J.Safra Asset Management Corp Makes New $955,000 Investment in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

J.Safra Asset Management Corp bought a new position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund bought 2,033 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $955,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Synopsys by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,464,862 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $8,673,315,000 after purchasing an additional 283,677 shares during the period. State Street Corp grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 20.6% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,760,358 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $4,322,273,000 after buying an additional 1,493,912 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 1.3% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,310,846 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,017,256,000 after buying an additional 54,329 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 238.8% during the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,824,349 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,393,506,000 after buying an additional 1,990,608 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 226.6% during the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 2,524,512 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,245,533,000 after buying an additional 1,751,432 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

SNPS has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 price target on Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on Synopsys from $505.00 to $535.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Robert W. Baird set a $558.00 price target on Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Citigroup increased their price target on Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Nine investment 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. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $563.81.

Synopsys Price Performance

Shares of SNPS stock opened at $460.54 on Thursday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $376.18 and a 1-year high of $651.73. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $471.23 and its 200 day moving average is $459.99. The company has a market cap of $88.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 106.61, a PEG ratio of 2.73 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 1.32.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $3.67 earnings per share. The firm’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. Research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Synopsys

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.