Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Shares Acquired by Krane Funds Advisors LLC

Krane Funds Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 313.3% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 5,654 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 4,286 shares during the period. Synopsys makes up 0.1% of Krane Funds Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 26th biggest position. Krane Funds Advisors LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $2,656,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. Oakworth Capital Inc. boosted its position in shares of Synopsys by 3,700.0% during the 4th quarter. Oakworth Capital Inc. now owns 76 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 74 shares in the last quarter. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $38,000. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 128.6% during the fourth quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC now owns 80 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Finally, WealthCollab LLC grew its position 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 buying an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

SNPS has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 price objective on Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th. 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 note on Thursday, May 28th. Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $558.00 target price on Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $563.81.

Synopsys Price Performance

NASDAQ SNPS opened at $464.85 on Monday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $466.55 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $458.28. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $376.18 and a 12-month high of $651.73. The stock has a market capitalization of $89.01 billion, a PE ratio of 107.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.71 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a quick ratio of 1.32, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.20. The business had revenue of $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 8.91% and a return on equity of 5.83%. Synopsys’s quarterly revenue was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.67 EPS. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.74 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.