NASDAQ
490.19USD
+8.30 (+1.72%)
We have scored 85 news catalysts on Synopsys, Inc. (SNPS) over the past 12 months. The biggest single-day move next to one of them came Jul 31, 2026, when SNPS closed +4.4%: “1 AI Stock I'd Buy Before It Hits Another All-Time High”. Coverage across the window leans positive (average ticker sentiment +0.13). Most of the impact sits in sector technology and price momentum.
Dots are scored news catalysts — size = impact, color = sentiment. Tap one to read it.
Market cap
93.8B
P/E
—
EPS
—
Beta
1.21
52W range
362.55-539.48
Day range
477.00–491.38
Open
477.00
Prev close
481.89
Volume
2M
Avg volume
2.1M
Dividend
0.00
IPO
1992-02-26
Analysts publish price targets on SNPS, and they disagree. Where the share price actually sits among them shows which of their arguments the market is buying — and which it is ignoring.
13 analyst price targets from $450 to $633
as of 2026-09-10
The market is 29% below the median target — more cautious than the analysts.
The reconstruction
Daily OHLCV with SMA overlays and session pivots. Draw your levels and trendlines on it, or ask the AI analyst what the price is reacting to.
Suppliers, customers, partners and competitors, derived from what the news actually says about Synopsys, Inc. — not a sector bucket. Click an edge to see the articles that established the link.
Suppliers, customers, partners and competitors of Synopsys, Inc., taken from what the news actually said about them rather than from a sector bucket. The count is how many articles established each link.
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Synopsys, Inc. is a leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software, instrumental in the creation and validation of integrated circuits. The company offers a robust portfolio of platforms, including the Fusion Design Platform for digital implementation, and the comprehensive Verification Continuum Platform. The latter provides a suite of solutions such as virtual prototyping, static and formal verification, simulation, emulation, and FPGA-based prototyping with integrated debugging tools. Synopsys also develops FPGA design products, which enable programming for specific functions. A significant part of its business involves intellectual property (IP) solutions. This encompasses IP for widely adopted communication standards like USB, PCI Express, DDR, Ethernet, SATA, MIPI, HDMI, and Bluetooth Low Energy. They also furnish analog IP, including data converters and audio codecs, alongside system-on-chip (SoC) infrastructure IP, specialized datapath and building block IP, and verification IP products. Furthermore, their offerings include mathematical and floating-point components, as well as Arm AMBA interconnect fabric and peripherals. Beyond core IP, Synopsys supplies logic libraries, embedded memories, and configurable processor cores, complemented by application-specific instruction-set processor tools for embedded applications. They also develop IP subsystems for audio, sensor, and data fusion functionalities, in addition to specialized security IP solutions. For advanced system design and analysis, Synopsys provides Platform Architect solutions for SoC architecture optimization, along with general virtual prototyping tools and HAPS FPGA-based prototyping systems. Their expertise extends to tools designed for optical systems and photonic devices. In addition to software and IP, the company delivers a range of services, including security testing, managed services, professional programs, and training. These services are designed to help customers identify and resolve security vulnerabilities and defects across the software development lifecycle. Manufacturing solutions are also part of their extensive offerings. Synopsys serves a diverse global client base, with applications across electronics, financial services, automotive, medicine, energy, and various industrial sectors. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
The price at $490 sits at the absolute floor of the published analyst range and is 29% below the median target, meaning the market has heard the bull case for AI-driven acceleration but actively refuses to pay for it.
What the disagreement turns on
Can Synopsys actually accelerate its top-line growth to a sustained 20%-plus rate using AI and integrated design tools, or is the recent 42% quarterly surge a temporary anomaly from the Ansys acquisition? The wired data can track segment revenue history to see if this acceleration persists quarter after quarter, but it cannot measure the pricing power or adoption rate of the new AI agent tools themselves.
The price pays for
It declines to pay for
Written by a language model from the published models, the reported segments and a reverse-DCF — not a recommendation, and not a house view.
Claim by claim
Computed at $393 on 2026-09-10 — the quote has since moved +25%, so read this as a record of what was priced in then, not now.
