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 approved a stock buyback plan on Thursday, February 22nd 2018, which allows the company to repurchase 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The software maker reported $1.42 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.00 by $0.42. The software maker had revenue of $343.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $334.40 million. ANSYS had a net margin of 30.35% and a return on equity of 16.65%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 18.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.31 EPS. 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 EPS 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 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for ANSYS's shares. Their forecasts range from $185.00 to $265.00. On average, they expect 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.

Headlines about ANSS stock have trended negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. ANSYS earned a coverage optimism score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the software maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for ANSYS.

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ANSYS's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail 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 bought 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]