AMI Asset Management Corp Has $25.74 Million Stake in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

AMI Asset Management Corp trimmed its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 2.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 54,795 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 1,435 shares during the period. Synopsys makes up about 1.5% of AMI Asset Management Corp’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 27th biggest position. AMI Asset Management Corp’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $25,738,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in Synopsys by 5.7% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 921 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $447,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC lifted its holdings in Synopsys by 11.6% in the first quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 760 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $326,000 after buying an additional 79 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its stake in Synopsys by 15.1% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 3,010 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,291,000 after purchasing an additional 395 shares in the last quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd increased its stake in Synopsys by 9.2% in the second quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd now owns 758 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $389,000 after purchasing an additional 64 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina increased its stake in Synopsys by 2.1% in the second 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 purchasing an additional 1,505 shares in the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of SNPS stock opened at $417.77 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $80.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 64.87, a P/E/G ratio of 3.20 and a beta of 1.15. 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 fifty day moving average price of $420.80 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $446.38. Synopsys, Inc. has a one year low of $376.18 and a one year high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $3.03 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and issued a $480.00 target price (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on shares of Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. HSBC downgraded shares of Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $531.00.

Synopsys 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.