Capital International Sarl Decreases Stake in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Capital International Sarl lessened its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 9.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 86,420 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 8,704 shares during the quarter. Capital International Sarl’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $40,593,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in SNPS. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 20.7% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,181,185 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $8,970,415,000 after buying an additional 3,120,401 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 238.8% during the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,824,349 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,393,506,000 after acquiring an additional 1,990,608 shares in the last quarter. Coatue Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the 3rd quarter worth about $892,605,000. Capital Research Global Investors raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 226.6% during the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 2,524,512 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,245,533,000 after acquiring an additional 1,751,432 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the 4th quarter worth about $730,197,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on SNPS shares. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 target price on Synopsys and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Citigroup raised their target price on Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $580.00 price target on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $558.00 price target on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $563.81.

Synopsys Trading Down 6.0%

SNPS opened at $464.85 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $89.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 107.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.22. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $376.18 and a 52 week high of $651.73. The business’s 50 day moving average is $466.55 and its two-hundred day moving average is $457.80. The company has a quick ratio of 1.32, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 return on equity of 5.83% and a net margin of 8.91%.The firm’s revenue was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $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 predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.74 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.