ANSYS Valuation

Is ANSS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ANSS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: ANSS ($332.38) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($277.07)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ANSS is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ANSS?

Key metric: As ANSS is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ANSS. This is calculated by dividing ANSS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ANSS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio51.2x
EarningsUS$567.77m
Market CapUS$29.76b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ANSS's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ANSS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average74.4x
TYL Tyler Technologies
108x16.6%US$26.3b
ZM Zoom Video Communications
28.5x2.8%US$25.4b
PTC PTC
60.7x14.7%US$23.0b
SPLK Splunk
100.3x26.4%US$26.4b
ANSS ANSYS
51.2x15.3%US$29.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ANSS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (51.2x) compared to the peer average (74.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ANSS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Software Industry?

9 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AISP Airship AI Holdings
5x37.8%US$100.82m
GRRR Gorilla Technology Group
2.1x-67.4%US$49.93m
NISN Nisun International Enterprise Development Group
2.1xn/aUS$31.54m
NXTT Next Technology Holding
1.4xn/aUS$13.26m
ANSS 51.2xIndustry Avg. 42.2xNo. of Companies11PE020406080100+
9 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ANSS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (51.2x) compared to the US Software industry average (42.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ANSS's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ANSS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio51.2x
Fair PE Ratio40.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ANSS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (51.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.8x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ANSS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$332.38
US$352.88
+6.2%
4.4%US$375.00US$327.00n/a8
Nov ’25US$323.75
US$348.00
+7.5%
4.3%US$375.00US$327.00n/a8
Oct ’25US$313.05
US$348.25
+11.2%
4.3%US$375.00US$327.00n/a8
Sep ’25US$321.42
US$348.25
+8.3%
4.3%US$375.00US$327.00n/a8
Aug ’25US$309.83
US$348.78
+12.6%
4.7%US$375.00US$327.00n/a9
Jul ’25US$321.16
US$350.93
+9.3%
5.2%US$377.34US$327.00n/a10
Jun ’25US$317.45
US$346.30
+9.1%
6.6%US$377.34US$300.00n/a11
May ’25US$321.48
US$345.82
+7.6%
7.0%US$377.34US$300.00n/a12
Apr ’25US$347.48
US$345.82
-0.5%
7.0%US$377.34US$300.00n/a12
Mar ’25US$339.62
US$345.82
+1.8%
7.0%US$377.34US$300.00n/a12
Feb ’25US$332.66
US$347.37
+4.4%
8.0%US$392.00US$300.00n/a13
Jan ’25US$362.88
US$313.99
-13.5%
11.1%US$392.00US$260.00n/a16
Dec ’24US$295.48
US$313.03
+5.9%
10.6%US$392.00US$260.00n/a17
Nov ’24US$278.75
US$329.69
+18.3%
10.7%US$400.00US$262.00US$323.7517
Oct ’24US$297.55
US$331.92
+11.6%
10.4%US$400.00US$262.00US$313.0517
Sep ’24US$319.03
US$332.35
+4.2%
10.4%US$400.00US$262.00US$321.4217
Aug ’24US$336.73
US$332.35
-1.3%
10.4%US$400.00US$262.00US$309.8317
Jul ’24US$330.27
US$325.82
-1.3%
10.0%US$392.00US$262.00US$321.1617
Jun ’24US$323.24
US$324.06
+0.3%
10.0%US$392.00US$262.00US$317.4516
May ’24US$314.17
US$311.65
-0.8%
12.7%US$392.00US$209.00US$321.4817
Apr ’24US$332.80
US$305.59
-8.2%
12.9%US$392.00US$209.00US$347.4817
Mar ’24US$299.20
US$302.99
+1.3%
13.2%US$392.00US$209.00US$339.6217
Feb ’24US$274.39
US$260.70
-5.0%
15.5%US$392.00US$209.00US$332.6617
Jan ’24US$241.59
US$258.58
+7.0%
16.5%US$392.00US$200.00US$362.8817
Dec ’23US$259.61
US$260.11
+0.2%
17.1%US$392.00US$200.00US$295.4817
Nov ’23US$219.24
US$280.89
+28.1%
17.1%US$392.00US$200.00US$278.7518

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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