506,396 Shares in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Purchased by Ninety One UK Ltd

Ninety One UK Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor bought 506,396 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $249,851,000.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in Synopsys by 1.9% in the second quarter. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC now owns 914 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $469,000 after buying an additional 17 shares during the period. YANKCOM Partnership increased its holdings in Synopsys by 3.3% in the second quarter. YANKCOM Partnership now owns 537 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $275,000 after purchasing an additional 17 shares during the last quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Synopsys by 5.3% in the second quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 340 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $174,000 after buying an additional 17 shares during the period. Hemington Wealth Management boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 10.1% during the second quarter. Hemington Wealth Management now owns 197 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $100,000 after buying an additional 18 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Concord Asset Management LLC VA grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 0.8% during the 2nd quarter. Concord Asset Management LLC VA now owns 2,379 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,220,000 after buying an additional 18 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total value of $1,685,035.89. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This trade represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Price Performance

SNPS stock opened at $469.72 on Thursday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $438.71 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $503.24. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $365.74 and a 1 year high of $651.73. The stock has a market cap of $89.87 billion, a PE ratio of 58.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.95 and a beta of 1.16. The company has a current ratio of 1.62, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.11. Synopsys had a return on equity of 7.89% and a net margin of 18.89%.The company had revenue of $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $3.40 earnings per share. Synopsys’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.320-14.400 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.520-3.580 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on SNPS. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price target on shares of Synopsys from $650.00 to $550.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, September 10th. Baird R W lowered shares of Synopsys from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, December 13th. Finally, KeyCorp boosted their target price on Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $562.13.

Synopsys Profile

Synopsys, Inc is a leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and semiconductor intellectual property (IP) used to design, verify and manufacture integrated circuits and complex systems-on-chip (SoCs). Its product portfolio spans tools and technologies for front‑end design and synthesis, simulation and verification, physical implementation and signoff, and design-for-manufacturability, enabling chip designers to move from architecture through tape‑out.

In addition to core EDA offerings, Synopsys supplies a broad set of semiconductor IP building blocks — such as interface, memory and analog/mixed-signal cores — that customers integrate into SoCs to accelerate development.