ANSYS (ANSS) Competitors

ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) and Cadence Design Systems (NASDAQ:CDNS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do analysts rate ANSS or CDNS?

ANSYS presently has a consensus target price of $346.67, suggesting a potential upside of 0.65%. Cadence Design Systems has a consensus target price of $329.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.24%. Given Cadence Design Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cadence Design Systems is more favorable than ANSYS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ANSYS	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Cadence Design Systems	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79

Which has more risk & volatility, ANSS or CDNS?

ANSYS has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadence Design Systems has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ANSS or CDNS?

92.4% of ANSYS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.9% of Cadence Design Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of ANSYS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Cadence Design Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor ANSS or CDNS?

In the previous week, Cadence Design Systems had 8 more articles in the media than ANSYS. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Cadence Design Systems and 11 mentions for ANSYS. Cadence Design Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat ANSYS's score of 1.06 indicating that Cadence Design Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ANSYS	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cadence Design Systems	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ANSS or CDNS?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ANSYS	$2.27B	13.27	$500.41M	$6.48	53.15
Cadence Design Systems	$4.09B	20.04	$1.04B	$3.81	78.45

Is ANSS or CDNS more profitable?

Cadence Design Systems has a net margin of 23.87% compared to ANSYS's net margin of 23.01%. Cadence Design Systems' return on equity of 28.49% beat ANSYS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ANSYS	23.01%	12.64%	9.55%
Cadence Design Systems	23.87%	28.49%	16.20%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ANSS or CDNS?

Cadence Design Systems received 170 more outperform votes than ANSYS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.24% of users gave Cadence Design Systems an outperform vote while only 53.72% of users gave ANSYS an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ANSYS	Outperform Votes 412 53.72%	Underperform Votes 355 46.28%
Cadence Design Systems	Outperform Votes 582 71.24%	Underperform Votes 235 28.76%

Summary

Cadence Design Systems beats ANSYS on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.