PBU The Pension Fund of Early Childhood & Youth Educators Invests $17.91 Million in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

PBU The Pension Fund of Early Childhood & Youth Educators acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 38,125 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $17,908,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the business. SlateStone Wealth LLC boosted its position in shares of Synopsys by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. SlateStone Wealth LLC now owns 10,654 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $5,004,000 after acquiring an additional 261 shares in the last quarter. Ovata Capital Management Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,221,000. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 53.6% in the 4th quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd now owns 40,162 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $18,863,000 after purchasing an additional 14,012 shares during the last quarter. IvyRock Asset Management HK Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 60.0% in the 4th quarter. IvyRock Asset Management HK Ltd now owns 800 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $376,000 after purchasing an additional 300 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 5.3% in the 4th quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 80,268 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $37,703,000 after purchasing an additional 4,009 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of SNPS stock opened at $464.85 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $89.01 billion, a PE ratio of 107.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.01 and a beta of 1.22. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $376.18 and a 52-week high of $651.73. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $466.55 and its 200 day moving average price is $457.80. 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 issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 firm had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $3.67 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 41.9% on a year-over-year basis. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.28 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SNPS has been the subject of several research reports. Rosenblatt Securities boosted their target price on Synopsys from $530.00 to $575.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of Synopsys from $505.00 to $535.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. HSBC cut shares of Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Friday, February 20th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price target on shares of Synopsys and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on Synopsys from $480.00 to $525.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $563.81.

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.