Synopsysvs.Teradyne
SNPS vs TER · both in Semiconductor equipment & IP, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: The machines and chip IP advanced semiconductor manufacturing cannot do without.
Synopsys is about 1.2× larger than Teradyne by market cap; Teradyne trades at the lower P/E (55.7 vs 101.7); year to date, Teradyne leads (+88.5% vs −16.0%).
Side by side
| SNPS | TER | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $78.6B | $64.1B |
| Price | $408.79 | $366.43 |
| Today | +3.6% | +0.4% |
| Return YTD | −16.0% | +88.5% |
| Return 1Y | −35.0% | +216.5% |
| P/E | 101.7 | 55.7 |
| P/S | 9.1 | 14.3 |
| P/B | 2.6 | 18.6 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
SynopsysSNPS
Chips are designed and verified in Synopsys' EDA software, and much of the reusable silicon IP inside them is licensed from Synopsys too. With Cadence it forms a duopoly.
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Two businesses: automated chip test systems, and the Universal Robots cobot line.
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