Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Shares Acquired by Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. grew its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 5.3% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 80,268 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,009 shares during the quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $37,703,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,464,862 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $8,673,315,000 after purchasing an additional 283,677 shares during the period. State Street Corp grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 20.6% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,760,358 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,322,273,000 after purchasing an additional 1,493,912 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,310,846 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,017,256,000 after purchasing an additional 54,329 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 238.8% in the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,824,349 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,393,506,000 after purchasing an additional 1,990,608 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 226.6% in the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 2,524,512 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,245,533,000 after purchasing an additional 1,751,432 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Performance

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $494.48 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $465.46 and its 200-day moving average price is $457.75. The company has a current ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The company has a market cap of $94.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 114.46, a P/E/G ratio of 3.03 and a beta of 1.22. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $376.18 and a twelve month high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 8.91% and a return on equity of 5.83%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 41.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.67 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.28 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

SNPS has been the topic of several research analyst reports. HSBC lowered shares of Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Friday, February 20th. BNP Paribas Exane raised their price target on shares of Synopsys from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 price target on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, May 27th. Citigroup raised their price target on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $558.00 price target on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $563.81.

About Synopsys

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.