Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. trimmed its position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS – Free Report) by 9.2% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 11,426 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 1,160 shares during the period. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $5,367,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Millstone Evans Group LLC acquired a new position in Synopsys during the third quarter worth $27,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the fourth quarter valued at about $28,000. Oakworth Capital Inc. grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 3,700.0% in the fourth quarter. Oakworth Capital Inc. now owns 76 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 74 shares during the last quarter. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the third quarter valued at about $38,000. Finally, WealthCollab LLC grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 110.8% in the third quarter. WealthCollab LLC now owns 78 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several brokerages have recently issued reports on SNPS. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price target on Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and issued a $480.00 price target (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Piper Sandler lowered their price target on Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Citigroup raised their price target on Synopsys from $580.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Synopsys has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $536.00.
Synopsys Stock Up 4.1%
SNPS stock opened at $524.74 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $376.18 and a twelve month high of $651.73. The company has a market cap of $100.52 billion, a PE ratio of 81.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.12 and a beta of 1.25. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $451.00 and its 200 day simple moving average is $451.09. 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 released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. Synopsys had a return on equity of 6.83% and a net margin of 13.76%.The business had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.39 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $3.03 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, research analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.3 earnings per share for the current year.
Synopsys Company 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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