Capstone Capital Management Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS – Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm acquired 16,220 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,619,000. Synopsys makes up about 7.3% of Capstone Capital Management Ltd’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd biggest position.
A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Profund Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Synopsys by 4.8% during the 4th quarter. Profund Advisors LLC now owns 17,450 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $8,197,000 after buying an additional 805 shares in the last quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Synopsys by 37.8% during the 4th quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 330,503 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $155,244,000 after buying an additional 90,583 shares in the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Synopsys by 15.1% during the 4th quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 23,594 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $11,083,000 after buying an additional 3,102 shares in the last quarter. North Dakota State Investment Board purchased a new stake in Synopsys during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $2,973,000. Finally, Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Synopsys during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $45,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Analyst Ratings Changes
SNPS has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Citigroup increased their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $580.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Rosenblatt Securities lowered their target price on Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. HSBC downgraded Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 target price for the company. in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reiterated an “equal weight” rating and set a $480.00 target price (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $536.00.
Synopsys Stock Down 0.8%
Shares of SNPS opened at $498.43 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $95.48 billion, a PE ratio of 77.40, a P/E/G ratio of 4.10 and a beta of 1.25. The business has a fifty day moving average of $445.38 and a 200 day moving average of $449.55. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $376.18 and a 52-week high of $651.73. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.
Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. The company had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 6.83% and a net margin of 13.76%.Synopsys’s revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.03 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.3 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.
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