Royal London Asset Management Ltd. Cuts Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Royal London Asset Management Ltd. lowered its holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 9.3% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 329,357 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 33,753 shares during the quarter. Royal London Asset Management Ltd.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $154,706,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in SNPS. Ieq Capital LLC grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 1.3% during the 4th quarter. Ieq Capital LLC now owns 13,825 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $6,494,000 after purchasing an additional 171 shares during the period. Storgate LLC purchased a new position in Synopsys in the fourth quarter valued at about $432,000. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $28,000. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC lifted its position in shares of Synopsys by 5.5% during the 4th quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 1,950,088 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $915,995,000 after acquiring an additional 101,632 shares during the period. Finally, Korea Investment CORP boosted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 6.2% during the 4th quarter. Korea Investment CORP now owns 119,516 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $56,139,000 after acquiring an additional 6,998 shares in the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently weighed in on SNPS. HSBC downgraded Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price objective for the company. in a research note on Friday, February 20th. KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 target price on Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Monday. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Synopsys currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $563.81.

Synopsys Price Performance

SNPS stock opened at $453.89 on Friday. 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. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $473.57 and its 200 day moving average price is $460.43. The firm has a market cap of $86.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 105.07, a PEG ratio of 2.68 and a beta of 1.22.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly 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. The company had revenue of $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 5.83% and a net margin of 8.91%.Synopsys’s revenue was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $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, sell-side analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.