EULAV Asset Management Sells 35,800 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

EULAV Asset Management cut its holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 73.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 12,800 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 35,800 shares during the quarter. EULAV Asset Management’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $6,012,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. SlateStone Wealth LLC lifted its position in Synopsys by 2.5% in the 4th quarter. SlateStone Wealth LLC now owns 10,654 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,004,000 after acquiring an additional 261 shares in the last quarter. Ovata Capital Management Ltd bought a new position in Synopsys in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $1,221,000. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 53.6% during the 4th quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd now owns 40,162 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $18,863,000 after buying an additional 14,012 shares during the period. IvyRock Asset Management HK Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 60.0% during the 4th quarter. IvyRock Asset Management HK Ltd now owns 800 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $376,000 after buying an additional 300 shares during the period. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 5.3% in the 4th quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 80,268 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $37,703,000 after buying an additional 4,009 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SNPS has been the subject of a number of research reports. Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 price objective on Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 target price on Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. HSBC downgraded Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Friday, February 20th. Piper Sandler increased their target price on Synopsys from $430.00 to $450.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Bank of America increased their target price on Synopsys from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. 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. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $563.81.

Synopsys Price Performance

Shares of Synopsys stock opened at $464.85 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a one year low of $376.18 and a one year high of $651.73. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $466.55 and its 200 day moving average is $457.80. The stock has a market cap of $89.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 107.60, a P/E/G ratio of 3.01 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a current ratio of 1.43.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $3.67 EPS. Synopsys’s revenue for the quarter 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. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.28 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.