Fourier Capital Management Ltd Acquires New Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Fourier Capital Management Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 21,587 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,140,000. Synopsys makes up approximately 10.8% of Fourier Capital Management Ltd’s portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest position.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Millstone Evans Group LLC purchased a new position in Synopsys during the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. bought a new stake in Synopsys during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Oakworth Capital Inc. lifted its position in Synopsys by 3,700.0% during the fourth quarter. Oakworth Capital Inc. now owns 76 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 74 shares during the last quarter. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp bought a new stake in Synopsys during the third quarter valued at approximately $38,000. Finally, N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in Synopsys by 128.6% during the fourth quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC now owns 80 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on shares of Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Citigroup lifted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $580.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities dropped their target price on shares of Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. 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 company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $532.33.

Synopsys Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of SNPS opened at $509.28 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $97.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 79.08, a PEG ratio of 4.19 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a current ratio of 1.36. Synopsys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $376.18 and a fifty-two week high of $651.73. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $441.11 and a 200-day moving average price of $448.68.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced 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 firm had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $3.03 EPS. 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 research analysts forecast 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.