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

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

ANSYS declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Thursday, February 22nd 2018, which permits the company to repurchase 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The software maker reported $1.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.04 by $0.18. The software maker earned $285.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $276.56 million. ANSYS had a net margin of 24.92% and a return on equity of 14.51%. ANSYS's revenue for the quarter was up 12.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm 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 earnings per share guidance of $4.60-5.08 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share 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 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for ANSYS's stock. Their forecasts range from $98.00 to $160.00. On average, they expect ANSYS's share price to reach $131.2222 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for ANSYS.

Some companies that are related to ANSYS include Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Intuit (INTU), Electronic Arts (EA), Dassault Systemes (DASTY), ServiceNow (NOW), Autodesk (ADSK), Square (SQ), Shopify (SHOP), Splunk (SPLK), Dropbox (DBX), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), CA Technologies (CA), Citrix Systems (CTXS), Mobileye (MBBYF) and TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC Common Stock (TTWO).

Media headlines about ANSS stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. ANSYS earned a news impact score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the software maker an impact score of 46.91 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

ANSYS's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional 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 $182.73.

ANSYS has a market capitalization of $14.95 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]