RD Finance Ltd Takes $986,000 Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

RD Finance Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 2,100 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $986,000. Synopsys makes up about 1.0% of RD Finance Ltd’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 21st biggest position.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in SNPS. Brighton Jones LLC grew its stake in Synopsys by 5.7% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 921 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $447,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the period. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC grew its stake in Synopsys by 11.6% in the 1st quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 760 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $326,000 after acquiring an additional 79 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its stake in Synopsys by 15.1% in the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 3,010 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,291,000 after acquiring an additional 395 shares during the period. WINTON GROUP Ltd grew its stake in Synopsys by 9.2% in the 2nd quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd now owns 758 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $389,000 after acquiring an additional 64 shares during the period. Finally, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina grew its stake in Synopsys by 2.1% in the 2nd quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 72,095 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $36,962,000 after acquiring an additional 1,505 shares during the period. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Synopsys Trading Up 2.2%

Shares of SNPS opened at $516.48 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $376.18 and a 52-week high of $651.73. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $434.28 and its two-hundred day moving average is $447.04. The stock has a market cap of $98.94 billion, a PE ratio of 80.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.13 and a beta of 1.25.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The company had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.39 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.03 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.3 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently issued reports on SNPS. Rosenblatt Securities dropped their price target on shares of Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Morgan Stanley reissued an “equal weight” rating and issued a $480.00 price target (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on shares of Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price target on shares of Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $531.00.

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.