Cerity Partners LLC Acquires 37,777 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Cerity Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 57.4% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 103,629 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 37,777 shares during the period. Cerity Partners LLC owned about 0.05% of Synopsys worth $48,677,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. Oakworth Capital Inc. increased its holdings 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 worth $36,000 after buying an additional 74 shares during the last quarter. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 3rd quarter worth about $38,000. WealthCollab LLC increased its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 110.8% in the 3rd quarter. WealthCollab LLC now owns 78 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. Finally, N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC increased its holdings 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 worth $38,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on SNPS. HSBC downgraded shares of Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Friday, February 20th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $580.00 price target on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price target 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. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target 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, The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price target on shares of Synopsys and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. 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 stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Synopsys currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $563.81.

Synopsys Price Performance

SNPS stock opened at $460.54 on Thursday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $376.18 and a 12 month high of $651.73. The company has a current ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $471.23 and a 200 day moving average price of $459.99. The stock has a market cap of $88.18 billion, a PE ratio of 106.61, a P/E/G ratio of 2.73 and a beta of 1.22.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.15 by $0.20. Synopsys had a net margin of 8.91% and a return on equity of 5.83%. The company had revenue of $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $3.67 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 41.9% on a year-over-year basis. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 earnings per share for the current year.

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.