ANSYS, Inc.

NasdaqGS:ANSS Stock Report

Market Cap: US$30.0b

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 ($343.07) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($304.14)

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 Ratio52.8x
EarningsUS$567.77m
Market CapUS$29.96b

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 Average75.1x
TYL Tyler Technologies
109.9x16.6%US$26.3b
PTC PTC
62.9x14.9%US$24.0b
ZM Zoom Communications
27.5x2.7%US$25.7b
SPLK Splunk
100.3x26.4%US$26.4b
ANSS ANSYS
52.8x15.3%US$30.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ANSS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (52.8x) compared to the peer average (75.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

10 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
YXT YXT.COM Group Holding
2xn/aUS$123.21m
NISN Nisun International Enterprise Development Group
1.4xn/aUS$24.74m
NXTT Next Technology Holding
0.6xn/aUS$14.86m
ULY Urgent.ly
0.08x-13.0%US$6.89m
ANSS 52.8xIndustry Avg. 41.4xNo. of Companies10PE020406080100+
10 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ANSS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (52.8x) compared to the US Software industry average (41.4x).

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 Ratio52.8x
Fair PE Ratio40.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ANSS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (52.8x) 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$343.07
US$352.88
+2.9%
4.4%US$375.00US$327.00n/a8
Dec ’25US$351.10
US$352.88
+0.5%
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$260.00US$351.1017
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

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

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/17 22:59
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/17 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

ANSYS, Inc. is covered by 47 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Joseph VruwinkBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Saket KaliaBarclays