Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) Receives Average Recommendation of “Hold” from Brokerages

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) has earned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the seventeen research firms that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and nine have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $553.5714.

A number of analysts have commented on the stock. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. KeyCorp raised their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, December 13th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities upgraded Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and dropped their price target for the stock from $605.00 to $560.00 in a report on Tuesday, December 9th.

Insider Activity

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total transaction of $1,685,035.89. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at $8,221,058.34. This trade represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036. 0.62% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Synopsys

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. FNY Investment Advisers LLC grew its holdings in Synopsys by 56.6% in the 4th quarter. FNY Investment Advisers LLC now owns 2,712 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,273,000 after acquiring an additional 980 shares during the last quarter. Formidable Asset Management LLC raised its stake in Synopsys by 66.9% in the fourth quarter. Formidable Asset Management LLC now owns 1,597 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $750,000 after buying an additional 640 shares in the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management lifted its holdings in Synopsys by 7.3% in the fourth quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 739 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $347,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Nilsine Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 4th quarter worth about $201,000. Finally, Three Seasons Wealth LLC grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 21.3% in the 4th quarter. Three Seasons Wealth LLC now owns 1,706 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $801,000 after buying an additional 299 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Synopsys Stock Up 1.6%

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $516.31 on Friday. Synopsys has a one year low of $365.74 and a one year high of $651.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 1.62 and a quick ratio of 1.52. The company has a market cap of $98.78 billion, a PE ratio of 64.62, a P/E/G ratio of 4.30 and a beta of 1.12. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $455.35 and its 200 day simple moving average is $504.95.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.11. Synopsys had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. The firm had revenue of $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $3.40 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.320-14.400 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.520-3.580 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Synopsys will post 10.64 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.