Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) Issues FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) issued an update on its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 14.720-14.800 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 13.610. The company issued revenue guidance of $9.6 billion-$9.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $9.6 billion. Synopsys also updated its Q3 2026 guidance to 3.630-3.690 EPS.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS traded down $8.46 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $526.10. The company had a trading volume of 1,633,149 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,989,810. Synopsys has a 12-month low of $376.18 and a 12-month 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 cap of $100.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 81.69, a PEG ratio of 4.30 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a fifty day moving average of $455.56 and a two-hundred day moving average of $452.78.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.39 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $3.03 EPS. Synopsys’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts expect that Synopsys will post 10.28 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have issued reports on SNPS. Citigroup increased 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. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price target on Synopsys and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. HSBC lowered Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 price objective on Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $544.88.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in SNPS. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 5.7% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 921 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $447,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 11.6% in the 1st quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 760 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $326,000 after acquiring an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 15.1% in the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 3,010 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,291,000 after acquiring an additional 395 shares during the last quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 9.2% in the 2nd quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd now owns 758 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $389,000 after acquiring an additional 64 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 2.1% in the 2nd quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 72,095 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $36,962,000 after acquiring an additional 1,505 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

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.