Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Shares Sold by Clearbridge Investments LLC

Clearbridge Investments LLC lessened its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 11.4% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,203,804 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 154,614 shares during the quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $565,451,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Sowell Financial Services LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 2.0% in the 4th quarter. Sowell Financial Services LLC now owns 1,056 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $496,000 after purchasing an additional 21 shares during the last quarter. Natural Investments LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 4.6% during the 4th quarter. Natural Investments LLC now owns 482 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $226,000 after acquiring an additional 21 shares in the last quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 7.0% during the 4th quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. now owns 335 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $157,000 after acquiring an additional 22 shares in the last quarter. Foronjy Financial LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 5.2% during the 4th quarter. Foronjy Financial LLC now owns 446 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $210,000 after acquiring an additional 22 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Barden Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. Barden Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,868 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $877,000 after acquiring an additional 23 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Price Performance

SNPS opened at $464.85 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $466.55 and a 200-day moving average of $457.80. The company has a market capitalization of $89.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 107.60, a PEG ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.22. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $376.18 and a 1-year high of $651.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a current ratio of 1.43.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its 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. Synopsys had a net margin of 8.91% and a return on equity of 5.83%. The company had revenue of $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $3.67 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 41.9% on a year-over-year basis. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.74 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SNPS has been the topic of several recent research reports. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $530.00 to $575.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Robert W. Baird set a $558.00 target price on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Piper Sandler lifted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $430.00 to $450.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 target price on shares of Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price 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.