NASDAQ:ANSS - ANSYS Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS) released its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The software maker reported $1.42 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.00 by $0.42. The software maker earned $343.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $334.40 million. ANSYS had a return on equity of 16.65% and a net margin of 30.35%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 18.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.31 earnings per share. View ANSYS's Earnings History.

ANSYS is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for ANSYS.

ANSYS will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 26th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

12 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for ANSYS's shares. Their forecasts range from $185.00 to $323.00. On average, they anticipate ANSYS's share price to reach $241.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 15.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for ANSYS.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ANSYS in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for ANSYS.

News stories about ANSS stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. ANSYS earned a news impact score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the software maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for ANSYS.

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ANSYS's stock is owned by a number of 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, Bradford C Morley, 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, Michael Thurk, Richard S Mahoney, Shane Emswiler and William R Mcdermott. View Insider Buying and Selling for ANSYS.

ANSS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, AustralianSuper Pty Ltd, Fred Alger Management LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., M&G Investment Management Ltd., Royal London Asset Management Ltd., Geode Capital Management LLC and Earnest Partners LLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ANSS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $287.11.

ANSYS has a market capitalization of $24.17 billion and generates $1.29 billion in revenue each year. The software maker earns $419.38 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.21 on an earnings per share basis. ANSYS employs 3,400 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]