Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) Receives Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) has been assigned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the eighteen ratings firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $562.1333.

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Baird R W cut Synopsys from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. Bank of America upgraded shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price target for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a report on Monday, December 8th. BNP Paribas assumed coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. They issued an “underperform” rating and a $425.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $630.00 to $602.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 11th.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In other news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total value of $1,685,035.89. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This trade represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Synopsys

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of SNPS. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Synopsys by 20.7% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,181,185 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $8,970,415,000 after purchasing an additional 3,120,401 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Synopsys by 238.8% during the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,824,349 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,393,506,000 after purchasing an additional 1,990,608 shares in the last quarter. Coatue Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 3rd quarter worth about $892,605,000. Capital Research Global Investors grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 226.6% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 2,524,512 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,245,533,000 after buying an additional 1,751,432 shares during the period. Finally, State Street Corp raised its stake in Synopsys by 20.6% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,760,358 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $4,322,273,000 after buying an additional 1,493,912 shares during the period. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Synopsys Stock Performance

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $474.49 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $438.40 and its 200-day moving average is $503.48. The company has a current ratio of 1.62, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. Synopsys has a 1-year low of $365.74 and a 1-year high of $651.73. The stock has a market cap of $90.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 59.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.99 and a beta of 1.16.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. The company’s revenue was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.40 EPS. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.320-14.400 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.520-3.580 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Synopsys will post 10.64 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.