Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. Ltd. Acquires Shares of 1,172 Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. Ltd. acquired a new stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 1,172 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $551,000. Synopsys makes up about 0.9% of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. Ltd.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 27th largest position.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in SNPS. Empirical Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at about $773,000. Strategic Advisors LLC grew its position in Synopsys by 76.3% in the 3rd quarter. Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 7,578 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,739,000 after acquiring an additional 3,279 shares in the last quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its position in Synopsys by 31.8% in the 4th quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 14,810 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $6,957,000 after acquiring an additional 3,575 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its position in Synopsys by 57.7% in the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 412,766 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $203,654,000 after acquiring an additional 150,973 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd. grew its position in Synopsys by 55.9% in the 4th quarter. SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd. now owns 22,300 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $10,475,000 after acquiring an additional 8,000 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Synopsys this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Synopsys reported fiscal Q2 adjusted EPS of $3.35, beating estimates, on revenue of $2.28 billion, also ahead of expectations, with revenue up 41.9% year over year.
• Positive Sentiment: The company lifted full-year FY2026 guidance, signaling continued demand for AI chip design software and stronger-than-expected momentum across the business.
• Positive Sentiment: Synopsys reached a governance agreement with Elliott Investment Management and added Jesse Cohn to the board, which investors may view as a step toward better capital allocation and execution.
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts raised price targets after the earnings release, reflecting confidence in the company’s longer-term AI and semiconductor design opportunity.
• Neutral Sentiment: Synopsys also showcased new AI-powered design flows and IP support for Samsung Foundry processes, reinforcing its position in advanced chip design.
• Negative Sentiment: The stock is reacting negatively because investors may be worried that strong results are not enough to offset near-term business mix issues, including softness in chip IP and integration complexity tied to Ansys.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of SNPS opened at $480.64 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $458.59 and a 200-day simple moving average of $454.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a current ratio of 1.36. The stock has a market capitalization of $92.07 billion, a PE ratio of 111.26, a PEG ratio of 4.31 and a beta of 1.25. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $376.18 and a 1 year high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced 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 analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 5.91% and a net margin of 8.91%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $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. On average, analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.28 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $580.00 target price on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on Synopsys from $505.00 to $535.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday. Piper Sandler lifted their target price on Synopsys from $430.00 to $450.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday. BNP Paribas Exane lifted their target price on Synopsys from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 target price on Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $563.81.

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.