ANSS dividend analysis

ANSS dividend deep dive

ANSS dividend ledger: $4.18/share, 2.40% yield, 44% earnings payout, 1.4% 5-year CAGR. The streak of consecutive dividend increases stands at 45 years.

ANSS dividend safety: 51/100. The score combines the company's Quality pillar (49/100) with the strain on free cash flow implied by the 44% payout. Risk pillar reads 14/100 alongside.

ANSS DRIP scenario at $174.00 entry: 5-year horizon ≈ 12.8%, 10-year ≈ 27.2%, 20-year ≈ 61.8% on the income leg alone. Capital return depends on the multiple at exit and is not part of this number.

Peer dividend set for ANSS (yield 2.40%): KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). The peer-mean yield prints 3.13%, so ANSS sits below the cohort by 0.73 percentage points.

Distribution schedule for ANSS: ex 2026-03-01, payment 2026-03-15. On a quarterly cadence at $1.045 per share, the annualized total works out to $4.18 — the figure used in the trailing yield calculation.

ANSS closes the loop with a 2.40% / 1.4% / 51/100 yield-growth-safety triplet. The forward question for the next 12 months is whether earnings growth keeps pace with distribution growth at the current 44% payout.