Brokerages Set Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) Price Target at $531.00

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) has been given an average rating of “Hold” by the seventeen ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, eight have issued a hold recommendation and eight have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price target among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $531.00.

SNPS has been the topic of several analyst reports. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, KeyCorp increased their price objective on Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th.

Synopsys Price Performance

Shares of Synopsys stock opened at $395.95 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $75.85 billion, a PE ratio of 61.48, a P/E/G ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 1.15. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $430.80 and its 200 day simple moving average is $450.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a current ratio of 1.36. Synopsys has a 52-week low of $365.74 and a 52-week high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly 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. The firm 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%.The business’s revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.03 EPS. 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, analysts predict that Synopsys will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Company insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Synopsys

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of SNPS. Osbon Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 4th quarter worth approximately $34,000. Advisortrust Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Synopsys during the 4th quarter valued at $214,000. Worthington Financial Partners LLC bought a new position in Synopsys during the fourth quarter worth $663,000. Midway Capital Research & Management acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys in the fourth quarter valued at $2,857,000. Finally, Employees Provident Fund Board acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys in the fourth quarter valued at $302,661,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.