China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. Grows Stock Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS
by Mitch Edgeman · The Markets DailyChina Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. boosted its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS – Free Report) by 31.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 14,810 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,575 shares during the period. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $6,957,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 542.9% during the 3rd quarter. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. now owns 12,877 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $6,353,000 after buying an additional 10,874 shares during the period. Empirical Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the 3rd quarter valued at $773,000. Strategic Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 76.3% during the 3rd quarter. Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 7,578 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,739,000 after buying an additional 3,279 shares during the period. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 24.8% during the 3rd quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 23,970 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $11,827,000 after buying an additional 4,759 shares during the period. Finally, Ninety One UK Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the 3rd quarter valued at $249,851,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Synopsys Stock Performance
NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $456.85 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The firm has a market capitalization of $87.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 70.94, a PEG ratio of 3.90 and a beta of 1.15. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $424.75 and its 200 day simple moving average is $445.17. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $376.18 and a twelve month high of $651.73.
Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion for 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 business’s quarterly revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $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. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.3 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several brokerages have recently issued reports on SNPS. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective 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. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Rosenblatt Securities lowered their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Synopsys presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $531.00.
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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.
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