NASDAQ:ANSS - ANSYS Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

ANSYS announced that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Thursday, February 22nd 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The software maker reported $1.42 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.00 by $0.42. The software maker earned $343.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $334.40 million. ANSYS had a return on equity of 16.65% and a net margin of 30.35%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 18.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $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 updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.87-2.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.06. The company issued revenue guidance of $454.1-479.1 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $466.51 million.

11 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for ANSYS's stock. Their forecasts range from $185.00 to $265.00. On average, they expect ANSYS's stock price to reach $227.22 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 18.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for ANSYS.

11 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 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for ANSYS.

News stories about ANSS stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. ANSYS earned a daily sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the software maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning 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 Welch & Forbes LLC (0.55%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.54%), KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.29%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.24%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.20%) and Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. (0.15%). 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 KAMES CAPITAL plc, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, SG Americas Securities LLC, Welch & Forbes LLC, Exane Derivatives, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH. 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 M&G Investment Management Ltd., Jag Capital Management LLC, Kopion Asset Management LLC, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., California Public Employees Retirement System, DNB Asset Management AS, Aurora Investment Managers LLC. and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. 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 $278.36.

ANSYS has a market capitalization of $23.44 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]