

The software components offered through Digital Industries compete with the offerings from ANSYS ( ANSS) and Dassault Systèmes SE ( OTCPK:DASTY, OTCPK:DASTF).

The segment's solutions enable customers to optimize their entire value chains from product design and development through production and post-sale services. Source: Author's own work based on Siemens' 2021 annual reportĭigital Industries comprises leading solutions in discrete automation and process automation and was responsible for 27% of Siemens' 2021 revenues. The company reports in the following five business segments: Siemens is well known for its legacy manufacturing businesses, its software solutions, its exposure to the healthcare sector through Siemens Healthineers AG ( SEMHF, OTCPK:SMMNY) and its energy business Siemens Energy AG ( OTCPK:SMEGF, OTCPK:SMNEY). Siemens Operational Diversification and Growth Prospects What follows is a description of Siemens' five business segments and their operational performance, a derivation of the company's normalized free cash flow, a quick assessment of Siemens' balance sheet quality, the company's risks and a concise valuation. However, besides an investment with the goal of capital appreciation, Siemens is also well-regarded as a diversified industrial pick among income-oriented investors as it typically increases its payout on a regular basis. Investors certainly have understood Siemens' importance in the current era of industrial evolution and as a result the stock has surpassed its pre-pandemic high in early 2021. Siemens ( OTCPK:SIEGY, OTCPK:SMAWF) is a multinational industrial conglomerate from Germany that is strongly involved in industrial digitalization. Metamorworks/iStock via Getty Images Introduction
