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Aspen Technology's CEO Presents at JPMorgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference (Transcript)
Tue, May 14
Aspen Technology to Present at Upcoming Conferences in May

Business Wire (May 7, 2013)
Aspen Technology's CEO Hosts Investor Day (Transcript)
Mon, May 6
AspenTech Introduces First Content Marketplace for Process Optimization with aspenONE® Exchange

Business Wire (May 6, 2013)
AspenTech Introduces Industry’s First Web-based Engineering and Manufacturing Software with the New aspenONE® Release

Business Wire (May 6, 2013)
AspenTech Kicks Off OPTIMIZE™ 2013 with Launch of New Software

Business Wire (May 6, 2013)
Aspen Technology to Host Investor Day

Business Wire (May 2, 2013)
Aspen Technology Management Discusses Q3 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Apr 30 • 1 Comment
AspenTech Announces CEO Transition Plan

Business Wire (Apr 30, 2013)
Aspen Technology Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2013

Business Wire (Apr 30, 2013)
Aspen Technology Announces Date of Third-Quarter Fiscal 2013 Financial Results Release, Conference Call and Webcast

Business Wire (Apr 17, 2013)
Enterprise Software Valuations Are Still Sky High
Lenny Grover • Mon, Apr 15 • 8 Comments
MOL Group and Wood Group Executives Join AspenTech OPTIMIZE™ 2013 Keynote Lineup

Business Wire (Apr 11, 2013)
Aspen Technology to Present at the Pacific Crest Future Shifts in Technology Forum

Business Wire (Mar 7, 2013)
AspenTech Acquires Pipeline Scheduling and Dock Scheduling Software

Business Wire (Feb 28, 2013)
Latest Release of aspenONE® Software Accelerates Productivity, Expands Collaboration, and Enables More Profitable Decisions

Business Wire (Feb 25, 2013)
AspenTech Software Demonstrates Economically Viable Carbon Capture at World’s Largest CO2 Test Facility

Business Wire (Feb 11, 2013)
Aspen Technology Management Discusses Q2 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Jan 29
AspenTech Announces Changes to Board of Directors

Business Wire (Jan 29, 2013)
Aspen Technology Announces Financial Results for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2013

Business Wire (Jan 29, 2013)

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Aspen Technology's CEO Presents at JPMorgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference (Transcript)
Tue, May 14
Aspen Technology's CEO Hosts Investor Day (Transcript)
Mon, May 6
Aspen Technology Management Discusses Q3 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Apr 30 • 1 Comment
Aspen Technology Management Discusses Q2 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Jan 29
Aspen Technology, Inc. F4Q08 (Qtr End 06/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
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Aspen Technology to Present at Upcoming Conferences in May

Business Wire (May 7, 2013)
AspenTech Introduces First Content Marketplace for Process Optimization with aspenONE® Exchange

Business Wire (May 6, 2013)
AspenTech Introduces Industry’s First Web-based Engineering and Manufacturing Software with the New aspenONE® Release

Business Wire (May 6, 2013)
AspenTech Kicks Off OPTIMIZE™ 2013 with Launch of New Software

Business Wire (May 6, 2013)
Aspen Technology to Host Investor Day

Business Wire (May 2, 2013)
AspenTech Announces CEO Transition Plan

Business Wire (Apr 30, 2013)
Aspen Technology Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2013

Business Wire (Apr 30, 2013)
Aspen Technology Announces Date of Third-Quarter Fiscal 2013 Financial Results Release, Conference Call and Webcast

Business Wire (Apr 17, 2013)
MOL Group and Wood Group Executives Join AspenTech OPTIMIZE™ 2013 Keynote Lineup

Business Wire (Apr 11, 2013)
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Aspen Technology to Present at the Pacific Crest Future Shifts in Technology Forum

Business Wire (Mar 7, 2013)
AspenTech Acquires Pipeline Scheduling and Dock Scheduling Software

Business Wire (Feb 28, 2013)
Latest Release of aspenONE® Software Accelerates Productivity, Expands Collaboration, and Enables More Profitable Decisions

Business Wire (Feb 25, 2013)
AspenTech Software Demonstrates Economically Viable Carbon Capture at World’s Largest CO2 Test Facility

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AspenTech Announces Changes to Board of Directors

Business Wire (Jan 29, 2013)
Aspen Technology Announces Financial Results for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2013

Business Wire (Jan 29, 2013)
Aspen Technology Announces Date of Second-Quarter Fiscal 2013 Financial Results Release, Conference Call and Webcast

Business Wire (Jan 16, 2013)
AspenTech Announces AspenTech Academy

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AspenTech Announces Availability of aspenONE® V8 Process Optimization Software

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Company Description

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Sector: Technology

Industry: Business Software & Services

Country: United States

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Monday, May 6, 5:49 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:30 p.m.: SNTS +10%. MELI +9%. NLS +9%. ININ +6%. ROIC +6%.
After-hours top losers: RKUS -16%. NSPR -4%. AZPN -3%. HOLX -3%. AXL -3%. Comment! [On the Move]
Tuesday, April 30, 5:47 PM Aspen Tech (AZPN): FQ3 EPS of $0.14 beats by $0.09. Revenue of $79.4M (+29.4% Y/Y) beats by $6.3M. Shares +5.2% AH. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Tech, On the Move]
Tuesday, January 29, 4:28 PM Aspen Technology (AZPN): Q4 EPS of $0.13 beats by $0.08. Revenue of $77.3M (+16% Y/Y) beats by $9.33M. Shares +4.3% AH. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Tech, On the Move]
Thursday, November 1, 2012, 6:39 AM Aspen Technology (AZPN): FQ1 EPS of $0.08 beats by $0.06. Revenue of $71.5M (+40% Y/Y) beats by $6.5M. The company approved a share repurchase program up to $100M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Tech]
Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 4:08 PM Aspen Technology (AZPN): FQ2 EPS of -$0.04 in-line. Revenue of $64M (+21.6% Y/Y) beats by $1.7M. Shares +3.4% AH. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Tech, On the Move]
Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 11:01 AM Aspen Technology (AZPN +14.4%) surges following a strong FQ3 report featuring a 38% Y/Y increase in subscription/software revenue (positive for future services growth), and a 19% increase in contract backlog to $1.59B. Canaccord (Buy) thinks the report is proof the developer of process-optimization software is in the midst of a high-growth stage, and thinks investors could start valuing it in-line with cloud software names. (PR) Comment! [Tech, On the Move, Quick Ideas]
Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 4:51 PM Aspen Technology (AZPN): FQ3 EPS of $0.01 beats by $0.05. Revenue of $61.3M (+16.5% Y/Y) beats by $2M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Tech]
Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 2:54 PM Aspen Technology (AZPN +1.3%) moves up on positive comments out of Pacific Crest. The firm says AZPN is seeing strong demand due to the competitive advantage of its chemical engineering expertise, which is enabling the company to land larger deals and expand further into emerging markets. Comment! [On the Move, Tech]
Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 5:03 PM More on Aspen Technology (AZPN): Shares are hitting new 52-week highs after FQ2 earnings blow out estimates. Revenue jumped 33% Y/Y on a 12% increase in its annual spend, which was largely due to the recognizing of revenue associated with a few large contracts with longstanding customers. Shares +11% AH. Comment! [Tech, Earnings, On the Move]
Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 4:44 PM Aspen Technology (AZPN): FQ2 EPS of $0.06 beats by $0.11. Revenue of $66.6M (+33.7% Y/Y) beats by $13M. Shares +11.1% AH. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Tech]
Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 11:02 AM Manufacturing software vendor Aspen Technology (AZPN +7.8%) closes in on its 52-week high after reporting FQ1 revenue of $51.2M (+19% Y/Y) and EPS of -$0.09; the latter was in-line, but the former beat by $1.8M. Benchmark (Buy) is pleased with the 17% Y/Y growth in Aspen's total contract value, and management's comments about healthy customer demand. (previously) Comment! [Tech, Earnings, On the Move]
Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 10:28 AM Aspen Technology (AZPN), a developer of software for optimizing manufacturing processes, is up 15.2% after reporting FQ4 revenue of $52.6M (+38% Y/Y) and EPS of -$0.20, beating consensus by $5.1M and $0.02. Free cash flow was $9.6M, and the total value of the company's contracts grew 7% Q/Q to $1.42B. (PR) Comment! [Tech, Earnings, On the Move]

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Aspen ($AZPN), CommVault ($CVLT), Koninklijke Philips ($PHG), BofI ($BOFI), & Lumber Liquidators ($LL) rose Wednesday on unusual volume.
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5 Low-Debt Mid Cap Stocks Forecasted For Growth http://bit.ly/SUIJ4c $AZPN $CDE $CTRP $MMS $NVR @ZetaKap
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7 High Growth Mid Cap Stocks Holding Down The Debt http://bit.ly/NYQlGY $AZPN $CX $FRX $GRPN $BBRY $SPLK $STM @ZetaKap
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5 Mid Cap Stocks Growing Steadily On Strong Profit Margins http://bit.ly/KMH1Dv $ACC $AUQ $AZPN $CG $COG @ZetaKap
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Top 10 Best-Rated Small Cap Stocks: WX, AZPN, CRIS, OPTR, SREV, AMRN, AXAS, KNOL, LOGM, ORB (Jan 09, 2012) http://bit.ly/x87VC6
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Some more solid moves today. ZLTQ MX PKT DATE SKUL STX AMGN DRD AZPN CBOE GRMN EXC PZZA SBUX #ZLTQ #MX #PKT #DATE #SKUL #STX #AMGN #CBOE
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$AZPN, $SWFT, $NVAX, $PPHM, $DY http://bit.ly/oFEoTU/
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Stocks with the biggest institutional inflows over the last 3 months: $MTOR $AZPN $ESV $FBC $FNSR $KRA $OFG (via: http://bit.ly/c16naD)
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I love the moves through/off the 50 day moving averages by ALG FFIV CPWM AZPN
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Some more solid moves today. ZLTQ MX PKT DATE SKUL STX AMGN DRD AZPN CBOE GRMN EXC PZZA SBUX #ZLTQ #MX #PKT #DATE #SKUL #STX #AMGN #CBOE
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