NASDAQ:SNPS - Synopsys Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Synopsys declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, April 5th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 4.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 19th. The semiconductor company reported $1.01 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.92 by $0.09. The semiconductor company earned $834.38 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $821.55 million. Synopsys had a net margin of 14.31% and a return on equity of 12.00%. The company's revenue was up 1.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.08 earnings per share. View Synopsys' Earnings History.

Synopsys is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Synopsys.

Synopsys issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 19th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.18-5.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.22. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.6-3.65 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.62 billion.

11 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Synopsys' shares. Their forecasts range from $160.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect Synopsys' stock price to reach $179.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Synopsys.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Synopsys in the last year. There are currently 10 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Synopsys.

Media headlines about SNPS stock have been trending very negative on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Synopsys earned a news impact score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Synopsys.

Synopsys saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,130,000 shares, an increase of 17.0% from the December 31st total of 1,820,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 943,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Synopsys' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Synopsys investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU), Paypal (PYPL), Netflix (NFLX), salesforce.com (CRM), Walt Disney (DIS), Adobe (ADBE) and Xilinx (XLNX).

Synopsys' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.39%), Parnassus Investments CA (2.51%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (1.95%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.84%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.35%) and FMR LLC (1.23%). Company insiders that own Synopsys stock include Chi-Foon Chan, Chrysostomos L Nikias, Geus Aart De, John F Runkel Jr, John Schwarz, Joseph W Logan, Roy Vallee, Steven Walske, Sudhindra Kankanwadi and Trac Pham. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Synopsys.

SNPS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Parnassus Investments CA, FMR LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Swiss National Bank, Picton Mahoney Asset Management, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, State of Tennessee Treasury Department and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Synopsys company stock in the last year include Chi-Foon Chan, Chrysostomos L Nikias, Geus Aart De, John F Runkel Jr, John Schwarz, Roy Vallee, Steven Walske, Sudhindra Kankanwadi and Trac Pham. View Insider Buying and Selling for Synopsys.

SNPS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Panagora Asset Management Inc., Marshall Wace North America L.P., Man Group plc, Prudential Financial Inc., AJO LP, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Franklin Resources Inc. and Marshall Wace LLP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Synopsys.

Shares of SNPS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SNPS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $145.94.

Synopsys has a market capitalization of $21.97 billion and generates $3.36 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $532.37 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.45 on an earnings per share basis. Synopsys employs 13,896 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Synopsys.

The official website for Synopsys is http://www.synopsys.com/.

Synopsys' mailing address is 690 EAST MIDDLEFIELD ROAD, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA, 94043. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at 650-584-5000 or via email at [email protected]