NASDAQ:ANSS - ANSYS Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

ANSYS declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Thursday, February 22nd 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The software maker reported $1.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.00 by $0.42. The software maker earned $343.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $334.40 million. ANSYS had a net margin of 30.35% and a return on equity of 16.65%. The business's revenue was up 18.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.31 earnings per share. View ANSYS's Earnings History.

ANSYS is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for ANSYS.

ANSYS issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.87-2.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.06. The company issued revenue guidance of $454.1-479.1 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $466.51 million.

11 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for ANSYS's stock. Their forecasts range from $185.00 to $265.00. On average, they anticipate ANSYS's stock price to reach $227.22 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 18.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for ANSYS.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ANSYS in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for ANSYS.

Media headlines about ANSS stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. ANSYS earned a news sentiment score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the software maker a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for ANSYS.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other ANSYS investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Adobe (ADBE), Netflix (nflx), Alibaba Group (BABA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Costco Wholesale (COST), Walt Disney (dis), Mastercard (ma), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and salesforce.com (CRM).

ANSYS's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Welch & Forbes LLC (0.55%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.54%), KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.29%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.20%), Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. (0.15%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%). Company insiders that own ANSYS stock include Ajei Gopal, Alec D Gallimore, Barbara Vaughn Scherer, Bradford C Morley, James E Cashman III, Janet Lee, Maria T Shields, Matthew C Zack, Michael Thurk, Richard S Mahoney, Shane Emswiler and William R Mcdermott. View Institutional Ownership Trends for ANSYS.

ANSS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including KAMES CAPITAL plc, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Welch & Forbes LLC, Exane Derivatives, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH and Riverbridge Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold ANSYS company stock in the last year include Ajei Gopal, Alec D Gallimore, Janet Lee, Maria T Shields, Matthew C Zack, Michael Thurk, Richard S Mahoney, Shane Emswiler and William R Mcdermott. View Insider Buying and Selling for ANSYS.

ANSS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Kopion Asset Management LLC, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., DNB Asset Management AS, Aurora Investment Managers LLC., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, AdvisorShares Investments LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and First Hawaiian Bank. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ANSS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $277.34.

ANSYS has a market capitalization of $23.35 billion and generates $1.29 billion in revenue each year. The software maker earns $419.38 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.21 on an earnings per share basis. ANSYS employs 3,400 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About ANSYS.

The official website for ANSYS is http://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]