Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd Buys New Stake in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Key Points

• Border to Coast Pensions Partnership bought a new stake of 78,687 shares in Synopsys during Q4, valued at about $37.03 million.
• Synopsys beat quarterly expectations with EPS of $3.77 (vs. $3.56 est.) and revenue of $2.41B (up 65.6% YoY), and set FY2026 EPS guidance of 14.380–14.460.
• Analyst sentiment is mixed: the consensus rating is "Hold" (8 Buy, 8 Hold, 1 Sell) with an average price target of $531, while several firms recently lowered targets or ratings.

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd bought a new stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS - Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm bought 78,687 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $37,028,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Alpine Bank Wealth Management grew its stake in Synopsys by 89.3% in the 3rd quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. grew its stake in Synopsys by 1,250.0% in the 3rd quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC acquired a new position in Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. acquired a new position in Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC acquired a new position in Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at $29,000. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

SNPS has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. HSBC lowered shares of Synopsys from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $455.00 target price on the stock. in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Piper Sandler lowered their target price on shares of Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Rosenblatt Securities decreased their price target on shares of Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on shares of Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a "buy" rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $531.00.

Synopsys Price Performance

Shares of Synopsys stock opened at $438.45 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a current ratio of 1.36. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $421.19 and its 200-day simple moving average is $445.84. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $376.18 and a twelve month high of $651.73. The firm has a market cap of $83.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 68.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.42 and a beta of 1.15.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.39 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.03 EPS. The firm's revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Synopsys Profile

Synopsys, Inc is a leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and semiconductor intellectual property (IP) used to design, verify and manufacture integrated circuits and complex systems-on-chip (SoCs). Its product portfolio spans tools and technologies for front‑end design and synthesis, simulation and verification, physical implementation and signoff, and design-for-manufacturability, enabling chip designers to move from architecture through tape‑out.

In addition to core EDA offerings, Synopsys supplies a broad set of semiconductor IP building blocks — such as interface, memory and analog/mixed-signal cores — that customers integrate into SoCs to accelerate development.

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