NASDAQ:ANSS - ANSYS Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

ANSYS declared that its board has approved a share buyback plan 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 reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The software maker reported $1.42 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.00 by $0.42. The software maker had revenue of $343.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $334.40 million. ANSYS had a return on equity of 16.65% and a net margin of 30.35%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 18.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 26th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for ANSYS's shares. Their forecasts range from $185.00 to $323.00. On average, they expect ANSYS's share price to reach $241.80 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 17.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for ANSYS.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ANSYS in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for ANSYS.

Headlines about ANSS stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. ANSYS earned a media sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the software maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. 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), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Netflix (NFLX), Mastercard (MA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Costco Wholesale (COST), Micron Technology (MU), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and salesforce.com (CRM).

ANSYS's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (4.81%), State Street Corp (4.29%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.53%), Bamco Inc. NY (2.99%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.32%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.82%). 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 FMR LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., Echo Street Capital Management LLC, Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Bamco Inc. NY, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale and Principal Financial Group Inc.. 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 First Trust Advisors LP, AustralianSuper Pty Ltd, Fred Alger Management LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., M&G Investment Management Ltd., Royal London Asset Management Ltd., Geode Capital Management LLC and Earnest Partners 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ANSS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $294.02.

ANSYS has a market capitalization of $24.75 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]