MUFG Securities EMEA plc Boosts Stock Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

MUFG Securities EMEA plc lifted its holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 115.0% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 7,615 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,073 shares during the quarter. MUFG Securities EMEA plc’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $3,577,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys in the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. Oakworth Capital Inc. grew its holdings 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 in the last quarter. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp bought a new stake in Synopsys in the third quarter worth $38,000. WealthCollab LLC lifted its position in Synopsys by 110.8% in the third quarter. WealthCollab LLC now owns 78 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. Finally, N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in Synopsys by 128.6% in the fourth quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC now owns 80 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on Synopsys from $480.00 to $525.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price target on Synopsys and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. BNP Paribas Exane raised their price target on Synopsys from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, HSBC downgraded Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Synopsys has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $563.81.

Synopsys Price Performance

SNPS opened at $492.29 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $460.81 and its two-hundred day moving average is $455.51. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $376.18 and a 1 year high of $651.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 1.32. The firm has a market capitalization of $94.26 billion, a PE ratio of 113.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.75 and a beta of 1.22.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.20. Synopsys had a return on equity of 5.83% and a net margin of 8.91%.The company had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $3.67 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.28 earnings per share 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.