Still owns this and CDNS and Ansys stock, a peer, which dominate this space. The stock is stuck because it's stuck in UK regulations, though he expects it to be approved next year. When it does, SNPS will be the king of this space. His price target is $648. They last beat the top and bottom lines. Buy this at $440-460 or even now.
There's something about their management. It has a stable of great products for content creation et al, but they disappoint during earnings; it's how they frame earnings. Their earnings are actually not bad, but they are so conservative that they lower their forecasts. On Dec. 13, they barely beat the top line and were in line the bottom line, but lowered guidance again. Look at Service Now, instead, in SAAS.
He targets $207.35. Operates three segments, including cloud. A great turnaround story to get into the cloud, now #4. They reported Nov. 5 and missed top and bottom lines. Shares traded off, but others snapped up those shares. They recently did a big partnership with Meta. The forward PE is an attractive 31x. Has 15% upside.
(Analysts’ price target is $197.84)Has done very well, but still has some runway left. He targets $215. GOOG poised to take the lead from Open AI and Microsoft, mainly due to the launch of Gemini 2.0, which solidifies their leadership in search and AI. They won't lose much market share in search now with Gemini 2.0. It remains undervalued compared to peers.
(Analysts’ price target is $211.27)
Quantum computing now is in a classic hype cycle. Don't take any options. Take some profits. There's a lot of volatility in this space; these companies are not profitable. But in a few years, you will wish you had got in on the ground floor.