News that moved our outlook

October 1, 2026 · the technology sector

Synopsys's AWS and OpenAI deals and raised outlook

Synopsys, which makes the software used to design chips, forecast faster growth than analysts expected and signed large deals with Amazon, which will use its designs in Amazon's own chips, and with OpenAI. That favours it over other technology companies.

What changed

We raised our expected return for Synopsys against the rest of the technology sector.

SymbolWithout itWith itChange
SynopsysSNPS8.32%9.62%+1.30pp

Each stock as it stands now, and without this story. Figures are annual expected returns (arithmetic means). They are not a forecast or a promise.

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