Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. Increases Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Key Points

• Robeco Institutional Asset Management boosted its Synopsys stake by 219.8% in Q4, adding 117,175 shares to hold 170,487 shares worth about $80.08 million (≈0.09% of the company).
• Synopsys beat expectations with $3.77 EPS vs. $3.56 expected and $2.41B revenue vs. $2.39B expected, and set FY2026 guidance of $14.38–$14.46 EPS (Q2 guidance $3.11–$3.17).
• Analyst coverage is split—eight Buy, eight Hold and one Sell—resulting in a MarketBeat consensus Hold rating with a $531 average target, and institutional investors own about 85.5% of the stock.

Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. lifted its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS - Free Report) by 219.8% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 170,487 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after buying an additional 117,175 shares during the period. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. owned approximately 0.09% of Synopsys worth $80,081,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Alpine Bank Wealth Management grew its position in shares of 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 position in Synopsys by 1,250.0% during the 3rd quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC purchased a new position in Synopsys during the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. purchased a new position in Synopsys during the 3rd quarter worth $28,000. Finally, Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. purchased a new position in Synopsys during the 4th quarter worth $28,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have issued reports on SNPS shares. Weiss Ratings reissued a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Needham & Company LLC reissued a "buy" rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. HSBC downgraded shares of Synopsys from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $455.00 price objective on the stock. in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Rosenblatt Securities reduced their target price on shares of Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Piper Sandler reduced their target price 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. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $531.00.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of SNPS opened at $392.24 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The stock has a market cap of $75.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 60.91, a PEG ratio of 3.20 and a beta of 1.15. The company has a 50-day moving average of $421.60 and a two-hundred day moving average of $446.87. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $376.18 and a 12-month high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS - Get Free Report) last issued 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 the consensus estimate of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm 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. As a group, research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Synopsys

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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