Synopsys Inc (SNPS) — the peer cohort

As of 2026-09-18 — scores re-bake nightly. Cohort = shared Closelook index membership first, then sector. Diary readings, not advice.

Synopsys Inc ranks 7 of 8 in its cohort on the Closelook composite (34/100) — the cohort is led by SK Hynix Inc at 68/100.

Name	Composite	Momentum	Quality	Valuation	Signal	Off 52w high
SNPS Synopsys Inc	34	16	47	31	bull	39.1%
000660.KS SK Hynix Inc	68	36	94	74	bull	41.6%
005930.KS Samsung Electronics Co Ltd	68	48	73	80	bull	32.6%
042700.KS Hanmi Semicon	51	7	80	19	neutral	47.1%
0522.HK ASM Pacific Technology Ltd	43	51	27	35	bull	34.5%
2308.TW Delta Electronics Inc	54	38	61	28	bear	34.8%
3037.TW Unimicron Technology Corp	52	66	32	35	bull	23.6%
AAOI Applied Opt	32	28	10	22	bull	58%

Scores are relative readings across the Closelook coverage universe — methodology in the company-scoring explainer. Signal lights come from the nightly signal board.

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

Quick answers

Who are Synopsys Inc's peers in the Closelook universe?

The cohort is drawn from shared Closelook index membership first, then sector: SK Hynix Inc (000660.KS), Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), Hanmi Semicon (042700.KS), ASM Pacific Technology Ltd (0522.HK), Delta Electronics Inc (2308.TW), Unimicron Technology Corp (3037.TW), Applied Opt (AAOI).

How does SNPS score against its peers?

Synopsys Inc's composite reads 34/100, ranking 7 of 8 in its cohort as of 2026-09-18; the cohort's highest composite is SK Hynix Inc at 68/100. Closelook scores are research diary readings, not ratings or advice.

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Long reads

Industrial & Physical AI: Global Dependencies 2026–2030Dossier · $29 · 6 Mar 2026The Landmark Deal: Silicon Meets System Simulation The landmark event is the completion of Synopsys' $35B acquisition of Ansys (July 2025), which merges silicon-level EDA with system-level multiphysics simulation — signaling that the…
Agentic Infrastructure Software: The Orchestration LayerDossier · $39 · 24 Feb 2026The "Physical AI Simulation" trade requires domain data owners (Siemens) and physics engines (Synopsys).
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 paymentChart Pick · 28 Aug 2026In-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.
Portfolio Construction — Build a Barbell · Closelook Heresy IIIHeresy · 16 May 2026Live cohort as of May 2026: COHR · CRWV · GLW · INTC · IREN · LITE · MRVL · NBIS · NOK · SNPS.
Pattern 03 — NVIDIA Strategic Authority InvestmentReport · 12 May 2026The 16-Event Timeline (2023-07-12 → 2026-05-12) 2024 2025 2026 RXRX 23-07 ARM 23-09 APLD 24-09 NBIS 24-12 MRVL 25-03 CRWV 25-03 INTC 25-09 NOK 25-10 SNPS 25-12 LITE COHR 26-03 IREN 26-05 GLW 26-05 exit RXRX exit APLD exit ARM Tier 1 …
Nvidia’s Equity Stakes — Follow the Wise Men, Pattern 03 PreviewWeekly Signal · 10 May 2026Synopsys at $502.51 is up 21% from NVIDIA's $414.79 entry, with the EDA sector running flat versus the rest of the structure.

Dailies

The bar moves overnight: three beat-and-raise prints get sold after hours.Morning 10 · 28 Aug 2026IGV closed +7.74%, the biggest software day of the year by this page's own tracking, with CRM +22.58% and CRWD +20.50% both paid again at scale on top of their after-hours gains, and Synopsys — which had only shrugged −1.0% Wednesday…
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.Midday 10 · 27 Aug 2026Synopsys flips its overnight shrug into an 11.7% payment, jobless claims print tight at 203K against a 208K consensus, both bond lines sit unmoved through the risk-on tape, IBIT reclaims 44.5 a day after handing it back by four cents, and…
Pattern 03 cohort — NVIDIA equity deployments as Rubin Build-Out leading indicatorDaily Pulse · 26 May 2026Current cohort: 10 names — COHR, CRWV, GLW, INTC, IREN, LITE, MRVL, NBIS, NOK, SNPS.