Synopsys (SNPS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Synopsys in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" SNPS shares.
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11 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Synopsys' stock. Their SNPS share price forecasts range from $400.00 to $467.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $434.70 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.3%.
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Synopsys' stock was trading at $319.29 at the beginning of the year. Since then, SNPS shares have increased by 39.3% and is now trading at $444.73.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 16th 2023.
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Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 17th. The semiconductor company reported $2.54 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.47 by $0.07. The semiconductor company earned $1.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.38 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 17.41% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.29%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 9.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.89 EPS.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) stock in their portfolio include ProShares Nasdaq-100 Dorsey Wright Momentum ETF (QQQA), Invesco Dynamic Software ETF (PSJ), Franklin Intelligent Machines ETF (IQM), Columbia Seligman Semiconductor and Technology ETF (SEMI), Invesco Focused Discovery Growth ETF (IVDG), BlackRock Future Tech ETF (BTEK), VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) and iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV).

Synopsys declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Thursday, September 1st 2022, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 2.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Synopsys updated its FY23 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 17th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $10.77-$10.84 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $10.58. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.79-$5.83 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.80 billion.

1,170 employees have rated Synopsys Chief Executive Officer Dr. Aart J. de Geus and Dr. Chi-Foon Chan on Glassdoor.com. Dr. Aart J. de Geus and Dr. Chi-Foon Chan has an approval rating of 95% among the company's employees. This puts Dr. Aart J. de Geus and Dr. Chi-Foon Chan in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Synopsys trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SNPS."

Synopsys' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.36%), State Street Corp (4.27%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.70%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.07%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.42%) and FMR LLC (2.26%). Insiders that own company stock include Chi-Foon Chan, Chrysostomos L Nikias, Geus Aart De, Janice Chaffin, John F Runkel Jr, Joseph W Logan, Mercedes Johnson, Roy Vallee, Sassine Ghazi, Steven Walske, Sudhindra Kankanwadi and Trac Pham.
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One share of SNPS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $444.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) has a market capitalization of $67.67 billion and generates $5.08 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $984.59 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.93 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 19,000 workers across the globe.

Synopsys' mailing address is 690 EAST MIDDLEFIELD ROAD, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA, 94043. The official website for the company is www.synopsys.com. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at (650) 584-5000, via email at synopsys-ir@synopsys.com, or via fax at 650-965-8637.