Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Sells 89,962 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lessened its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 10.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 790,173 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 89,962 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. owned 0.41% of Synopsys worth $371,160,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. 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. lifted 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 valued at $36,000 after acquiring 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. WealthCollab LLC lifted 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 valued at $38,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. Finally, N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC lifted 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 valued at $38,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

SNPS has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price target on shares of Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Bank of America increased their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. 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 report on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Citigroup increased their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report 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 issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $563.81.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Synopsys stock opened at $464.85 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 1.32. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $376.18 and a 1-year high of $651.73. The firm has a market capitalization of $89.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 107.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.01 and a beta of 1.22. The company’s 50-day moving average is $466.55 and its 200 day moving average is $457.80.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.15 by $0.20. The business 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 quarterly revenue was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last 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. Research analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.28 EPS 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.