Brokerages Set Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) PT at $553.57

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) has been given a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” by the sixteen brokerages that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and nine have issued a buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $553.5714.

Several equities research analysts have commented on SNPS shares. KeyCorp boosted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on shares of Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, December 12th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on shares of Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, January 22nd.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total value of $1,685,035.89. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036. Company insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in SNPS. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 1.9% during the second quarter. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC now owns 914 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $469,000 after buying an additional 17 shares during the period. YANKCOM Partnership lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 3.3% during the 2nd quarter. YANKCOM Partnership now owns 537 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $275,000 after purchasing an additional 17 shares during the period. Manchester Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 5.3% during the 2nd quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 340 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $174,000 after purchasing an additional 17 shares during the period. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1.4% during the second quarter. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group now owns 1,345 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $690,000 after purchasing an additional 18 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Savvy Advisors Inc. grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 3.6% in the second quarter. Savvy Advisors Inc. now owns 551 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $282,000 after purchasing an additional 19 shares during the period. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Synopsys Stock Performance

NASDAQ SNPS opened at $437.09 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $83.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 54.70, a PEG ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.12. The business’s 50 day moving average is $477.13 and its two-hundred day moving average is $489.75. Synopsys has a 12-month low of $365.74 and a 12-month high of $651.73. The company has a current ratio of 1.62, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48.

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

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.