Ansys Inc (NASDAQ: ANSS) is 13.64% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $275.06 and a high of $395.48 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The ANSS stock was last observed hovering at around $392.72 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -18.42%.
Currently trading at $374.3, the stock is 4.88% and 8.16% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 18.84 million and changing -4.69% at the moment leaves the stock 11.84% off its SMA200. ANSS registered 10.96% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 11.01%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $343.6888 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $334.0504.
The stock witnessed a 10.74% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 23.90%, and is 2.03% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.15% over the week and 1.93% over the month.
Ansys Inc (ANSS) has around 6500 employees, a market worth around $32.91B and $2.58B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 55.57 and Fwd P/E is 29.34. Profit margin for the company is 22.95%. Distance from 52-week low is 36.08% and -5.36% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (8.45%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 5.32% this year
1267.0 institutions hold shares in Ansys Inc (ANSS), with institutional investors hold 95.42% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 87.91M, and float is at 87.55M with Short Float at 2.57%. Institutions hold 94.92% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 10.41 million shares valued at $3.35 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.9248 of the ANSS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 8.64 million shares valued at $2.78 billion to account for 9.897 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are ARISTOTLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC which holds 3.61 million shares representing 4.1287 and valued at over $1.16 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.1188 of the shares totaling 3.6 million with a market value of $1.16 billion.
Ansys Inc (ANSS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Dorchak Glenda, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Dorchak Glenda sold 200 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 14 ’25 at a price of $300.01 per share for a total of $60002.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 3230.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 13 ’25, Dorchak Glenda (Director) disposed off 200 shares at an average price of $336.62 for $67324.0. The insider now directly holds 3,430 shares of Ansys Inc (ANSS).
