Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” from Brokerages

Shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) have been assigned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the seventeen brokerages that are covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, eight have issued a hold recommendation and eight have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $531.00.

SNPS has been the topic of several research reports. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Rosenblatt Securities lowered their price target on Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price objective on Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Finally, Piper Sandler lowered their price objective on Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 26th.

Synopsys Stock Performance

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $497.50 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $95.30 billion, a PE ratio of 77.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.99 and a beta of 1.25. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $430.07 and its 200 day moving average price is $445.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 1.26. Synopsys has a 12 month low of $376.18 and a 12 month high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 6.83% and a net margin of 13.76%.Synopsys’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior 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. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Synopsys will post 10.3 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Synopsys

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Sowell Financial Services LLC lifted its position in shares of Synopsys by 2.0% during the 4th quarter. Sowell Financial Services LLC now owns 1,056 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $496,000 after acquiring an additional 21 shares during the period. Natural Investments LLC raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 4.6% during the 4th quarter. Natural Investments LLC now owns 482 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $226,000 after purchasing an additional 21 shares during the last quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 7.0% during the 4th quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. now owns 335 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $157,000 after purchasing an additional 22 shares during the last quarter. Foronjy Financial LLC grew its stake in Synopsys by 5.2% in the 4th quarter. Foronjy Financial LLC now owns 446 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $210,000 after acquiring an additional 22 shares during the period. Finally, Barden Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in Synopsys by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Barden Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,868 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $877,000 after acquiring an additional 23 shares during the period. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.