ANSS vs. TTWO, SPLK, NET, DDOG, SNPS, CDNS, WDAY, ADSK, FICO, and MSTR
Should you be buying ANSYS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ANSYS include Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Splunk (SPLK), Cloudflare (NET), Datadog (DDOG), Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Workday (WDAY), Autodesk (ADSK), Fair Isaac (FICO), and MicroStrategy (MSTR).
ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) and Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ:TTWO) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
ANSYS has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Take-Two Interactive Software has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ANSYS has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Take-Two Interactive Software. Take-Two Interactive Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ANSYS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Take-Two Interactive Software received 553 more outperform votes than ANSYS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.11% of users gave Take-Two Interactive Software an outperform vote while only 54.90% of users gave ANSYS an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Take-Two Interactive Software had 10 more articles in the media than ANSYS. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Take-Two Interactive Software and 9 mentions for ANSYS. ANSYS's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Take-Two Interactive Software's score of 1.04 indicating that ANSYS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ANSYS has a net margin of 19.51% compared to Take-Two Interactive Software's net margin of -69.99%. ANSYS's return on equity of 10.45% beat Take-Two Interactive Software's return on equity.
ANSYS currently has a consensus price target of $320.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.33%. Take-Two Interactive Software has a consensus price target of $178.09, indicating a potential upside of 8.08%. Given Take-Two Interactive Software's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Take-Two Interactive Software is more favorable than ANSYS.
92.4% of ANSYS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Take-Two Interactive Software shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of ANSYS shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Take-Two Interactive Software shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
ANSYS and Take-Two Interactive Software tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get ANSYS News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ANSS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ANSS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Related Companies and Tools
