NASDAQ:ANSSANSYS 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 shares have increased by 38.7% and is now trading at $301.92.
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11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ANSYS in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 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) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 5th. The software maker reported $1.55 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.88 by $0.67. The software maker earned $389.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 EPS 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.

11 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for ANSYS's stock. Their forecasts range from $200.00 to $350.00. On average, they expect ANSYS's share price to reach $263.64 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.7%.
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Media coverage about ANSS stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. ANSYS earned a media sentiment score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the software maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.
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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 daily trading volume, of 519,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.6 days.
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ANSYS trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ANSS."

ANSYS's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.08%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.42%), AKO Capital LLP (0.81%), Akre Capital Management LLC (0.71%), Royal London Asset Management Ltd. (0.63%) and Bessemer Group Inc. (0.63%). 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, 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 AKO Capital LLP, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Arizona State Retirement System, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Prudential Financial Inc., and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.. Company insiders that have sold ANSYS company stock in the last year include Janet Lee, Maria T Shields, Matthew C Zack, Nicole Anasenes, Richard S Mahoney, and Shane Emswiler.
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ANSS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Akre Capital Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., AJO LP, Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd., Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Royal London Asset Management Ltd., Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc., and Mendel Money Management.
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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 $301.92.

ANSYS has a market capitalization of $25.90 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]