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ANSS vs. ADSK, BSY, CDNS, CSQ, INTU, MSFT, NVDA, SNPS, NOW, and TYL

Should you be buying ANSYS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ANSYS include Autodesk (ADSK), Bentley Systems (BSY), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ), Intuit (INTU), Microsoft (MSFT), NVIDIA (NVDA), Synopsys (SNPS), ServiceNow (NOW), and Tyler Technologies (TYL).

ANSYS vs. Its Competitors

Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) and ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

ANSYS has a net margin of 22.95% compared to Autodesk's net margin of 15.90%. Autodesk's return on equity of 50.77% beat ANSYS's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Autodesk15.90% 50.77% 12.63%
ANSYS 22.95%12.38%9.47%

Autodesk presently has a consensus target price of $343.64, indicating a potential upside of 22.56%. ANSYS has a consensus target price of $352.50, indicating a potential downside of 5.88%. Given Autodesk's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Autodesk is more favorable than ANSYS.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Autodesk
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.74
ANSYS
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Autodesk has higher revenue and earnings than ANSYS. ANSYS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Autodesk, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Autodesk$6.13B9.79$1.11B$4.6760.04
ANSYS$2.54B12.94$575.69M$6.7455.57

In the previous week, Autodesk had 38 more articles in the media than ANSYS. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for Autodesk and 21 mentions for ANSYS. ANSYS's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Autodesk's score of 1.17 indicating that ANSYS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Autodesk
33 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ANSYS
16 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

90.2% of Autodesk shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of ANSYS shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Autodesk shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of ANSYS shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Autodesk has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ANSYS has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Autodesk beats ANSYS on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ANSS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ANSS vs. The Competition

MetricANSYSCOMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$32.93B$163.09B$27.76B$9.11B
Dividend YieldN/A1.28%3.11%4.02%
P/E Ratio55.5736.8436.8320.25
Price / Sales12.9417.441,883.2599.65
Price / Cash36.7628.3738.1558.16
Price / Book5.389.717.275.49
Net Income$575.69M$3.58B$767.31M$250.27M
7 Day Performance2.72%-1.87%-0.21%4.75%
1 Month Performance9.03%6.87%4.08%7.64%
1 Year Performance13.71%44.37%52,050.71%16.34%

ANSYS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ANSS
ANSYS
3.6282 of 5 stars
$374.52
flat
$352.50
-5.9%
+14.4%$32.93B$2.54B55.573,200Positive News
High Trading Volume
ADSK
Autodesk
4.6486 of 5 stars
$315.31
-0.4%
$343.64
+9.0%
+12.7%$67.48B$6.13B67.5215,300Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
BSY
Bentley Systems
4.416 of 5 stars
$55.51
+0.3%
$52.00
-6.3%
+15.5%$16.20B$1.35B70.275,500Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
4.5135 of 5 stars
$320.30
-2.0%
$325.23
+1.5%
+2.1%$87.45B$4.64B81.0912,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
N/A$18.25
-1.0%
N/A+5.4%$0.00$280.21M0.00N/APositive News
INTU
Intuit
4.4505 of 5 stars
$783.61
+0.4%
$798.27
+1.9%
+18.8%$218.59B$16.29B63.6018,800Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
MSFT
Microsoft
4.4321 of 5 stars
$497.72
-0.2%
$524.71
+5.4%
+10.7%$3.70T$245.12B38.46228,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.3904 of 5 stars
$158.24
-0.7%
$176.47
+11.5%
+29.5%$3.86T$148.52B51.0536,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
SNPS
Synopsys
4.233 of 5 stars
$536.52
-2.2%
$607.14
+13.2%
-8.1%$83.25B$6.13B38.7420,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
NOW
ServiceNow
4.542 of 5 stars
$1,034.50
-1.0%
$1,068.23
+3.3%
+25.1%$214.12B$10.98B140.5626,293Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TYL
Tyler Technologies
4.677 of 5 stars
$589.56
-0.1%
$680.50
+15.4%
+7.2%$25.42B$2.14B88.797,400Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ANSS) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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