NASDAQ:ANSS - ANSYS Stock Price, Forecast & News

ANSYS's stock was trading at $217.73 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ANSS stock has increased by 2.4% and is now trading at $223.02. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ANSYS in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for ANSYS.

ANSYS is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for ANSYS.

ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 26th. The software maker reported $1.96 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.25. The software maker had revenue of $492.49 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $471.59 million. ANSYS had a return on equity of 15.76% and a net margin of 29.77%. View ANSYS's earnings history.

ANSYS updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $6.19-6.71 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $6.75. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.64-1.70 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.68 billion.

10 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for ANSYS's shares. Their forecasts range from $200.00 to $305.00. On average, they expect ANSYS's share price to reach $250.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for ANSYS.

News coverage about ANSS stock has trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. ANSYS earned a coverage optimism score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the software maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutANSYS.

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

ANSYS's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (4.81%), State Street Corp (4.29%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.53%), Bamco Inc. NY (2.99%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.32%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.82%). Company insiders that own ANSYS stock include Ajei Gopal, Alec D Gallimore, Barbara Vaughn Scherer, James E Cashman III, Janet Lee, Maria T Shields, Matthew C Zack, Michael Thurk, Richard S Mahoney, Shane Emswiler and William R Mcdermott. View institutional ownership trends for ANSYS.

ANSS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., Echo Street Capital Management LLC, Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Bamco Inc. NY, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, and Principal Financial Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold ANSYS company stock in the last year include Ajei Gopal, Alec D Gallimore, Janet Lee, Maria T Shields, Matthew C Zack, Richard S Mahoney, Shane Emswiler, and William R Mcdermott. View insider buying and selling activity for ANSYS.

ANSS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, First Trust Advisors LP, AustralianSuper Pty Ltd, Fred Alger Management LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., M&G Investment Management Ltd., and Royal London Asset Management Ltd.. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ANSS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $223.02.

ANSYS has a market capitalization of $19.16 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. View additional information about ANSYS.

The official website for ANSYS is http://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]