NASDAQ:ANSSANSYS Stock Price, Forecast & News

ANSYS's stock was trading at $217.73 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ANSS stock has increased by 43.8% and is now trading at $313.19.
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12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ANSYS in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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ANSYS is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 4th 2020.
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ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 5th. The software maker reported $1.55 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.88 by $0.67. The software maker had revenue of $389.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $353.63 million. ANSYS had a net margin of 26.17% and a return on equity of 12.91%.
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ANSYS issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 5th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.75 to $6.35 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.92. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.570 billion to $1.645 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.59 billion.

12 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for ANSYS's stock. Their forecasts range from $200.00 to $350.00. On average, they expect ANSYS's stock price to reach $267.08 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.7%.
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Press coverage about ANSS stock has trended neutral recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. ANSYS earned a news sentiment score of 0.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the software maker a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.
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ANSYS saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,920,000 shares, an increase of 24.3% from the December 15th total of 2,350,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 519,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.6 days.
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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 shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.20%), BlackRock Inc. (8.79%), FMR LLC (4.03%), Bamco Inc. NY (2.92%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.08%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.42%). Company insiders that own ANSYS stock include Ajei Gopal, Alec D Gallimore, Barbara Vaughn Scherer, Janet Lee, Maria T Shields, Matthew C Zack, Michael Thurk, Nicole Anasenes, Richard S Mahoney, Shane Emswiler and William R Mcdermott.
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ANSS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC, FMR LLC, AKO Capital LLP, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Holocene Advisors LP, First Trust Advisors LP, Marshall Wace North America L.P., and Arizona State Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold ANSYS company stock in the last year include Alec D Gallimore, Janet Lee, Maria T Shields, Matthew C Zack, Nicole Anasenes, Richard S Mahoney, and Shane Emswiler.
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ANSS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nordea Investment Management AB, Akre Capital Management LLC, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., AJO LP, Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd., Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd., and BlackRock 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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ANSS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $313.19.

ANSYS has a market capitalization of $26.87 billion and generates $1.52 billion in revenue each year. The software maker earns $451.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.51 on an earnings per share basis. ANSYS employs 4,100 workers across the globe.

The official website for ANSYS is www.ansys.com.

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]