NASDAQ:ANSS - ANSYS Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

ANSYS announced that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Thursday, February 22nd 2018, which allows the company to buyback 5,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The software maker reported $1.42 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 net margin of 30.35% and a return on equity of 16.65%. The firm's revenue was up 18.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business 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 updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) 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 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for ANSYS's shares. Their forecasts range from $185.00 to $265.00. On average, they expect ANSYS's stock price to reach $227.22 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 15.9%. 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.

Media coverage about ANSS stock has been trending positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. ANSYS earned a news sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the software maker a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for ANSYS.

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ANSYS's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Welch & Forbes LLC (0.55%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.54%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.20%), Capital Investment Services of America Inc. (0.10%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.07%) and Brasada Capital Management LP (0.07%). 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 Boston Trust Walden Corp, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Welch & Forbes LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Riverbridge Partners LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Raymond James Trust N.A.. 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 Kopion Asset Management LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, First Hawaiian Bank, Brasada Capital Management LP, Red Spruce Capital LLC, AE Wealth Management LLC and Elefante Mark B. 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 $270.28.

ANSYS has a market capitalization of $22.75 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]