Swedbank AB Lowers Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Key Points

• Swedbank AB cut its stake in Synopsys by 28.6% in Q4, selling 429,089 shares and finishing the quarter with 1,073,166 shares (about 0.56% ownership) valued at roughly $504.1 million.
• Synopsys beat quarterly expectations with $3.77 EPS vs. $3.56 expected and $2.41 billion in revenue (up 65.6% year‑over‑year), and issued FY2026 EPS guidance of 14.380–14.460 and Q2 guidance of 3.110–3.170.
• Analyst sentiment is mixed — several firms have lowered price targets (to the $430–$480 range) and the consensus rating is Hold with a $531 average target; the stock trades at about $96.3 billion market cap and a ~78x PE.

Swedbank AB lessened its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS - Free Report) by 28.6% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,073,166 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 429,089 shares during the period. Swedbank AB owned about 0.56% of Synopsys worth $504,088,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of SNPS. Empirical Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 3rd quarter worth $773,000. Strategic Advisors LLC grew its position in Synopsys by 76.3% in the 3rd quarter. Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 7,578 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $3,739,000 after acquiring an additional 3,279 shares in the last quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its position in Synopsys by 31.8% in the 4th quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 14,810 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $6,957,000 after acquiring an additional 3,575 shares in the last quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd grew its position in Synopsys by 24.8% in the 3rd quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 23,970 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $11,827,000 after acquiring an additional 4,759 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its position in Synopsys by 57.7% in the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 412,766 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $203,654,000 after acquiring an additional 150,973 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company's stock.

Synopsys Price Performance

Synopsys stock opened at $502.51 on Wednesday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $376.18 and a 12 month high of $651.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 1.26. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $431.32 and a 200-day simple moving average of $446.18. The stock has a market capitalization of $96.26 billion, a PE ratio of 78.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.06 and a beta of 1.25.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have weighed in on SNPS shares. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. HSBC downgraded Synopsys from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $455.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Morgan Stanley reissued an "equal weight" rating and set a $480.00 price objective (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Piper Sandler lowered their price objective on Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $531.00.

Synopsys Company 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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