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Company snapshot — Synopsys Inc

SNPS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Synopsys builds electronic-design-automation software and licensable chip intellectual property that chip designers use to plan, verify and simulate semiconductors before manufacture. Its tools span digital and custom design, verification, FPGA programming and manufacturing analytics, while its IP catalogue supplies pre-verified logic blocks, processors and interface cores. It has also added physics-based system simulation through an acquisition of Ansys, pairing chip design software with modelling of the systems those chips operate inside. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and lists on Nasdaq.
Where it sits in the stack
In Rubin, our index of the AI build-out supply chain, Synopsys sits in Layer 1, Design, within the EDA and chip IP sleeve, the software layer that lets every other Rubin constituent build silicon. It supplies the tools and licensed blocks that architects and foundries depend on before a design can be taped out, so its business tracks how much new chip design work the build-out generates rather than unit shipments.
Who it is priced against
The diary's curated peer group prices it against Arm, Nvidia, Qualcomm, AMD and Cadence Design Systems, the chip IP and architecture set. Cadence is the name the market most often compares it with head-to-head as the other major EDA house.
Why Closelook tracks it
Synopsys is a Rubin constituent and a Nasdaq-100 name; it carries a Closelook score with quality registering as its strongest module and momentum as its weakest. The diary has quoted it in dossiers on physical-AI simulation and in a chart pick noting its Directional Flow reading, which the nightly engine generates automatically for index constituents.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the Ansys integration converts into system-level simulation demand that broadens Synopsys' role beyond core EDA licensing.

Synopsys Inc (SNPS) trades on US exchanges, classified under Technology, and sits in Layer 1 of the build-out stack. Constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100.

The Closelook company score reads 34/100 composite (momentum 16, quality 47, valuation 31) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for SNPS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Morgan Stanley, 2026-08-19 · last print 2026-08-26

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for SNPS from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Morgan Stanley — target 500 from 525 Target cut to $500 from $525 (+23.3% to spot) 2026-08-19
  • Latest print EPS 3.91 against 3.67 expected — a +6.5% beat 2026-08-26

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Chip IP and architecture · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Chip IP and architecture

Curated competitor set — who the market prices this name against, not just who shares its sector.

Compared against SNPS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Versus its index Rubin Build-Out 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelook index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Rubin Build-Out 100 · as of 2026-09-17

DayWeekMonth3 months
SNPS+0.7%−4.0%−5.7%−17.4%
EDA & Chip IP+3.0%−0.7%−4.7%—
Rubin Build-Out 100+1.5%−2.2%−2.9%—

Against the index: 1.8 pts behind on the week, 2.8 pts behind on the month; against its EDA & Chip IP sleeve 1.0 pts behind on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sector × region Technology in US: −2.1% week · −3.4% month · −1.2% quarter · +32.1% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLK.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-16
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Synopsys Inc (SNPS)?

Synopsys Inc trades as SNPS on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Technology in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is SNPS in a Closelook index?

Yes — Synopsys Inc is a constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100, as of 2026-09-18.

What is Synopsys Inc's Closelook composite score?

34 out of 100, with momentum 16, quality 47 and valuation 31 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

What is Synopsys Inc's earnings print record?

Across the 11 prints Closelook covers, Synopsys Inc beat EPS estimates 10 times and revenue estimates 10 times; the three-day reactions split 2 up, 2 flat and 7 down (moves beyond ±3%), as of the 2026-08-26 card. The full print-record card carries the per-print history.

Where does SNPS trade against its moving averages?

Stochastic turned up: Its stochastic crossed up out of oversold (%K 13.1 over %D 9.9) today — a short-term momentum-turn signal. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is SNPS doing against its Closelook index?

Over the past month Synopsys Inc is −5.7% against −2.9% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 2.8 points behind its index, as of 2026-09-17. Its EDA & Chip IP sleeve is −4.7% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does Synopsys Inc do?

Synopsys builds electronic-design-automation software and licensable chip intellectual property that chip designers use to plan, verify and simulate semiconductors before manufacture. Its tools span digital and custom design, verification, FPGA programming and manufacturing analytics, while its IP catalogue supplies pre-verified logic blocks, processors and interface cores. It has also added physics-based system simulation through an acquisition of Ansys, pairing chip design software with modelling of the systems those chips operate inside. The diary's curated peer group prices it against Arm, Nvidia, Qualcomm, AMD and Cadence Design Systems, the chip IP and architecture set. Cadence is the name the market most often compares it with head-to-head as the other major EDA house.

Where does Synopsys Inc sit in the AI build-out?

In Rubin, our index of the AI build-out supply chain, Synopsys sits in Layer 1, Design, within the EDA and chip IP sleeve, the software layer that lets every other Rubin constituent build silicon. It supplies the tools and licensed blocks that architects and foundries depend on before a design can be taped out, so its business tracks how much new chip design work the build-out generates rather than unit shipments. Synopsys is a Rubin constituent and a Nasdaq-100 name; it carries a Closelook score with quality registering as its strongest module and momentum as its weakest. The diary has quoted it in dossiers on physical-AI simulation and in a chart pick noting its Directional Flow reading, which the nightly engine generates automatically for index constituents.

What has Wall Street done on Synopsys Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Synopsys Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by Morgan Stanley on 2026-08-19 (target 500 from 525). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Its latest earnings print on the wire, 2026-08-26: EPS 3.91 against 3.67 expected — a +6.5% beat. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

Where has Closelook written about Synopsys Inc?

Synopsys Inc appears in 9 Closelook pieces, most recently Chart Pick: This company's software designs every AI chip that ships — it sat out the entire AI advance for a year, then flipped an overnight shrug into the week's cleanest double-digit payment (2026-08-28); Morning 10: The bar moves overnight: three beat-and-raise prints get sold after hours. (2026-08-28); Midday 10: Daylight pays the five-print evening at scale — Salesforce +20%, Okta +27%, CrowdStrike +18%, Nvidia +7.6% — while ten of eleven sectors trade red and technology alone carries the index. (2026-08-27). What Closelook said most recently: In-universe on this one: Synopsys is a Rubin 100 constituent, so the Directional Flow reading comes straight from the nightly engine rather than a hand calculation. (Chart Pick, 2026-08-28). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for SNPS, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 9 pieces · newest: Chart Pick, “This company's software designs every AI chip that ships — it sat out the entire AI advance for a year, then flipped an overnight shrug into the week's cleanest double-digit payment” (2026-08-28)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where SNPS appears in the diary — 9 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

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