Synopsys (SNPS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Synopsys, Inc. is an electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor intellectual property company serving the global semiconductor and electronics industries. Its software helps engineers design, verify, test and manufacture advanced integrated circuits and electronic systems.

The company’s products and services support digital and analog design, functional verification, design-for-test, manufacturing and semiconductor engineering workflows. Synopsys also provides reusable semiconductor IP, including processor cores, interface technologies, security solutions and other components used in system-on-chip designs.

In addition to its semiconductor design offerings, Synopsys provides software development and application security tools intended to help organizations identify and manage vulnerabilities and risks across the software development lifecycle. The company serves customers worldwide, including semiconductor manufacturers, systems companies, electronics manufacturers and software developers.

Synopsys was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Sassine Ghazi serves as president and chief executive officer, while company founder Aart de Geus serves as executive chairman.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $450.01 to $459.88
• 50-Day Range: $367.70 to $509.99
• 52-Week Range: $362.55 to $539.48
• Volume: 1.34 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.66 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $86.46 billion
• P/E Ratio: 79.72
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $575.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Synopsys Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Synopsys scored higher than 94% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 46th out of 591 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Synopsys has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.92, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 22 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Synopsys has a consensus price target of $575.00, representing about 27.4% upside from its current price of $451.19.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Synopsys has been the subject of 17 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 26.36%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Synopsys are expected to grow by 26.36% in the coming year, from $11.00 to $13.90 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Synopsys is 79.72, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 36.57.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Synopsys is 79.72, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 70.13.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Synopsys has a PEG Ratio of 1.82. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Synopsys has a P/B Ratio of 2.96. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.61% of the float of Synopsys has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Synopsys has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.41, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Synopsys has recently decreased by 12.94%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Synopsys does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Synopsys does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.98

News Sentiment

Synopsys has a news sentiment score of 0.98. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.50 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 29 news articles for Synopsys this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 39 people have searched for SNPS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -17% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

25 people have added Synopsys to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 213% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Synopsys insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $51,366,457.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.56% of the stock of Synopsys is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

85.47% of the stock of Synopsys is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/26/2026
• Today: 10/22/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 10/31/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/09/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Application Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:SNPS
• CIK: 883241
• Web: www.synopsys.com
• Phone: (650) 584-5000
• Fax: 650-965-8637
• Employees: 28,000
• Year Founded: 1986

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Synopsys: $575.00
• High Price Target: $640.00
• Low Price Target: $475.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +27.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.92
• Research Coverage: 26 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $5.66
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 79.72
• Forward P/E Ratio: 41.02
• P/E Growth: 1.82
• Net Income: $1.33 billion
• Net Margins: 11.43%
• Pretax Margin: 13.79%
• Return on Equity: 6.24%
• Return on Assets: 3.95%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.29
• Current Ratio: 1.34
• Quick Ratio: 1.24

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $9.42 billion
• Price / Sales: 9.18
• Cash Flow: $11.95 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 37.76
• Book Value: $152.50 per share
• Price / Book: 2.96

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 191,637,000
• Free Float: 190,564,000
• Market Cap: $86.46 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.21