Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Boosts Stake in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. grew its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 5.3% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 80,268 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 4,009 shares during the period. Daiwa Securities Group Inc.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $37,703,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in shares of Synopsys by 5.7% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 921 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $447,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the period. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC increased its stake in shares of Synopsys by 11.6% in the first quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 760 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $326,000 after acquiring an additional 79 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Synopsys by 15.1% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 3,010 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,291,000 after acquiring an additional 395 shares during the period. WINTON GROUP Ltd increased its stake in shares of Synopsys by 9.2% in the second quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd now owns 758 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $389,000 after acquiring an additional 64 shares during the period. Finally, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina increased its stake in shares of Synopsys by 2.1% in the second quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 72,095 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $36,962,000 after acquiring an additional 1,505 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on SNPS. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $580.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, May 27th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $505.00 to $535.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Piper Sandler increased their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $430.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Synopsys presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $563.81.

Synopsys Stock Down 0.7%

SNPS stock opened at $494.48 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $94.68 billion, a PE ratio of 114.46, a P/E/G ratio of 3.03 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a current ratio of 1.43. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $465.46 and its 200 day moving average is $457.75. Synopsys, Inc. has a one year low of $376.18 and a one year high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.20. The company had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 8.91% and a return on equity of 5.83%. The firm’s revenue was up 41.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $3.67 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.28 EPS for the current year.

Synopsys 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.