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 39.8% and is now trading at $304.49.
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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) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 5th. The software maker reported $1.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' 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 return on equity of 12.91% and a net margin of 26.17%.
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ANSYS updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.75 to $6.35 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for ANSYS's shares. Their forecasts range from $200.00 to $350.00. On average, they anticipate ANSYS's stock price to reach $263.64 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.4%.
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Media coverage about ANSS stock has been trending neutral recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. 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 coverage optimism score of 0.2 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 media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.
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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 trading volume of 519,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.6 days.
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ANSYS trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ANSS."

ANSYS's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.08%), AKO Capital LLP (0.81%), Royal London Asset Management Ltd. (0.63%), Bessemer Group Inc. (0.63%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.61%) and Welch & Forbes LLC (0.53%). 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, First Trust Advisors LP, Arizona State Retirement System, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and Principal Financial Group 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Royal London Asset Management Ltd., Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc., Mendel Money Management, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, Swiss National Bank, and Riverbridge Partners LLC.
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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 $304.49.

ANSYS has a market capitalization of $26.12 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]