Life Cycle Investment Partners Ltd Invests $39.35 Million in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Life Cycle Investment Partners Ltd bought a new position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 83,778 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $39,352,000.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Empirical Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in Synopsys in the third quarter valued at 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Synopsys Stock Up 4.1%

Synopsys stock opened at $524.74 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $376.18 and a twelve month high of $651.73. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $451.00 and its 200-day simple moving average is $451.09. The company has a current ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The firm has a market capitalization of $100.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 81.48, a P/E/G ratio of 4.29 and a beta of 1.25.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 6.83% and a net margin of 13.76%.The company’s revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $3.03 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.28 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have commented on SNPS. HSBC cut Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price target on the stock. in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Rosenblatt Securities decreased their price target on Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Citigroup upped their price target on Synopsys from $580.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 13th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on Synopsys from $450.00 to $505.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $536.00.

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.