NASDAQ:ANSS

ANSYS Stock Forecast, Price & News

$240.19

+0.90 (+0.38%)

(As of 07/1/2022 08:44 PM ET)

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Today's Range: $235.71
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$242.56
50-Day Range: $227.70
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$288.71
52-Week Range: $225.92
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$413.89

Volume: 409,800 shs
Average Volume: 558,924 shs
Market Capitalization: $20.89 billion

P/E Ratio: 46.73
Dividend Yield: N/A
Price Target: $301.60

ANSYS MarketRank™ Forecast

Analyst Rating: Hold
2.00 Rating Score
Upside/Downside: 25.6% Upside
$301.60 Price Target
Short Interest: Healthy
1.70% of Float Sold Short
Dividend Strength: N/A
Sustainability: -0.84
Upright™ Environmental Score
News Sentiment: 0.65
Based on 9 Articles This Week
Insider Trading: Selling Shares
$204.94 K Sold Last Quarter
Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.85%
From $6.27 to $6.95 Per Share

Overall MarketRank^™

MarketRank is calculated as 30% analysis score, 20% valuation score, 10% short interest score, 10% dividend score, 10% sustainability score, 10% news and social score, and 10% insider trading score.

2.46 out of 5 stars

Computer And Technology Sector

121st out of 922 stocks

Prepackaged Software Industry

28th out of 301 stocks

3.0 Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
ANSYS has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $301.60, ANSYS has a forecasted upside of 25.6% from its current price of $240.19.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
ANSYS has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

3.0 Short Interest

Percentage of Shares Shorted
1.70% of the float of ANSYS has been sold short.
Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover
ANSYS has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
Change versus previous month
Short interest in ANSYS has recently increased by 31.78%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

0.0 Dividend Strength

Dividend Yield
ANSYS does not currently pay a dividend.
Dividend Growth
ANSYS does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

3.0 Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score
ANSYS has received a 48.97% net impact score from Upright. The largest positive contribution comes from its "Creating knowledge" impact, which is driven by its "Embedded IoT system software" and "Engineering simulation software" products. See details.
Environmental Sustainability
The Environmental Impact score for ANSYS is -0.84.

2.6 News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment
ANSYS has a news sentiment score of 0.65. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Computer and Technology companies.
News Coverage This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for ANSYS this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.
Search Interest
6 people have searched for ANSS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.
MarketBeat Follows
Only 1 people have added ANSYS to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -93% compared to the previous 30 days.

2.5 Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, ANSYS insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $204,944.00 in company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 0.63% of the stock of ANSYS is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
89.93% of the stock of ANSYS is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

2.5 Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for ANSYS are expected to grow by 10.85% in the coming year, from $6.27 to $6.95 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of ANSYS is 46.73, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 71.60.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of ANSYS is 46.73, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 144.86.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
ANSYS has a PEG Ratio of 3.33. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
ANSYS has a P/B Ratio of 4.67. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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About ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) Stock

ANSYS, Inc. develops and markets engineering simulation software and services worldwide. It offers ANSYS Workbench, a framework upon which its multiphysics engineering simulation technologies are built and enables engineers to simulate the interactions between structures, heat transfer, fluids, electronics, and optical elements in a unified engineering simulation environment; high-performance computing product suite; power analysis and optimization software suite that manages the power budget, power delivery integrity, and power-induced noise in an electronic design; and structural analysis product suite that provides simulation tools for product design and optimization. The company also provides electronics product suite that offers field simulation software for designing electronic and electromechanical products; SCADE product suite, a solution for embedded software simulation, code production, and automated certification; fluids product suite that enables modeling of fluid flow and other related physical phenomena; Ansys Granta products to give access to material intelligence; photonic design and simulation tools; and optical sensor and closed-loop, and real-time simulation, as well as safety-certified embedded software solutions. In addition, the company provides Discovery product family for use in the simulation of product design; and academic product suite used in research and teaching settings, which allows students to become familiar with its simulation software. It serves engineers, designers, researchers, and students in the aerospace and defense, automotive transportation and mobility, construction, consumer products, energy, healthcare, high-tech, industrial equipment, materials and chemical processing, and sports industries. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.

July 2, 2022 | americanbankingnews.com

ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS) Receives $301.60 Consensus Target Price from Analysts

June 28, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

ANSYS (ANSS) & SoftInWay Team Up to Automate Workflow Designs

June 28, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Ansys Joins Intel Foundry Services Cloud Alliance to Advance Semiconductor Development

June 27, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Ansys Partners with SoftInWay to Drive Innovation in Turbomachinery Design - Yahoo Finance

June 27, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Ansys Partners with SoftInWay to Drive Innovation in Turbomachinery Design

June 24, 2022 | streetinsider.com

ANSYS (ANSS) Multiphysics Solutions Achieve Certification for TSMC's N3E and N4P Process Technologies - StreetInsider.com

June 24, 2022 | seekingalpha.com

ANSYS: 40% Down From Peak But Still Too Expensive (NASDAQ:ANSS) - Seeking Alpha

June 24, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Ansys Multiphysics Solutions Achieve Certification for TSMC's N3E and N4P Process Technologies

June 24, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Ansys and TSMC Collaborate to Deliver Multiphysics Design Methodology for Wireless Chips

June 16, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

UBILITE Appoints Yorgos Koutsoyannopoulos as Its Strategic Advisor - Yahoo Finance

June 15, 2022 | businesswire.com

UBILITE Appoints Yorgos Koutsoyannopoulos as Its Strategic Advisor - Business Wire

June 15, 2022 | benzinga.com

6 Analysts Have This to Say About Ansys - Benzinga - Benzinga

June 15, 2022 | americanbankingnews.com

ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) PT Lowered to $320.00

June 14, 2022 | seekingalpha.com

Ansys falls as price target lowered to $320 at Credit Suisse - Seeking Alpha

June 14, 2022 | americanbankingnews.com

ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) Hits New 52-Week Low on Analyst Downgrade

June 9, 2022 | bizjournals.com

Ansys announces release of two new semiconductor products that integrate into its big-data platform - The Business Journals

June 8, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Ansys Significantly Increases Speed and Capacity of Semiconductor Signoff with Massively Scalable SeaScape Platform

June 3, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Ansys (ANSS) Down 2.2% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Rebound?

May 23, 2022 | bizjournals.com

Carnegie Mellon University elects Ansys CEO Ajei Gopal and others to board of trustees - Pittsburgh Business Times - The Business Journals

May 19, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Ansys Enables Faster, More Reliable Chip Design for Juniper Networks

May 18, 2022 | benzinga.com

Looking Into Ansys's Return On Invested Capital - Benzinga - Benzinga

May 17, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Ansys Chief Executive Officer to Present at Bernstein's 38ᵗʰ Annual Strategic Decisions Conference

May 17, 2022 | seekingalpha.com

ANSYS: Upgrading To Buy Based On Valuation And 2022 Guidance - Seeking Alpha

May 16, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) shareholders have earned a 16% CAGR over the last five years

May 5, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

ANSYS (ANSS) Q1 Earnings & Revenue Top Estimates, Rise Y/Y

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Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
Industry: Prepackaged software
Sub-Industry: Application Software
Sector: Computer and Technology
Current Symbol: NASDAQ:ANSS
CUSIP: 03662Q10
CIK: 1013462
Web: www.ansys.com
Phone: (724) 746-3304
Fax: 724-514-9494
Employees: 5,100
Year Founded: 1970

Company Calendar

Last Earnings: 5/04/2022
Today: 7/03/2022
Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/03/2022
Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2022

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Forecast: $301.60
High Stock Price Forecast: $415.00
Low Stock Price Forecast: $95.00
Forecasted Upside/Downside: +25.6%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Rating Score (0-4): 2
Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $5.139990
Trailing P/E Ratio: 46.73
Forward P/E Ratio: 38.31
P/E Growth: 3.33
Net Income: $454.63 million
Net Margins: 23.02%
Pretax Margin: 27.72%
Return on Equity: 12.14%
Return on Assets: 8.73%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.17
Current Ratio: 2.28
Quick Ratio: 2.28

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales: $1.91 billion
Price / Sales: 10.96
Cash Flow: $7.42 per share
Price / Cash Flow: 32.39
Book Value: $51.39 per share
Price / Book: 4.67

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares: 86,990,000
Free Float: 86,442,000
Market Cap: $20.89 billion
Optionable: Optionable
Beta: 1.27

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ANSYS Frequently Asked Questions

Should I buy or sell ANSYS stock right now?: 10 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ANSYS in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" ANSYS stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ANSS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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What is ANSYS's stock price forecast for 2022?: 10 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for ANSYS's stock. Their ANSS stock forecasts range from $95.00 to $415.00. On average, they predict ANSYS's share price to reach $301.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.6% from the stock's current price.
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How has ANSYS's stock price performed in 2022?: ANSYS's stock was trading at $401.12 at the start of the year. Since then, ANSS shares have decreased by 40.1% and is now trading at $240.19.
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When is ANSYS's next earnings date?: ANSYS is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 3rd 2022.
View our earnings forecast for ANSYS.
How were ANSYS's earnings last quarter?: ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 4th. The software maker reported $1.02 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.70 by $0.32. The software maker earned $428.64 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $409.26 million. ANSYS had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.14% and a net margin of 23.02%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 15.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.81 EPS.
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What guidance has ANSYS issued on next quarter's earnings?: ANSYS updated its second quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Monday, May, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.46-$1.64 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.85. The company issued revenue guidance of $450.00 million-$475.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $488.55 million.
Who are ANSYS's key executives?: ANSYS's management team includes the following people:
Dr. Ajei S. Gopal Ph.D., Pres, CEO & Director (Age 60, Pay $2.83M)
Ms. Nicole Anasenes, CFO & Sr. VP of finance (Age 49, Pay $1.1M) (LinkedIn Profile)
Ms. Janet Lee, VP, Gen. Counsel & Sec. (Age 57, Pay $748.36k) (LinkedIn Profile)
Ms. Maria T. Shields, Consultant (Age 57, Pay $1.03M) (LinkedIn Profile)
Mr. Shane Emswiler, Sr. VP of Products (Age 46, Pay $873.08k)
Dr. Prithviraj Banerjee Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer (Age 62)
Ms. Kelsey DeBriyn, VP of Investor Relations
Mr. Walt Hearn, VP of Global Sales & Customer Excellence
Mr. Andy Kincheloe J.D., VP of Global Marketing, Channel, & Go-To-Market Operations
Ms. Julie Murphy, VP of HR
What is Ajei Gopal's approval rating as ANSYS's CEO?: 105 employees have rated ANSYS CEO Ajei Gopal on Glassdoor.com. Ajei Gopal has an approval rating of 95% among ANSYS's employees. This puts Ajei Gopal in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Who are some of ANSYS's key competitors?: Some companies that are related to ANSYS include Adobe (ADBE), Salesforce (CRM), Intuit (INTU), Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Autodesk (ADSK), Workday (WDAY), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Splunk (SPLK), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Citrix Systems (CTXS), Fair Isaac (FICO) and Manhattan Associates (MANH).
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What other stocks do shareholders of ANSYS own?: Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other ANSYS investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Adobe (ADBE), Salesforce (CRM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Mastercard (MA), Micron Technology (MU), Costco Wholesale (COST), Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and Intel (INTC).
What is ANSYS's stock symbol?: ANSYS trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ANSS."
How do I buy shares of ANSYS?: Shares of ANSS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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What is ANSYS's stock price today?: One share of ANSS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $240.19.
How much money does ANSYS make?: ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) has a market capitalization of $20.89 billion and generates $1.91 billion in revenue each year. The software maker earns $454.63 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.139990 on an earnings per share basis.
How many employees does ANSYS have?: ANSYS employs 5,100 workers across the globe.
Does ANSYS have any subsidiaries?: The following companies are subsidiares of ANSYS: 2011767 Ontario Inc., 3DSIM, AGI, ANSYS, ANSYS Austria GmbH, ANSYS Belgium S.A., ANSYS Canada Limited, ANSYS France SAS, ANSYS Germany GmbH, ANSYS Hellas Single Member S.A., ANSYS Iberia S.L., ANSYS Ireland Ltd., ANSYS Italia S.r.l, ANSYS Japan K.K., ANSYS Korea LLC, ANSYS Lumerical IP LLC, ANSYS Lumerical Software ULC, ANSYS Luxembourg Holding Company S.à.r.l., ANSYS Luxembourg S.à.r.l., ANSYS OOO, ANSYS Poland s p.z.o.o, ANSYS Singapore Pte. Ltd., ANSYS Software Ltd., ANSYS Software Private Limited, ANSYS Sweden AB, ANSYS Switzerland GmbH, ANSYS Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., ANSYS UK Limited, Analytical Graphics, Analytical Graphics Asia Pacific Private Ltd., Analytical Graphics Inc., Ansys International LLC, Apache Science and Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Computational Engineering International Inc, Computational Engineering International Inc., DYNARDO (Dynamic Software and Engineering) GmbH, Delcross Technologies, DfR Solutions, Dynardo, Fluent China Holdings Limited, Fluent Software (Shanghai) Co. Limited, Granta Design Limited, Helic, KPIT medini Technologies AG, Livermore Software Technology Corporation, Livermore Software Technology LLC, Lumerical, Lumerical Solutions Inc, Lumerical Taiwan Inc., Matterhorn Merger Sub GmbH, OPTIS CN Limited, OPTIS Hong Kong Limited, OPTIS Korea Co. Ltd., Optis World, Phoenix Integration, Phoenix Integration Inc., Profitek, Taiwan ANSYS Technologies Co., Virtual Motion LLC, Zemax, Zemax Europe Holdings LLC, Zemax Europe Limited, Zemax Germany GmbH, Zemax Japan K.K., Zemax LLC, Zemax Optical Technology Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, Zemax Taiwan LLC, Zillow TopCo Inc., and desktop.studio GmbH.
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When was ANSYS founded?: ANSYS was founded in 1970.
How can I contact ANSYS?: ANSYS's mailing address is 2600 ANSYS DRIVE SOUTHPOINTE, CANONSBURG PA, 15317. The official website for ANSYS is www.ansys.com. The software maker can be reached via phone at (724) 746-3304, via email at annette.arribas@ansys.com, or via fax at 724-514-9494.

This page (NASDAQ:ANSS) was last updated on 7/4/2022 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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ANSYS Stock Forecast, Price & News

ANSYS MarketRank™ Forecast

Overall MarketRank™

3.0 Analyst's Opinion

3.0 Short Interest

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Change versus previous month

0.0 Dividend Strength

3.0 Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score

Environmental Sustainability

2.6 News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment

News Coverage This Week

Search Interest

MarketBeat Follows

2.5 Company Ownership

2.5 Earnings and Valuation

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ANSYS Frequently Asked Questions

Should I buy or sell ANSYS stock right now?

What is ANSYS's stock price forecast for 2022?

How has ANSYS's stock price performed in 2022?

When is ANSYS's next earnings date?

How were ANSYS's earnings last quarter?

What guidance has ANSYS issued on next quarter's earnings?

Who are ANSYS's key executives?

What is Ajei Gopal's approval rating as ANSYS's CEO?

Who are some of ANSYS's key competitors?

What other stocks do shareholders of ANSYS own?

What is ANSYS's stock symbol?

How do I buy shares of ANSYS?

What is ANSYS's stock price today?

How much money does ANSYS make?

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When was ANSYS founded?

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