How to buy Synopsys (SNPS) stocks

Synopsys is a software - infrastructure business based in the US. Synopsys shares (SNPS) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $492.18 – a decrease of 3.17% over the previous week. Synopsys employs 20,300 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $6.5 billion.

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Synopsys stock price (NASDAQ: SNPS)

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• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$492.18
52-week range	$457.52 - $629.38
50-day moving average more info button	$530.81
200-day moving average more info button	$546.71
Wall St. target price	$637.78
PE ratio more info button	53.3942
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$9.26

Is it a good time to buy Synopsys stock?

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Synopsys price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $493.35 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-2.94%
1 month (2024-11-21)	-11.58%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-2.63%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-18.53%

1 year (2023-12-21)	-11.90%
2 years (2022-12-21)	49.40%
3 years (2021-12-21)	37.40%
5 years (2019-12-20)	252.70%

Is Synopsys stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Synopsys stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Synopsys's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Synopsys's P/E ratio

Synopsys's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 53x. In other words, Synopsys shares trade at around 53x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're over-valued.

Synopsys's PEG ratio

Synopsys's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 10.8447. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Synopsys's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Synopsys's EBITDA

Synopsys's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.7 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Synopsys's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Synopsys financials

Revenue TTM	$6.5 billion
Operating margin TTM	23.61%
Gross profit TTM	$4.1 billion
Return on assets TTM	8.62%
Return on equity TTM	21.82%
Profit margin	23.11%
Book value	$50.19
Market Capitalization more info button	$76.2 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Synopsys stock dividends

We're not expecting Synopsys to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Synopsys's stocks ever split?

Synopsys's stocks were split on a 2:1 basis on 23 September 2003 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Synopsys stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Synopsys stocks, which in turn could have impacted Synopsys's stock price.

Synopsys stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Synopsys's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $457.515 up to $629.38. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Synopsys's is 1.076. This would suggest that Synopsys's stocks are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Synopsys overview

Synopsys, Inc. provides electronic design automation software products used to design and test integrated circuits. It operates in three segments: Design Automation, Design IP, and Software Integrity. The company offers Digital and Custom IC Design solution that provides digital design implementation solutions; Verification solution that offers virtual prototyping, static and formal verification, simulation, emulation, field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based prototyping, and debug solutions; and FPGA design products that are programmed to perform specific functions. It also provides intellectual property (IP) solutions for USB, PCI Express, DDR, Ethernet, MIPI, HDMI, and Bluetooth low energy applications; logic libraries and embedded memories; processor cores, software, and application-specific instruction-set processor tools for embedded applications; security IP solutions; IP solutions for automotive market; and system-on-chip (SoC) infrastructure IP, datapath and building block IP, and verification IP products, as well as mathematical and floating-point components, and Arm AMBA interconnect fabric and peripherals. In addition, the company offers HAPS FPGA-based prototyping systems; virtual prototyping solutions; and Platform Architect solutions for SoC architecture analysis and optimization, as well as optical products, and mechatronic simulations. Further, it provides security and quality testing products, managed services, programs and professional services, and training that enable its customers to detect and remediate security vulnerabilities, and defects in the software development lifecycle, as well as manufacturing solutions.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Synopsys is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.428% of Synopsys stocks are held by insiders and 93.636% by institutions. How many people work for Synopsys?
Latest data suggests 20,300 work at Synopsys. When does the fiscal year end for Synopsys?
Synopsys's fiscal year ends in October. Where is Synopsys based?
Synopsys's address is: 675 Almanor Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA, United States, 94085 What is Synopsys's ISIN number?
Synopsys's international securities identification number is: US8716071076 What is Synopsys's CUSIP number?
Synopsys's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 871607107

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