1,172 Shares in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Acquired by Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. Ltd.

Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. Ltd. bought a new position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 1,172 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $551,000. Synopsys comprises 0.9% of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. Ltd.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 27th biggest holding.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Empirical Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in Synopsys during the third quarter worth approximately $773,000. Strategic Advisors LLC lifted its stake in 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 purchasing an additional 3,279 shares during the last quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in 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 purchasing an additional 3,575 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in Synopsys by 57.7% during the third 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 last quarter. Finally, SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd. lifted its stake in Synopsys by 55.9% during the fourth 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 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 subject of several recent analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. KeyCorp restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday. BNP Paribas Exane boosted their target price on Synopsys from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Synopsys from $505.00 to $535.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, HSBC cut Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price objective for the company. in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Synopsys has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $563.81.

Synopsys Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ SNPS opened at $480.64 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $376.18 and a twelve month high of $651.73. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $458.59 and a two-hundred day moving average of $454.30. The stock has a market cap of $92.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 111.26, a P/E/G ratio of 4.31 and a beta of 1.25.

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 5.91% and a net margin of 8.91%.The company had revenue of $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.67 earnings per share. 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. On average, research analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.28 earnings per share for the current year.

Key Headlines Impacting Synopsys

Here are the key news stories impacting Synopsys this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Synopsys reported fiscal Q2 adjusted EPS of $3.35, beating estimates, on revenue of $2.28 billion, also ahead of expectations, with revenue up 41.9% year over year.
• Positive Sentiment: The company lifted full-year FY2026 guidance, signaling continued demand for AI chip design software and stronger-than-expected momentum across the business.
• Positive Sentiment: Synopsys reached a governance agreement with Elliott Investment Management and added Jesse Cohn to the board, which investors may view as a step toward better capital allocation and execution.
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts raised price targets after the earnings release, reflecting confidence in the company’s longer-term AI and semiconductor design opportunity.
• Neutral Sentiment: Synopsys also showcased new AI-powered design flows and IP support for Samsung Foundry processes, reinforcing its position in advanced chip design.
• Negative Sentiment: The stock is reacting negatively because investors may be worried that strong results are not enough to offset near-term business mix issues, including softness in chip IP and integration complexity tied to Ansys.

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.