from Brendan Caldwell, president and chief executive officer, Caldwell Investment Management
Brendan Caldwell, president and CEO of Caldwell Investment Management, discusses his top picks: Amazon, ANSYS, and Comfort System USA.Amazon operates a leading global e-commerce platform, Amazon Web Services , and Whole Foods grocery stores.
AWS segment grew 20 per cent year-over-year and was the sole contributor to the company’s overall operating income in the recent quarter. However, this seemingly enviable growth was a deceleration from AWS’s recent growth rates as enterprises cut costs to optimize their spending by opting for lower cost providers instead. Management expects these cost optimization headwinds to persist for the following few quarters.
At the current valuations, which are more in-line with their pre-pandemic levels, in addition to the headwinds faced by the company having been well priced in, AMZN currently offers a decent value proposition for the longer term.ANSYS is a developer of engineering simulation software and also provides software services for a wide range of industrial and systems applications. It reduces the need for costly and time-consuming physical prototyping, allowing engineers to develop more effectively.
ANSYS is transitioning towards a subscription model, as subscription licenses gained momentum in the latest quarters versus perpetual licenses. This may result in lower revenue growth in the near term as the company gives up large upfront perpetual license fees for smaller but repeating revenues. Over the longer term it typically improves renewal rates, provides increased revenue stability, and greater pricing controls.
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