Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund Reduces Stake in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund lowered its holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 27.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 29,590 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 11,127 shares during the quarter. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $13,899,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of SNPS. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. Oakworth Capital Inc. lifted its position in shares of Synopsys by 3,700.0% in the 4th quarter. Oakworth Capital Inc. now owns 76 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 74 shares during the period. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 3rd quarter worth about $38,000. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in shares of Synopsys by 128.6% in the 4th quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC now owns 80 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the period. Finally, WealthCollab LLC lifted its position in shares of Synopsys by 110.8% in the 3rd quarter. WealthCollab LLC now owns 78 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares during the period. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SNPS has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Synopsys from $505.00 to $535.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Robert W. Baird set a $558.00 target price on Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on Synopsys from $480.00 to $525.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Piper Sandler raised their target price on Synopsys from $430.00 to $450.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $563.81.

Synopsys Trading Down 6.0%

Shares of NASDAQ SNPS opened at $464.85 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $376.18 and a 1 year high of $651.73. The stock has a market cap of $89.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 107.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.22. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $466.55 and a 200 day moving average of $457.80. 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 announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.15 by $0.20. The business had revenue of $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 5.83% and a net margin of 8.91%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.67 earnings per share. 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, sell-side analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.74 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Synopsys Company 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.