Synopsys Inc (SNPS) — the peer cohort

As of 2026-10-12 — scores re-bake nightly. Cohort = shared Closelooknet index membership first, then sector. Diary readings, not advice.

Synopsys Inc ranks 16 of 16 in its cohort on the Closelooknet composite (44/100) — the cohort is led by Micron Technology Inc at 74/100.

Name	Composite	Momentum	Quality	Valuation	Signal	Off 52w high
SNPS Synopsys Inc	44	65	47	25	bull	17.2%
MU Micron Technology Inc	74	75	95	58	info	18%
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing	71	73	87	63	neutral	7%
SNDK Sandisk Corp	68	55	94	45	info	32.8%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation	65	75	95	32	info	5.8%
DELL Dell Technologies Inc	63	96	54	40	bull	1.6%
CRDO Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd	60	54	82	11	bull	29.8%
NDSN Nordson Corporation	60	81	69	32	watch	3.2%
CGNX Cognex Corporation	59	59	61	21	bull	13.7%
IFCN.SW Inficon Holding	59	89	67	25	bull	4.8%
WDC Western Digital Corporation	59	41	83	39	bear	50.3%
TER Teradyne Inc	58	62	77	23	bull	17.5%
TXN Texas Instruments Incorporated	58	59	81	26	watch	15.1%
KSPI Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz	69	78	86	97	info	11.6%
TMICY Trend Micro Inc ADR	69	82	79	73	bull	11.5%
NTAP NetApp Inc	67	98	85	35	bull	0.2%

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

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-12

Quick answers

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

The cohort is drawn from shared Closelooknet index membership first, then sector: Micron Technology Inc (MU), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Sandisk Corp (SNDK), NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA), Dell Technologies Inc (DELL), Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd (CRDO), Nordson Corporation (NDSN), Cognex Corporation (CGNX) and others.

How does SNPS score against its peers?

Synopsys Inc's composite reads 44/100, ranking 16 of 16 in its cohort as of 2026-10-12; the cohort's highest composite is Micron Technology Inc at 74/100. Closelooknet 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 · Closelooknet 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

Jobs day — futures +0.3% before payrolls; Nike −8.7% after hours, Accenture holds +15.8%Morning 10 · 2 Oct 2026The comeback names held their gains — Accenture +15.8%, Synopsys +12.8%, Fair Isaac +11.7%.
AI comeback — Accenture +18%, Synopsys +8%, optics +9% while all three US indices slipMidday 10 · 1 Oct 2026Chip-design software: Synopsys $471.56 (+8.42%) after its investor day, Cadence $340.49 (+3.12%)
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.

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