ANSYS (ANSS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

ANSYS, Inc. develops and markets engineering simulation software and services for engineers, designers, researchers, and students in the United States, Japan, Germany, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It offers structural analysis product suite that provides simulation tools for product design and optimization; the Ansys Mechanical product, an element analysis software; LS-DYNA solver for multiphysics simulation; and power analysis and optimization software suite. The company also offers electronics product suite that provides electromagnetic field simulation software for designing electronic and electromechanical products; Ansys High Frequency Structure Simulator product for radio frequency and microwave design; SCADE product suite, a solution for embedded software simulation, code production, and automated certification; fluids product suite that enables modeling of fluid flow and other related physical phenomena; Ansys Fluent computational fluid dynamics software package; Ansys RedHawk-SC for electronic design automation; Ansys Optics software; and mission-simulation, modeling, testing, and analysis software. In addition, it offers Ansys Granta MI system for materials information management; Ansys Granta Selector technology for materials selection and graphical analysis; CES EduPack product, a set of teaching resources; Granta Materials Data for Simulation; Ansys Lumerical product, a photonics simulation software solution; safety-certified embedded software solutions; Discovery product family for use in the simulation of product design; academic product suite for research and teaching settings. ANSYS, Inc. was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $314.11 to $318.70
• 50-Day Range: $317.49 to $360.36
• 52-Week Range: $289.82 to $363.03
• Volume: 511,392 shs
• Average Volume: 428,130 shs
• Market Capitalization: $27.83 billion
• P/E Ratio: 48.48
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $352.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

ANSYS Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

ANSYS scored higher than 68% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 295th out of 660 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

ANSYS has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

ANSYS has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of ANSYS is 48.48, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.14.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of ANSYS is 48.48, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 41.35.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

ANSYS has a PEG Ratio of 3.48. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

ANSYS has a P/B Ratio of 4.56. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.99% of the float of ANSYS has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

ANSYS has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in ANSYS has recently increased by 12.26%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

ANSYS does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

ANSYS does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.79

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.99% of the float of ANSYS has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

ANSYS has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in ANSYS has recently increased by 12.26%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.61

News Sentiment

ANSYS has a news sentiment score of 1.61. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.70 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 22 news articles for ANSYS this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for ANSS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added ANSYS to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -86% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, ANSYS insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $67,324.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.46% of the stock of ANSYS is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

92.39% of the stock of ANSYS is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

ANSS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have ANSS shares performed this year?

ANSYS's stock was trading at $337.33 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ANSS shares have decreased by 5.9% and is now trading at $317.56.
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How were ANSYS's earnings last quarter?

ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS) released its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 19th. The software maker reported $3.65 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3.97 by $0.32. The software maker earned $882.17 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $864.46 million. ANSYS had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.69% and a net margin of 22.62%.

Does ANSYS have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of ANSYS: Motor Design Ltd, OnScale, Phoenix Integration, AGI, Analytical Graphics, Lumerical, Zemax, and more.

Who are ANSYS's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of ANSYS include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.17%), Aristotle Capital Management LLC (4.05%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.70%) and FIL Ltd (2.39%). Insiders that own company stock include Ajei Gopal, Shane Emswiler, Janet Lee, Barbara Vaughn Scherer and Glenda Dorchak.
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How do I buy shares of ANSYS?

Shares of ANSS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of ANSYS own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that ANSYS investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Humana (HUM), American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), Verizon Communications (VZ) and DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/19/2025
• Today: 3/13/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/07/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Prepackaged software
• Sub-Industry: Application Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:ANSS
• CIK: 1013462
• Web: www.ansys.com
• Phone: (844) 462-6797
• Fax: 724-514-9494
• Employees: 5,600
• Year Founded: 1970

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $352.50
• High Stock Price Target: $365.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $340.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.0%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $6.55
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 48.48
• Forward P/E Ratio: 38.17
• P/E Growth: 3.48
• Net Income: $575.69 million
• Net Margins: 22.62%
• Pretax Margin: 28.22%
• Return on Equity: 12.69%
• Return on Assets: 9.65%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.12
• Current Ratio: 3.01
• Quick Ratio: 3.01

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.54 billion
• Price / Sales: 10.94
• Cash Flow: $9.68 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 32.81
• Book Value: $69.60 per share
• Price / Book: 4.56

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 87,652,000
• Free Float: 87,249,000
• Market Cap: $27.83 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.11