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

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

ANSYS announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Thursday, February 22nd 2018, which allows the company to buyback 5,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

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

ANSYS is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August, 6th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for ANSYS.

ANSYS updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for ANSYS's shares. Their forecasts range from $98.00 to $197.00. On average, they anticipate ANSYS's share price to reach $135.8889 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 24.1%. View Analyst Ratings for ANSYS.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ANSYS in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

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News coverage about ANSS stock has been trending positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. ANSYS earned a news sentiment score of 0.39 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the software maker an impact score of 49.35 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

ANSYS's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.63%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.60%), KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.37%), American Capital Management Inc. (0.29%), Fred Alger Management Inc. (0.16%) and Davis R M Inc. (0.12%). 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 KAMES CAPITAL plc, Riverbridge Partners LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Amalgamated Bank, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Hartford Investment Management Co., Davis R M Inc. and Oakbrook Investments LLC. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fred Alger Management Inc., Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc., Welch & Forbes LLC, Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC, DnB Asset Management AS, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Exane Derivatives and Atria Investments LLC. 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 $178.92.

ANSYS has a market capitalization of $15.15 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'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]