Settian Capital LP Acquires 6,000 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Settian Capital LP boosted its position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 66.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 15,000 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 6,000 shares during the period. Synopsys makes up approximately 4.7% of Settian Capital LP’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest position. Settian Capital LP’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $7,046,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Empirical Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Synopsys during the third quarter worth about $773,000. Strategic Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 76.3% in the third quarter. Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 7,578 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,739,000 after acquiring an additional 3,279 shares during the last quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 3,575 shares during the last quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 24.8% in the third quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 23,970 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $11,827,000 after acquiring an additional 4,759 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 57.7% in the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 412,766 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $203,654,000 after acquiring an additional 150,973 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently commented on SNPS. Piper Sandler dropped their target price on shares of Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, February 26th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 target price on shares of Synopsys and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Rosenblatt Securities dropped their target price on shares of Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reissued an “equal weight” rating and issued a $480.00 target price (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. 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 MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $531.00.

Synopsys Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ SNPS opened at $516.19 on Tuesday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $437.43 and a 200 day simple moving average of $447.89. The firm has a market cap of $98.88 billion, a PE ratio of 80.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.22 and a beta of 1.25. 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 current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 1.26.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $3.03 EPS. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.3 EPS 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.