Synopsys Valuation

Is SYP undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of SYP when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
€488.90
Fair Value
12.3% undervalued intrinsic discount
23
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: SYP (€428.7) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€488.9)

Significantly Below Fair Value: SYP is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SYP?

Key metric: As SYP is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SYP. This is calculated by dividing SYP's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SYP's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio55.9x
EarningsUS$1.35b
Market CapUS$75.41b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SYP's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SYP vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average49.5x
NEM Nemetschek
83.4x18.02%€14.8b
SAP SAP
55.4x18.98%€317.7b
AOF ATOSS Software
46.2x9.59%€2.2b
TMV TeamViewer
13x11.93%€1.7b
SYP Synopsys
55.9x15.74%€75.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SYP is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (55.9x) compared to the peer average (49.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SYP's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Software Industry?

7 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SYP 55.9xIndustry Avg. 29.8xNo. of Companies19PE020406080100+
7 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SYP is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (55.9x) compared to the European Software industry average (29.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SYP's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

SYP PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio55.9x
Fair PE Ratio38x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SYP is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (55.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (38x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst SYP forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€428.70
€518.86
+21.03%
9.49%€602.46€441.87n/a23
Jun ’26€399.45
€522.12
+30.71%
9.10%€603.35€442.52n/a23
May ’26€399.20
€520.99
+30.51%
9.42%€599.58€439.76n/a23
Apr ’26€399.25
€575.21
+44.07%
8.28%€637.42€464.13n/a22
Mar ’26€438.15
€602.69
+37.55%
7.99%€665.30€478.36n/a23
Feb ’26€511.20
€613.68
+20.05%
7.76%€680.20€482.77n/a24
Jan ’26€466.05
€607.68
+30.39%
7.20%€666.01€472.70n/a22
Dec ’25€532.30
€606.37
+13.91%
8.45%€666.45€470.55n/a21
Nov ’25€479.90
€584.82
+21.86%
8.44%€641.81€453.15n/a19
Oct ’25€447.50
€565.99
+26.48%
9.03%€621.69€438.94n/a17
Sep ’25€467.25
€579.98
+24.13%
7.18%€624.88€441.20n/a16
Aug ’25€507.20
€592.65
+16.85%
7.54%€647.95€443.23n/a16
Jul ’25€557.00
€596.25
+7.05%
7.23%€653.49€447.02n/a17
Jun ’25€507.80
€589.51
+16.09%
7.07%€647.95€443.23€399.4517
May ’25€502.20
€583.51
+16.19%
6.94%€647.39€442.85€399.2018
Apr ’25€531.50
€582.44
+9.58%
7.05%€648.16€443.38€399.2517
Mar ’25€541.50
€578.48
+6.83%
6.91%€624.51€444.10€438.1515
Feb ’25€494.00
€565.83
+14.54%
7.91%€622.55€442.70€511.2014
Jan ’25€467.40
€563.28
+20.51%
7.41%€618.30€439.68€466.0515
Dec ’24€501.50
€548.34
+9.34%
10.74%€620.66€441.36€532.3015
Nov ’24€447.80
€484.73
+8.25%
8.86%€569.58€398.71€479.9015
Oct ’24€440.00
€453.64
+3.10%
4.89%€481.47€392.66€447.5014
Sep ’24€428.20
€445.72
+4.09%
4.94%€473.65€386.27€467.2514
Aug ’24€412.40
€410.75
-0.40%
7.88%€454.21€340.21€507.2014
Jul ’24€399.60
€415.83
+4.06%
7.50%€460.66€348.46€557.0014
Jun ’24€424.20
€407.90
-3.84%
5.97%€452.12€356.10€507.8014
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 23 Analysts
€520.39
Fair Value
17.6% undervalued intrinsic discount
23
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/06/08 09:06
End of Day Share Price 2025/06/06 00:00
Earnings2025/04/30
Annual Earnings2024/10/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Synopsys, Inc. is covered by 37 analysts. 24 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Joseph VruwinkBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Gary MobleyBenchmark Company