Capital International Ltd. CA Sells 7,329 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Capital International Ltd. CA decreased its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 13.0% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 49,122 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 7,329 shares during the quarter. Capital International Ltd. CA’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $23,074,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

SNPS has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Piper Sandler upped their target price on shares of Synopsys from $430.00 to $450.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $580.00 target price on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Rosenblatt Securities upped their target price on shares of Synopsys from $530.00 to $575.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 target price on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, May 27th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $563.81.

Synopsys Price Performance

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $464.85 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $89.01 billion, a PE ratio of 107.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.22. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $376.18 and a 12 month high of $651.73. The company has a quick ratio of 1.32, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $466.55 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $457.80.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.15 by $0.20. The firm 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 company’s revenue for the quarter was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous 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, equities analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.74 EPS for the current fiscal 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.