NASDAQ:ANSS - ANSYS Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

ANSYS announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Thursday, February 22nd 2018, which allows the company to buyback 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The software maker reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.04 by $0.18. The software maker had revenue of $285.20 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $276.56 million. ANSYS had a net margin of 24.92% and a return on equity of 14.51%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 12.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.89 earnings per share. View ANSYS's Earnings History.

ANSYS is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 31st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for ANSYS.

ANSYS updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.60-5.08 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.82. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.197-1.262 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.20 billion.ANSYS also updated its Q2 guidance to $0.94-1.09 EPS.

13 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for ANSYS's stock. Their forecasts range from $98.00 to $160.00. On average, they expect ANSYS's stock price to reach $131.2222 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for ANSYS.

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Media headlines about ANSS stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. ANSYS earned a media sentiment score of 0.25 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the software maker an impact score of 45.17 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

ANSYS's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.43%), Atlanta Capital Management Co. L L C (4.49%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.36%), Bamco Inc. NY (2.98%), Aristotle Capital Management LLC (2.80%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.59%). Company insiders that own ANSYS stock include Ajei Gopal, Barbara Vaughn Scherer, Bradford C Morley, James E Cashman III, Maria T Shields, Mark Hindsbo, Matthew C Zack, Michael Thurk, Patrick J Zilvitis, Richard S Mahoney, Robert Andrew Kocis, Shane Emswiler, Sheila S Dinardo and Walid Abu-Hadba. View Institutional Ownership Trends for ANSYS.

ANSS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Atlanta Capital Management Co. L L C, Select Equity Group L.P., Mawer Investment Management Ltd., New York State Common Retirement Fund, Intermede Investment Partners Ltd, Bamco Inc. NY, Champlain Investment Partners LLC and Hsbc Holdings PLC. Company insiders that have sold ANSYS company stock in the last year include Ajei Gopal, Barbara Vaughn Scherer, Bradford C Morley, James E Cashman III, Maria T Shields, Mark Hindsbo, Matthew C Zack, Richard S Mahoney and Shane Emswiler. View Insider Buying and Selling for ANSYS.

ANSS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Prudential Financial Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Old Mutual Global Investors UK Ltd., Aristotle Capital Management LLC, Flinton Capital Management LLC and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale. View Insider Buying and Selling for ANSYS.

Shares of ANSS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ANSS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $179.32.

ANSYS has a market capitalization of $15.28 billion and generates $1.10 billion in revenue each year. The software maker earns $259.25 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.61 on an earnings per share basis. ANSYS employs 2,900 workers across the globe.

ANSYS's mailing address is 2600 ANSYS DRIVE SOUTHPOINTE, CANONSBURG PA, 15317. The software maker can be reached via phone at 844-462-6797 or via email at [email protected]