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Synopsys SNPS

$422.38
+$9.32 (+2.26%)
Market open · Sep 24, 1:10 pm ET
After hours $414.00 +0.23%
Open$414.12
Prev close$413.06
Day range$407.02 – $423.70
Volume618.8K
Market cap$80.94B
P/E (TTM)73.8
Dividend yield

Price chart

Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).

SNPS at a glance

SNPS last changed hands at $422.38 (up 2.26%). At $80.94B, Synopsys is ranked #202 by size among the 300 stocks on BeStock.

The 52-week range is $362.55 to $539.48. Today's price is about 34% of the way from the low to the high. Holders are behind 9.8% over twelve months, and down 9.0% across the last three months.

Price is above the 50-day average ($400.56) but below the 200-day ($445.71); RSI is 56, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 54% annualized volatility.

In the quarter ended Jul 2026 the company brought in $2.48B of revenue, up 42.4% from a year earlier, with $545.71M of net profit (a 11.4% margin).

The stock changes hands at 73.8 times trailing earnings, 51% above its five-year average of 49.0. The median for its industry group is 27.6.

15 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $564.50, sits 33.6% over where the stock trades.

This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.

Synopsys: the business

Synopsys sells software for designing chips and now owns Ansys after a large acquisition.

What tends to move it. Chip design spending and the Ansys integration are the key items, and it faces some China export-related risk.

Written by hand by the BeStock desk and revised when a business changes. See how we work. Spot something out of date? Tell us.

Performance

Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes

1 day
+2.3%
1 week
+11.6%
1 month
+7.1%
3 months
-9.0%
6 months
+1.6%
Year to date
-10.1%
1 year
-9.8%
Day range
$407.02$423.70
52-week range
$362.55$539.48

Technical signals

Full technicals →
Trend readLeaning bullish

5 bullish · 2 bearish of 7 signals

IndicatorValueSignal
Price vs 20-day average+4.3%Bullish
Price vs 50-day average+5.4%Bullish
Price vs 200-day average-5.2%Bearish
50-day vs 200-day50d below 200dBearish
RSI (14)55.6Bullish
MACD (12,26,9)-3.28Bullish
Bollinger band position68%Bullish

Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.

Key statistics

Bid / Ask$422.29 / $422.54
Average price today$418.92
Volume618.8KAvg (90d) 1.95M
Turnover$259.22M
Turnover rate0.33%of shares outstanding
Volume ratio0.55vs. recent average pace
Day amplitude4.04%
Market cap$80.94B
Float market cap$80.41B
Shares outstanding190.37M
EPS (TTM)$8.04
P/E (TTM)73.84
P/B2.60
Book value / share$162.56
Earnings yield0.04%
Net profit (TTM)$1.54B
Net assets$31.15B
30-day volatility54.4%annualized
Avg daily range (ATR)3.28%of price, 14 days
Max drawdown (1y)-31.2%-21.0% from 1y peak

Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 1:10 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.

How SNPS ranks on BeStock

Market value#202 of 300
P/E (cheapest = 1)#240 of 283
Closeness to 52-week high#226 of 300
Dollar volume today#132 of 300

Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.

Latest reported quarter: Q3, ended Jul 2026

Revenue$2.48B+42.4% YoY
Operating profit$359.66M+117.6% YoY
Net profit$545.71M+125.2% YoY
Diluted EPS$2.84+89.3% YoY
Free cash flow$746.27M+18.0% YoY
Operating cash flow$812.84M

Revenue, last 8 quarters

$1.6BOct '24$1.5BJan '25$1.6BApr '25$1.7BJul '25$2.3BOct '25$2.4BJan '26$2.3BApr '26$2.5BJul '26

Net profit, last 8 quarters

$1.1BOct '24$297.4MJan '25$345.1MApr '25$242.3MJul '25$448.5MOct '25$65.2MJan '26$16.9MApr '26$545.7MJul '26

Profitability & balance sheet

Gross margin72.4%
Operating margin11.0%
Net margin11.4%
Return on equity3.7%
Return on assets2.2%
Return on invested capital3.6%
Current ratio1.34
Liabilities / assets34.7%
Cash & investments$3.61B
Total debt$10.70B
Net cash (debt)-$7.10B
Free cash flow / sales29.2%

Where the revenue comes from

Quarter 2026/Q3

By business line

  • Design Automation$2.00B 80.9%
  • Design Intellectual Property (IP)$473.85M 19.1%
Average move on report day±7.2%last 16 reports
Closed higher6 of 1638% of the time
Best reaction+13.4%
Worst reaction-35.8%

Stock move on the day after each report

-12.4%2024/Q4-3.3%2025/Q1-1.6%2025/Q2-35.8%2025/Q3+0.3%2025/Q4-5.2%2026/Q1-8.6%2026/Q2+13.4%2026/Q3

"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.

Valuation

Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history

Valuation detail →
Price / earnings69.5x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 83rd percentile, 5-year average 49.0x

#2666 of 2977 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)

Price / book2.4x
CheapRich

Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 16th percentile, 5-year average 7.3x

#3225 of 5304 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)

Price / sales8.1x
CheapRich

Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 15th percentile, 5-year average 10.3x

#4272 of 5143 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)

P/E over five years

-9x36x81x126xSep '21Mar '24Sep '26

Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.

Morningstar fair value estimate

Fair value$520.00
Price vs. fair value-18.8%Trading below the estimate
Star rating★★★★☆
Economic moatWide
UncertaintyHigh

Analyst view

All ratings →
ConsensusBuy
Analysts15
Average target$564.50+33.6% vs. price
  • Buy 100%
Low $475.00Now $422.38Avg $564.50High $633.00

Latest rating actions

  • 10 Sep 2026Wells FargoBUY · PT $475.00
  • 8 Sep 2026Morgan StanleyBUY · PT $500.00
  • 1 Sep 2026J.P. MorganBUY · PT $600.00
  • 27 Aug 2026Wells FargoHOLD · PT $450.00
  • 27 Aug 2026Mizuho SecuritiesBUY · PT $550.00

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Ownership detail →
Institutional ownership94.8%-0.21 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding1,809-15 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)15 buys / 6 sellsNet buying
Short interest2.72% of floatDays to cover 2.7 · as of 31 Aug 2026
Short-sale volume share11.1%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

8%10%12%14%Aug '26Sep '26Sep '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$41.58M (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).

Latest headlines

More news →
  • Synopsys | 4: Statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities-Officer MAHONEY RICHARD S.SEC · 3 Sep 2026
  • Synopsys(SNPS.US) Officer Sells US$21.38 Million in Common StockMarket news · 3 Sep 2026
  • J.P. Morgan Maintains Synopsys(SNPS.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $600Market news · 2 Sep 2026
  • Synopsys(SNPS.US) Officer Sells US$5.47 Million in Common StockMarket news · 17 Sep 2026
  • Form 144 | Synopsys(SNPS.US) Officer Proposes to Sell 5.47 Million in Common StocksMarket news · 16 Sep 2026
  • Wells Fargo Upgrades Synopsys(SNPS.US) to Buy Rating, Raises Target Price to $475Market news · 10 Sep 2026

SNPS stock: common questions

Where is SNPS trading right now?

$422.38 is the latest print for SNPS, a move of +2.26% against yesterday's close of $413.06. Today's low and high so far: $407.02 and $423.70.

How large is Synopsys by market value?

Equity value comes to $80.94B at the current price. By that measure it is number 202 of the 300 names in our coverage.

Is SNPS expensive on earnings?

Buyers pay 73.8 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $8.04). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 49.0, and today's level ranks in the 83rd percentile of its own history.

Where does SNPS sit in its 52-week range?

The year's floor is $362.55 and the ceiling $539.48. Shares are 21.7% away from that ceiling.

Does SNPS send cash back through a dividend?

Our data shows no dividend paid by Synopsys over the trailing twelve months.

What is the analyst view on Synopsys?

Of 15 analysts, 100% say buy, 0% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $564.50, with the most cautious at $475.00 and the most optimistic at $633.00.

What does Synopsys do?

Synopsys sells software for designing chips and now owns Ansys after a large acquisition.

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