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Ansys (ANSS) Moat Score : 8/10 (As of Jul. 10, 2025)


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What is Ansys Moat Score?

Ansys has the Moat Score of 8, which implies that the company might have Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat.

Ansys has Wide Moat: Ansys Inc has a clear and robust wide moat due to its leading position in engineering simulation software, strong brand, and significant customer switching costs. The company benefits from valuable intellectual property, consistent innovation, and strong pricing power, ensuring durable competitive advantages.

Moat Score is a ranking system developed by GuruFocus to assess a company's ability to sustain a competitive advantage, rated on a scale from 0 to 10. It takes into account key factors such as market leadership, cost advantages, network effects, customer switching costs, and more.

The company's Moat Score is based on these criteria:

1. Market leadership and sustainable market share
2. Network effects and significant customer switching costs
3. Valuable intellectual property and patents
4. Strong brand strength and deep customer loyalty
5. Durable cost advantages (e.g., economies of scale, proprietary technology)
6. Significant regulatory barriers and exclusive licenses
7. Superior distribution network
8. Strong and sustainable pricing power
9. Consistent and impactful innovation and R&D capabilities

Based on the research, GuruFocus believes Ansys might have Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat.

Competitive Comparison of Ansys's Moat Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, Ansys's Moat Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Moat Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Ansys's Moat Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Ansys's Moat Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ansys's Moat Score falls into.


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Ansys  (NAS:ANSS) Moat Score Explanation

The Moat Score ranges from 0 to 10, with 10 as the highest. GuruFocus divided Moat Score into following 8 categories:

Moat Score Moat Level
10Wide Moat - Exceptionally dominant and durable wide moat
8 - 9Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat
7Wide Moat - Entry-level wide moat, clearly possessing durable advantages
6Narrow Moat - Strong narrow moat, clearly distinguishable but not wide
5Narrow Moat - Solid narrow moat
4Narrow Moat - Discernible but modest moat
1 - 3No Moat - Very weak/transient advantages
0No Moat - No discernible moat

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Ansys Business Description

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Address
2600 ANSYS Drive, Canonsburg, PA, USA, 15317
Website
https://www.ansys.com
Ansys is an engineering software company that provides simulation capabilities for structural, fluids, semiconductor power, embedded software, optical, and electromagnetic properties. Ansys employs over 4,000 people and serves over 50,000 customers globally.
Executives
Glenda Dorchak director C/O MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 350 OAKMEAD PARKWAY, SUITE 100, SUNNYVALE CA 94085
Ajei Gopal director CA, INC., ONE CA PLAZA, ISLANDIA NY 11749
Janet Lee officer: VP, General Counsel 2600 ANSYS DRIVE, CANONSBURG PA 15317
Barbara Vaughn Scherer director 337 ENCINAL ST, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060
Shane Emswiler officer: VP and General Manager 225 WEST STATION SQUARE DRIVE, STE 200, PITTSBURGH PA 15219
Walter Hearn officer: SVP, World Sales & Cust. Exc. 2600 ANSYS DRIVE, CANONSBURG PA 15317
Claire Bramley director HP, 1501 PAGE MILL ROAD, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Richard S. Mahoney officer: VP, WORLDWIDE SALES & SUPPORT 2600 ANSYS DRIVE, CANONSBURG PA 15317
Maria T Shields officer: CFO 2600 ANSYS DRIVE, CANONSBURG PA 15317
Anil Chakravarthy director C/O INFORMATICA CORPORATION, 2100 SEAPORT BOULEVARD, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Alec D. Gallimore director 2600 ANSYS DRIVE, CANONSBURG PA 15317
Jim Frankola director C/O CLOUDERA INC, 1001 PAGE MILL ROAD, BLDG. 3, PALO ALTO CA 94089
Matthew C. Zack officer: VP, Marketing/Corp Development 2600 ANSYS DRIVE, CANONSBURG PA 15317
Nicole Anasenes director 2600 ANSYS DRIVE, CANONSBURG PA 15317
Robert Calderoni director 851 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309