Life Cycle Investment Partners Ltd Acquires Shares of 83,778 Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Life Cycle Investment Partners Ltd acquired a new stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund acquired 83,778 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $39,352,000.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Empirical Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the third quarter worth about $773,000. Strategic Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 76.3% during the third quarter. Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 7,578 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,739,000 after buying an additional 3,279 shares during the period. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 31.8% during the fourth quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 14,810 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $6,957,000 after buying an additional 3,575 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its position in Synopsys by 57.7% during the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 412,766 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $203,654,000 after purchasing an additional 150,973 shares during the period. Finally, SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd. increased its position in Synopsys by 55.9% during the 4th quarter. SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd. now owns 22,300 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $10,475,000 after purchasing an additional 8,000 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on SNPS. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price target on shares of Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Piper Sandler reduced their target price on Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on Synopsys from $450.00 to $505.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Citigroup upped their target price on Synopsys from $580.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 13th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $536.00.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of SNPS stock opened at $524.74 on Friday. 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, Inc. has a one year low of $376.18 and a one year high of $651.73. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $451.00 and its 200-day simple moving average is $451.09. The stock has a market capitalization of $100.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 81.48, a PEG ratio of 4.29 and a beta of 1.25.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $3.03 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.28 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.