Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Shares Acquired by Calamos Advisors LLC

Key Points

• Calamos Advisors LLC increased its position in Synopsys by 23.2% in Q4, buying 20,111 shares to own 106,841 shares worth about $50.2 million (≈0.06% of the company).
• Several analysts cut price targets recently (Piper Sandler to $430, Wells Fargo to $450, Morgan Stanley to $480), and Synopsys' consensus rating is a Hold with an average price target of $531.
• Synopsys beat Q4 estimates with EPS of $3.77 vs. $3.56 and revenue of $2.41B vs. $2.39B, reported 65.6% YoY revenue growth, and issued FY2026 EPS guidance of 14.38–14.46.

Calamos Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS - Free Report) by 23.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 106,841 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after purchasing an additional 20,111 shares during the period. Calamos Advisors LLC owned approximately 0.06% of Synopsys worth $50,185,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Alpine Bank Wealth Management increased its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. grew its holdings in Synopsys by 1,250.0% in the third 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 purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys in the third quarter valued at $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys in the third quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have weighed in on SNPS. Piper Sandler dropped their target price on shares of Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective 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. Finally, Morgan Stanley restated 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. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, Synopsys currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $531.00.

Synopsys Trading Up 9.6%

SNPS stock opened at $500.82 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The company has a market cap of $95.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 77.77, a PEG ratio of 3.73 and a beta of 1.15. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $426.02 and a 200-day simple moving average of $445.33. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $376.18 and a 52 week high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 6.83% and a net margin of 13.76%.The firm's quarterly revenue was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $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, equities research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.3 EPS for the current 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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