ANSYS, Inc. (ANSS)

In the past six months, ANSYS's stock has trended up by 6.96% and has seen a 13.59% increase. A significant event is the pending acquisition by Synopsys, Inc., an all-stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $35 billion, expected to finalize around July 17, 2025, pending regulatory approval. As part of obtaining regulatory approval for the merger, ANSYS entered into an agreement with Keysight Technologies, Inc. for the sale of its PowerArtist RTL business. Baird downgraded its outlook for ANSYS from Outperform to Neutral on July 14, 2025. Wolfe Research and Rosenblatt also downgraded ANSYS in January 2024. ANSYS reported its Q4 and FY 2024 financial results on February 19, 2025, with revenue up 10% year-over-year for Q4 and 12% for the full year, and Q1 2025 earnings were reported on April 30, 2025. The market has been revising upward the revenue expectations for ANSYS for FY2025, with forecasts adjusted by 1.05% over the past three months, during which the stock price increased by 26.31%.

ANSYS has demonstrated strong financial performance, driven by the increasing demand for simulation software in product development and engineering processes, with a 12.11% revenue increase from 2023 to 2024. ANSYS has noted a seasonal pattern in demand across its portfolio, with Q4 2024 contributing 43% of the full-year ACV, while Q1, Q2, and Q3 each contributed 16%, 20%, and 21% respectively, suggesting a stronger fourth quarter. The demand for simulation technologies is generally increasing.

ANSYS, Inc., founded in 1970 and headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, specializes in engineering simulation software and services for engineers, designers, researchers, and students globally. Operating in the Technology Services sector, specifically in the Packaged Software industry, ANSYS's software is crucial for product design, testing, and operation across various industries, enabling users to predict product performance in real-world conditions. ANSYS offers structural analysis tools for product design and optimization, including Ansys Mechanical and LS-DYNA solver for multiphysics simulation. It provides electromagnetic field simulation software for designing electronic and electromechanical products, such as Ansys High Frequency Structure Simulator and Ansys RedHawk-SC for ICs and PCBs. ANSYS enables modeling of fluid flow and related physical phenomena with products like Ansys Fluent computational fluid dynamics software. The SCADE product suite provides solutions for embedded software simulation, code production, and automated certification. ANSYS includes Ansys Optics software and Ansys Lumerical product for photonics simulation. It offers the Ansys Granta MI system for materials information management and Ansys Granta Selector technology for materials selection. ANSYS provides tools for 3D design. It offers mission-simulation, modeling, testing, and analysis software. ANSYS leverages AI and ML to accelerate engineering design, including the Ansys SimAI™ product, a cloud-enabled generative AI platform. The academic product suite is designed for research and teaching settings.

ANSYS has a robust global presence with offices and R&D centers worldwide, operating in the United States, Japan, Germany, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. In fiscal year 2023, revenue contributions by region were: North America (45%), Europe (28%), Asia-Pacific (19%), and Rest of World (8%).

ANSYS maintains a strong brand reputation as a global leader in engineering simulation software, with a mission to empower innovation globally through engineering simulation. ANSYS was named one of the "Best Companies to Work For in Technology" by U.S. News & World Report in September 2023. The pending acquisition by Synopsys, Inc. is expected to create a powerful, end-to-end engineering platform and has been a major topic in industry news.

ANSYS, Inc. is primarily owned by institutional shareholders, who hold approximately 87.23% of the company's shares, while individual investors hold about 9.62%, and ANSYS insiders hold 3.15%. Vanguard Group Inc is the largest individual shareholder, owning 10.90M shares, representing 12.40% of the company. Other major institutional owners include BlackRock, Inc., State Street Corp, Aristotle Capital Management, LLC, Geode Capital Management, Llc, FIL Ltd, Capital Research Global Investors, Norges Bank, UBS Group AG, and Northern Trust Corp.