Valley Wealth Managers Inc. trimmed its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS – Free Report) by 66.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,162 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 2,258 shares during the period. Valley Wealth Managers Inc.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $546,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Millstone Evans Group LLC purchased a new position in Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at $27,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. purchased a new position in Synopsys in the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. Oakworth Capital Inc. grew its position in 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 buying an additional 74 shares during the last quarter. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp purchased a new position in Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at $38,000. Finally, WealthCollab LLC grew its position in 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 buying an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on SNPS shares. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. HSBC lowered shares of Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price objective on the stock. in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Morgan Stanley restated 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. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities decreased their target price on shares of Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $531.00.
Synopsys Price Performance
Synopsys stock opened at $513.21 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $439.42 and its 200 day simple moving average is $448.30. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $376.18 and a 52 week high of $651.73. The firm has a market capitalization of $98.31 billion, a PE ratio of 79.69, a P/E/G ratio of 4.22 and a beta of 1.25. 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 announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The firm had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.39 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.03 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. 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, equities research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.3 EPS for the current fiscal 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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