Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Position Reduced by Capital Group Investment Management PTE. LTD.

Capital Group Investment Management PTE. LTD. reduced its position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 12.9% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 10,761 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 1,588 shares during the period. Capital Group Investment Management PTE. LTD.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $5,055,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in Synopsys by 5.7% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 921 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $447,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC raised its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 11.6% during the first quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 760 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $326,000 after acquiring an additional 79 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its position in Synopsys by 15.1% during the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 3,010 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,291,000 after purchasing an additional 395 shares during the last quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd grew 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 purchasing an additional 64 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina raised its position in Synopsys by 2.1% during 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 in the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Synopsys Stock Performance

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $464.85 on Friday. 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 firm has a market capitalization 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. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $466.55 and a 200 day moving average price of $457.80.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.20. Synopsys had a net margin of 8.91% and a return on equity of 5.83%. The firm had revenue of $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $3.67 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.74 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Rosenblatt Securities upped their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $530.00 to $575.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $580.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, May 28th. KeyCorp restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of Synopsys from $480.00 to $525.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a 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 issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target 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.