NASDAQ:ANSS - Ansys Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Ansys declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Thursday, February 22nd 2018, which allows the company to buyback 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Ansys (NASDAQ:ANSS) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The software maker reported $1.22 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.04 by $0.18. The software maker earned $285.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $276.56 million. Ansys had a return on equity of 14.51% and a net margin of 24.92%. The company's revenue was up 12.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.89 EPS. View Ansys' Earnings History.

Ansys is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 31st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Ansys.

Ansys issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.60-5.08 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.82. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.197-1.262 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.20 billion.Ansys also updated its Q2 guidance to $0.94-1.09 EPS.

13 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Ansys' stock. Their forecasts range from $98.00 to $160.00. On average, they expect Ansys' share price to reach $131.2222 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Ansys.

Ansys saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,693,139 shares, an increase of 35.0% from the April 13th total of 1,254,467 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 504,254 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.4 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.

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News articles about ANSS stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Ansys earned a media sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the software maker an impact score of 45.33 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

Ansys' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.43%), Atlanta Capital Management Co. L L C (4.49%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.36%), Bamco Inc. NY (2.98%), Aristotle Capital Management LLC (2.80%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.59%). Company insiders that own Ansys stock include Ajei Gopal, Barbara Vaughn Scherer, Bradford C Morley, James E Cashman III, Maria T Shields, Mark Hindsbo, Matthew C Zack, Michael Thurk, Patrick J Zilvitis, Richard S Mahoney, Robert Andrew Kocis, Shane Emswiler, Sheila S Dinardo and Walid Abu-Hadba. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ansys.

ANSS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Atlanta Capital Management Co. L L C, Select Equity Group L.P., Mawer Investment Management Ltd., New York State Common Retirement Fund, Intermede Investment Partners Ltd, Bamco Inc. NY, Champlain Investment Partners LLC and Hsbc Holdings PLC. Company insiders that have sold Ansys company stock in the last year include Ajei Gopal, Barbara Vaughn Scherer, Bradford C Morley, James E Cashman III, Maria T Shields, Mark Hindsbo, Matthew C Zack, Richard S Mahoney and Shane Emswiler. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ansys.

ANSS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Prudential Financial Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Old Mutual Global Investors UK Ltd., Aristotle Capital Management LLC, Flinton Capital Management LLC and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ANSS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $162.32.

Ansys has a market capitalization of $13.64 billion and generates $1.10 billion in revenue each year. The software maker earns $259.25 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.61 on an earnings per share basis. Ansys employs 2,900 workers across the globe.

Ansys' 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]