Deutsche Bank AG Buys 107,956 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Deutsche Bank AG lifted its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 11.9% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 1,012,121 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 107,956 shares during the quarter. Deutsche Bank AG’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $475,413,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in SNPS. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Synopsys by 20.7% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,181,185 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $8,970,415,000 after acquiring an additional 3,120,401 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Synopsys by 238.8% in the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,824,349 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,393,506,000 after acquiring an additional 1,990,608 shares in the last quarter. Coatue Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $892,605,000. Capital Research Global Investors raised 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 acquiring an additional 1,751,432 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Synopsys in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $730,197,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have issued reports on the company. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Monday. Citigroup raised their target price on Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 target price on Synopsys in a report on Wednesday, May 27th. BNP Paribas Exane raised their target price on Synopsys from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $558.00 target price on Synopsys 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 given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $563.81.

Synopsys Stock Performance

SNPS opened at $460.54 on Thursday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $376.18 and a 12-month high of $651.73. The firm has a market capitalization of $88.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 106.61, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.73 and a beta of 1.22. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $471.23 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $459.99. The company has a quick ratio of 1.32, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 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. On average, equities analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 earnings per share for the current 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.