ProShare Advisors LLC Has $155.24 Million Stake in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

ProShare Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 37.8% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 330,503 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 90,583 shares during the quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC owned 0.17% of Synopsys worth $155,244,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Sowell Financial Services LLC raised its stake in Synopsys by 2.0% during the fourth quarter. Sowell Financial Services LLC now owns 1,056 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $496,000 after acquiring an additional 21 shares in the last quarter. Natural Investments LLC raised its stake in Synopsys by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. Natural Investments LLC now owns 482 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $226,000 after acquiring an additional 21 shares in the last quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. raised its stake in Synopsys by 7.0% during the fourth quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. now owns 335 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $157,000 after acquiring an additional 22 shares in the last quarter. Foronjy Financial LLC raised its stake in Synopsys by 5.2% during the fourth quarter. Foronjy Financial LLC now owns 446 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $210,000 after acquiring an additional 22 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Barden Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in Synopsys by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Barden Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,868 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $877,000 after acquiring an additional 23 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on SNPS shares. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price objective on Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. HSBC downgraded 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. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Citigroup upped their price objective on Synopsys from $580.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 13th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Synopsys from $450.00 to $505.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $536.00.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Synopsys stock opened at $498.43 on Tuesday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $445.38 and a 200-day moving average of $449.55. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $376.18 and a 1 year high of $651.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 1.26. The company has a market capitalization of $95.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 77.40, a P/E/G ratio of 4.10 and a beta of 1.25.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. Synopsys had a return on equity of 6.83% and a net margin of 13.76%.The business had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.39 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $3.03 earnings per share. The firm’s 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. On average, equities research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.3 earnings per share 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.