ANSYS Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ANSYS in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" ANSYS stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ANSS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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10 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for ANSYS's shares. Their ANSS stock forecasts range from $95.00 to $415.00. On average, they expect ANSYS's share price to reach $301.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.6% from the stock's current price.
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ANSYS's stock was trading at $401.12 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, ANSS stock has decreased by 40.1% and is now trading at $240.14.
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ANSYS saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,410,000 shares, an increase of 31.8% from the May 31st total of 1,070,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 543,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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ANSYS is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 3rd 2022.
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ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 4th. The software maker reported $1.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.70 by $0.32. The software maker had revenue of $428.64 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $409.26 million. ANSYS had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.14% and a net margin of 23.02%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 15.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.81 earnings per share.
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ANSYS issued an update on its second quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Monday, May, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.46-$1.64 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.85. The company issued revenue guidance of $450.00 million-$475.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $488.55 million.

105 employees have rated ANSYS CEO Ajei Gopal on Glassdoor.com. Ajei Gopal has an approval rating of 95% among ANSYS's employees. This puts Ajei Gopal in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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ANSYS trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ANSS."

ANSYS's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.95%), BlackRock Inc. (9.96%), State Street Corp (3.98%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.84%), Ownership Capital B.V. (1.60%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.41%). Company insiders that own ANSYS stock include Ajei Gopal, Alec D Gallimore, Barbara Vaughn Scherer, Glenda Dorchak, Janet Lee, Maria T Shields, Maria T Shields, Matthew C Zack, Matthew C Zack, Nicole Anasenes, Richard S Mahoney, Richard S Mahoney and Shane Emswiler.
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ANSS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Principal Financial Group Inc., Wellington Management Group LLP, Congress Asset Management Co. MA, Royal London Asset Management Ltd., Federated Hermes Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Nordea Investment Management AB, and Natixis Advisors L.P.. Company insiders that have sold ANSYS company stock in the last two years include Ajei Gopal, Alec D Gallimore, Barbara Vaughn Scherer, Glenda Dorchak, Janet Lee, Maria T Shields, Matthew C Zack, Richard S Mahoney, and Shane Emswiler.
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ANSS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Select Equity Group L.P., Ninety One UK Ltd, AKO Capital LLP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., swisspartners Ltd., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., and Vanguard Group Inc..
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Shares of ANSS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of ANSS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $240.14.

ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) has a market capitalization of $20.89 billion and generates $1.91 billion in revenue each year. The software maker earns $454.63 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.139990 on an earnings per share basis.

ANSYS employs 5,100 workers across the globe.

ANSYS was founded in 1970.

ANSYS's mailing address is 2600 ANSYS DRIVE SOUTHPOINTE, CANONSBURG PA, 15317. The official website for ANSYS is www.ansys.com. The software maker can be reached via phone at (724) 746-3304, via email at [email protected], or via fax at 724-514-9494.