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SNPS vs. CRM, INTU, ADBE, MSTR, CDNS, ADSK, WDAY, FICO, ANSS, and TYL

Should you be buying Synopsys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synopsys include Salesforce (CRM), Intuit (INTU), Adobe (ADBE), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Autodesk (ADSK), Workday (WDAY), Fair Isaac (FICO), ANSYS (ANSS), and Tyler Technologies (TYL). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.

Synopsys vs. Its Competitors

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) and Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Synopsys presently has a consensus target price of $607.14, indicating a potential upside of 16.06%. Salesforce has a consensus target price of $349.08, indicating a potential upside of 29.74%. Given Salesforce's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Salesforce is more favorable than Synopsys.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Synopsys
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
Salesforce
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
28 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81

85.5% of Synopsys shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Salesforce shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Synopsys shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Salesforce shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Synopsys has a net margin of 34.77% compared to Salesforce's net margin of 16.08%. Synopsys' return on equity of 17.09% beat Salesforce's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Synopsys34.77% 17.09% 9.98%
Salesforce 16.08%12.94%7.99%

In the previous week, Salesforce had 49 more articles in the media than Synopsys. MarketBeat recorded 82 mentions for Salesforce and 33 mentions for Synopsys. Synopsys' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Salesforce's score of 1.23 indicating that Synopsys is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Synopsys
28 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Salesforce
64 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Salesforce has higher revenue and earnings than Synopsys. Synopsys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Salesforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Synopsys$6.13B13.25$2.26B$13.8537.77
Salesforce$37.90B6.79$6.20B$6.3942.11

Synopsys has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Salesforce has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Salesforce beats Synopsys on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SNPS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SNPS vs. The Competition

MetricSynopsysCOMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$81.17B$160.16B$27.31B$8.94B
Dividend YieldN/A1.31%2.94%4.13%
P/E Ratio37.7737.6236.0119.90
Price / Sales13.2516.802,034.90165.00
Price / Cash40.0627.8437.9957.06
Price / Book8.199.707.055.38
Net Income$2.26B$3.58B$762.35M$248.50M
7 Day Performance7.36%3.26%3.11%2.99%
1 Month Performance12.22%5.58%6.51%6.03%
1 Year Performance-14.20%48.75%52,212.27%20.40%

Synopsys Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SNPS
Synopsys
4.6867 of 5 stars
$523.11
+0.3%
$607.14
+16.1%
-13.3%$81.17B$6.13B37.7720,000Positive News
CRM
Salesforce
4.9558 of 5 stars
$263.14
+1.0%
$349.08
+32.7%
+6.1%$251.56B$37.90B41.1876,453Positive News
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INTU
Intuit
4.5603 of 5 stars
$762.55
+0.2%
$787.95
+3.3%
+19.8%$212.71B$16.29B61.9018,800Trending News
ADBE
Adobe
4.9249 of 5 stars
$380.12
+0.8%
$496.75
+30.7%
-30.0%$162.01B$22.60B24.3230,709Trending News
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MSTR
MicroStrategy
4.3733 of 5 stars
$367.18
-0.7%
$514.42
+40.1%
+173.3%$100.39B$463.46M-16.831,534Trending News
Gap Up
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
4.1777 of 5 stars
$293.56
-0.6%
$325.23
+10.8%
-0.5%$80.15B$4.64B74.3212,700Positive News
ADSK
Autodesk
4.0159 of 5 stars
$301.12
+1.3%
$337.45
+12.1%
+26.8%$64.44B$6.13B64.4815,300Positive News
Insider Trade
WDAY
Workday
4.9337 of 5 stars
$236.58
-0.7%
$293.54
+24.1%
+6.5%$63.17B$8.45B130.7120,400Positive News
FICO
Fair Isaac
4.8865 of 5 stars
$1,881.25
+4.2%
$2,304.15
+22.5%
+23.0%$45.79B$1.72B81.023,586Positive News
ANSS
ANSYS
2.9722 of 5 stars
$335.00
+0.0%
$352.50
+5.2%
+10.0%$29.45B$2.54B49.703,200News Coverage
Positive News
TYL
Tyler Technologies
4.4449 of 5 stars
$579.74
+1.8%
$680.50
+17.4%
+18.3%$25.00B$2.14B87.317,400Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:SNPS) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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