How to buy ANSYS (ANSS) stocks

ANSYS is a software - application business based in the US. ANSYS shares (ANSS) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $338.38 – a decrease of 0.55% over the previous week. ANSYS employs 6,400 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $2.5 billion.

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ANSYS stock price (NASDAQ: ANSS)

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ANSYS stocks at a glance

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Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$338.38
52-week range	$289.82 - $364.31
50-day moving average more info button	$336.83
200-day moving average more info button	$327.56
Wall St. target price	$352.88
PE ratio more info button	51.4969
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$6.48

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ANSYS price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $338.38 from 2024-12-20

1 week (2024-12-13)	-0.55%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-3.32%
3 months (2024-09-20)	5.66%
6 months (2024-06-21)	4.00%

1 year (2023-12-22)	-5.48%
2 years (2022-12-22)	42.65%
3 years (2021-12-22)	400.64
5 years (2019-12-20)	30.70%

Is ANSYS stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing ANSYS stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of ANSYS's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

ANSYS's P/E ratio

ANSYS's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 51x. In other words, ANSYS shares trade at around 51x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're over-valued.

ANSYS's PEG ratio

ANSYS's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.9284. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into ANSYS's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

ANSYS's EBITDA

ANSYS's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $836.1 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a ANSYS's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

ANSYS financials

Revenue TTM	$2.5 billion
Operating margin TTM	26.84%
Gross profit TTM	$1.9 billion
Return on assets TTM	6.09%
Return on equity TTM	10.48%
Profit margin	23.01%
Book value	$66.67
Market Capitalization more info button	$29.2 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

ANSYS stock dividends

We're not expecting ANSYS to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have ANSYS's stocks ever split?

ANSYS's stocks were split on a 2:1 basis on 4 June 2007 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your ANSYS stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for ANSYS stocks, which in turn could have impacted ANSYS's stock price.

ANSYS stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, ANSYS's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $289.82 up to $364.31. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while ANSYS's is 1.111. This would suggest that ANSYS's stocks are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

ANSYS 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of ANSYS is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.406% of ANSYS stocks are held by insiders and 96.443% by institutions. How many people work for ANSYS?
Latest data suggests 6,400 work at ANSYS. When does the fiscal year end for ANSYS?
ANSYS's fiscal year ends in December. Where is ANSYS based?
ANSYS's address is: Southpointe 2600 ANSYS Drive, Canonsburg, PA, United States, 15317 What is ANSYS's ISIN number?
ANSYS's international securities identification number is: US03662Q1058 What is ANSYS's CUSIP number?
ANSYS's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 03662Q105

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