SNPS
Good quarter, grumpy stock
Synopsys turned in a pretty clean second quarter: adjusted earnings came in at $3.35 per share versus the Street’s $3.15, and revenue landed at $2.28 billion, also ahead of expectations. That’s not exactly a “throw confetti from the rooftop” miss-and-beat situation — it was a legit beat.
The part investors usually love
The company also nudged up its full-year outlook, which is usually the corporate equivalent of saying, “We’re feeling pretty good about the rest of the year.” Synopsys now sees fiscal 2026 EPS at $14.72 to $14.80, above the $14.45 consensus, and revenue at $9.63 billion to $9.71 billion.
That’s the kind of update that should make growth investors sit up a little straighter. Especially with CEO Sassine Ghazi saying AI is scaling semiconductor demand and adding complexity across chips and systems — basically, the chip world keeps getting more complicated, and Synopsys sells the picks and shovels for that mine.
So why did the stock fall?
Because the market can be a drama queen. Despite the beat and the raised guidance, SNPS fell 2.45% to $513 in extended trading.
A few possible reasons investors may be side-eyeing the print:
- expectations were already pretty high
- the company isn’t just being judged on this quarter, but on the pace of demand ahead
- in a market like this, even a solid report can get treated like lukewarm coffee if it’s not spectacular
Big picture: Synopsys is still showing the kind of operating strength investors usually want from a premium software name tied to the AI and semiconductor boom. But with the stock already in the spotlight, “good” may not have been enough — it needed “wow.”