Vanguard Group Inc. Has $8.67 Billion Stock Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS - Free Report) by 1.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 18,464,862 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after purchasing an additional 283,677 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. owned approximately 9.65% of Synopsys worth $8,673,315,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Alpine Bank Wealth Management lifted 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 acquiring an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. raised its stake in Synopsys by 1,250.0% during 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 period. Millstone Evans Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the third quarter valued at $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the third quarter worth $28,000. Finally, Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys during the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of SNPS opened at $500.82 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $95.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 77.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.09 and a beta of 1.15. The company's fifty day moving average is $426.02 and its 200-day moving average is $444.79. 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, 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 data on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The firm had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.39 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.03 earnings per share. Synopsys's revenue for the quarter 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. Equities analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price objective on Synopsys and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Piper Sandler decreased their price target 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. HSBC lowered shares of Synopsys from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $455.00 price objective on the stock. in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reduced 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 issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys currently 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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