PFA Pension Forsikringsaktieselskab Invests $52.12 Million in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Key Points

• PFA Pension Forsikringsaktieselskab purchased a new position of 109,852 shares valued at $52.12 million in Synopsys, representing 0.06% of the company at quarter-end, while institutional investors own 85.47% of the stock.
• Synopsys beat quarterly expectations with $3.77 EPS (vs. $3.56 est.) and $2.41B revenue (up 65.6% YoY), and set FY2026 guidance of EPS 14.380–14.460.
• The company has a market capitalization of $93.68 billion and a PE of 75.93, and analysts' consensus is a "Hold" rating with an average target price of $531.

PFA Pension Forsikringsaktieselskab purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 109,852 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $52,124,000. PFA Pension Forsikringsaktieselskab owned 0.06% of Synopsys at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Alpine Bank Wealth Management lifted 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 purchasing an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. lifted 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 purchasing an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC bought a new position in Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. bought a new position in Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Finally, Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. bought a new position in Synopsys in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company's stock.

Synopsys Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ SNPS opened at $489.02 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $376.18 and a twelve month high of $651.73. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $430.07 and a 200 day simple moving average of $445.70. The company has a market capitalization of $93.68 billion, a PE ratio of 75.93, a P/E/G ratio of 3.99 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $3.03 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.3 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently commented on SNPS shares. Weiss Ratings reissued a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. HSBC downgraded shares of Synopsys from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $455.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on shares of Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Piper Sandler dropped their price target on shares of Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an "equal weight" rating and set a $480.00 price target (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. 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 company. According to data from MarketBeat, Synopsys presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $531.00.

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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