Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) Receives $553.57 Consensus PT from Brokerages

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) has earned an average rating of “Hold” from the seventeen ratings firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $553.5714.

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Piper Sandler cut Synopsys from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $602.00 to $520.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 10th. Citigroup started coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 target price on the stock. Rosenblatt Securities raised shares of Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lowered their price target for the company from $605.00 to $560.00 in a research report on Tuesday, December 9th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC boosted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $580.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In other news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total value of $1,685,035.89. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Synopsys

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Alpine Bank Wealth Management increased its stake in Synopsys by 89.3% during the 3rd quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1,250.0% during the third quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 120.0% during the second quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky now owns 55 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Finally, SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. purchased a new position in Synopsys in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Trading Down 1.0%

Shares of SNPS opened at $510.97 on Friday. Synopsys has a 1-year low of $365.74 and a 1-year high of $651.73. The company has a current ratio of 1.62, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $459.97 and its 200-day moving average price is $504.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $97.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 63.95, a PEG ratio of 4.30 and a beta of 1.12.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.79 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. Synopsys’s revenue was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $3.40 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.320-14.400 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.520-3.580 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Synopsys will post 10.64 EPS for the current 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.