Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS is Aspex Management HK Ltd’s Largest Position

Aspex Management HK Ltd lifted its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 40.1% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 2,126,089 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 608,507 shares during the quarter. Synopsys comprises 20.2% of Aspex Management HK Ltd’s portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. Aspex Management HK Ltd’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $998,667,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in SNPS. Empirical Asset Management LLC bought a new position in Synopsys in the third quarter worth $773,000. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its position 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 worth $6,957,000 after purchasing an additional 3,575 shares during the period. SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd. grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 55.9% during the 4th quarter. SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd. now owns 22,300 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $10,475,000 after buying an additional 8,000 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 20.7% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,181,185 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $8,970,415,000 after purchasing an additional 3,120,401 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 4th quarter valued at about $730,197,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Synopsys Stock Down 0.5%

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $453.89 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $473.57 and its 200 day moving average is $460.43. The stock has a market cap of $86.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 105.07, a PEG ratio of 2.68 and a beta of 1.22. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $376.18 and a 12-month high of $651.73. The company has a quick ratio of 1.32, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.15 by $0.20. Synopsys had a return on equity of 5.83% and a net margin of 8.91%.The company had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.67 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 10.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

SNPS has been the topic of several research reports. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating and issued a $580.00 target price on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. HSBC cut Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price objective on the stock. in a research note on Friday, February 20th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price objective on Synopsys and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Finally, Citigroup increased their price target on Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Synopsys currently has an average 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.