ANSYS - ANSS Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ANSYS in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" ANSS shares. 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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9 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for ANSYS's stock. Their ANSS share price forecasts range from $200.00 to $345.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $263.91 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.9% from the stock's current price.
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ANSYS's stock was trading at $401.12 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ANSS shares have decreased by 37.9% and is now trading at $249.29.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 22nd 2023.
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ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 2nd. The software maker reported $1.35 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.18 by $0.17. The software maker had revenue of $472.51 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $467.78 million. ANSYS had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.13% and a net margin of 23.13%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.19 EPS.
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ANSYS updated its fourth quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 9th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.58-$2.90 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.95. The company issued revenue guidance of $621.80 million-$656.80 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $666.81 million.

250 employees have rated ANSYS Chief Executive Officer Ajei Gopal on Glassdoor.com. Ajei Gopal has an approval rating of 95% among the company's employees. This puts Ajei Gopal in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 88.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at ANSYS to a friend.

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

ANSYS's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.16%), BlackRock Inc. (10.10%), State Street Corp (3.91%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.40%), Ownership Capital B.V. (1.54%) and Pictet Asset Management SA (1.49%). Insiders that own company stock include Ajei Gopal, Alec D Gallimore, Barbara Vaughn Scherer, Glenda Dorchak, Janet Lee, Maria T Shields, Maria T Shields, Matthew C Zack, Nicole Anasenes, Richard S Mahoney, Richard S Mahoney and Shane Emswiler.
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One share of ANSS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $249.29.

ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) has a market capitalization of $21.72 billion and generates $1.91 billion in revenue each year. The software maker earns $454.63 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.34 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,100 workers across the globe.

ANSYS's mailing address is 2600 ANSYS DRIVE SOUTHPOINTE, CANONSBURG PA, 15317. The official website for the company 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.