Capital Research Global Investors Reduces Stock Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Capital Research Global Investors cut its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 24.9% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,894,955 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 629,557 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors owned approximately 0.99% of Synopsys worth $890,105,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. bought a new position in shares of Synopsys in the 4th quarter valued at about $28,000. Oakworth Capital Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 3,700.0% in the 4th quarter. Oakworth Capital Inc. now owns 76 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 74 shares during the last quarter. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp bought a new position in shares of Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at about $38,000. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 128.6% in the 4th quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC now owns 80 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Finally, WealthCollab LLC boosted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 110.8% in the 3rd quarter. WealthCollab LLC now owns 78 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Synopsys stock opened at $464.85 on Monday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $466.55 and a 200-day moving average of $458.28. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $376.18 and a 1 year high of $651.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 1.32. The company has a market capitalization of $89.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 107.60, a P/E/G ratio of 2.71 and a beta of 1.22.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.20. The company had revenue of $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 prior year, the firm 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, equities research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.74 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

SNPS has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Bank of America lifted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. BNP Paribas Exane lifted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and set a $580.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $530.00 to $575.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Synopsys has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $563.81.

About Synopsys

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.