Polen Capital Management LLC Sells 199,919 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Polen Capital Management LLC decreased its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 19.1% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 844,881 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 199,919 shares during the quarter. Synopsys makes up 1.7% of Polen Capital Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 22nd biggest position. Polen Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $396,858,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. bought a new position in Synopsys in the fourth quarter worth $28,000. Oakworth Capital Inc. raised its holdings in Synopsys by 3,700.0% in the fourth quarter. Oakworth Capital Inc. now owns 76 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 74 shares in the last quarter. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp bought a new position in Synopsys in the third quarter worth $38,000. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC raised its holdings in Synopsys by 128.6% in the fourth quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC now owns 80 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Finally, WealthCollab LLC raised its holdings in Synopsys by 110.8% in the third quarter. WealthCollab LLC now owns 78 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the company. BNP Paribas Exane increased their price objective on Synopsys from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on Synopsys from $505.00 to $535.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on Synopsys from $480.00 to $525.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 price target on Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Monday. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Synopsys presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $563.81.

Synopsys Stock Down 0.9%

Shares of Synopsys stock opened at $456.29 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a current ratio of 1.43. The stock has a market capitalization of $87.37 billion, a PE ratio of 105.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.71 and a beta of 1.22. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $376.18 and a 52-week high of $651.73. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $472.42 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $460.47.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.20. The business had revenue of $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 8.91% and a return on equity of 5.83%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $3.67 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 EPS for the current fiscal 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.