Napean Trading & Investment Co Singapore PTE Ltd Buys 10,055 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Napean Trading & Investment Co Singapore PTE Ltd increased its position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 42.5% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 33,738 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 10,055 shares during the period. Synopsys comprises approximately 3.2% of Napean Trading & Investment Co Singapore PTE Ltd’s portfolio, making the stock its 6th biggest holding. Napean Trading & Investment Co Singapore PTE Ltd’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $16,646,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. increased its stake in shares of Synopsys by 542.9% during the 3rd quarter. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. now owns 12,877 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $6,353,000 after purchasing an additional 10,874 shares during the last quarter. Symphony Financial Ltd. Co. lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 4,780.9% in the 2nd quarter. Symphony Financial Ltd. Co. now owns 40,219 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $20,638,000 after purchasing an additional 39,395 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 0.4% in the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,347,887 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $691,035,000 after purchasing an additional 4,815 shares in the last quarter. Waverton Investment Management Ltd increased its position in Synopsys by 15.0% during the second quarter. Waverton Investment Management Ltd now owns 578,299 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $296,630,000 after buying an additional 75,374 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Motley Fool Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in Synopsys by 13.4% during the second quarter. Motley Fool Asset Management LLC now owns 9,757 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,002,000 after buying an additional 1,156 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SNPS has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Citigroup began coverage on Synopsys in a report on Monday, November 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price target on the stock. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $560.00 price target on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Friday. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, December 12th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $547.00.

Synopsys Trading Down 4.3%

Shares of Synopsys stock opened at $420.82 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $473.38 and its 200-day simple moving average is $480.49. The company has a market cap of $80.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.67, a PEG ratio of 3.66 and a beta of 1.12. 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, Inc. has a 1 year low of $365.74 and a 1 year high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.11. Synopsys had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. The firm 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 company earned $3.40 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue 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. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Synopsys

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total transaction of $1,685,035.89. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036 in the last ninety days. 0.62% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About Synopsys

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.