PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co Raises Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co lifted its position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 30.8% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 8,500 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,000 shares during the period. PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $3,993,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 542.9% during the 3rd quarter. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. now owns 12,877 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $6,353,000 after purchasing an additional 10,874 shares during the period. Empirical Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the third quarter worth $773,000. Strategic Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 76.3% in the third quarter. Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 7,578 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,739,000 after purchasing an additional 3,279 shares during the period. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its stake in Synopsys by 31.8% in the fourth quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 14,810 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $6,957,000 after purchasing an additional 3,575 shares during the last quarter. Finally, OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd increased its stake in Synopsys by 24.8% in the third quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 23,970 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $11,827,000 after purchasing an additional 4,759 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have issued reports on SNPS. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and set a $480.00 price objective (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Rosenblatt Securities reduced their target price on Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price target on shares of Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. 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 stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $531.00.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Synopsys stock opened at $489.02 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $376.18 and a 52 week high of $651.73. 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 stock has a market cap of $93.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 75.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.99 and a beta of 1.25. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $430.07 and a 200-day moving average of $445.70.

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 the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. The company 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 firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $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. On average, analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.