Handelsbanken Fonder AB Decreases Stock Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Handelsbanken Fonder AB lessened its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 62.8% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 109,128 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 184,342 shares during the quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $53,843,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Alpine Bank Wealth Management lifted its position in Synopsys by 89.3% during the third quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares during the period. TFC Financial Management Inc. raised its stake in Synopsys by 1,250.0% during the 3rd quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 3rd quarter valued at $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. bought a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 3rd quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys in the 3rd quarter worth $29,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

More Synopsys News

Here are the key news stories impacting Synopsys this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 beat on revenue and EPS; Synopsys reported $2.41B revenue (up ~65%) and $3.77 non‑GAAP EPS, topping estimates and raising FY‑2026 EPS guidance — a core fundamental positive that supports longer‑term growth expectations. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Board approved a $2.0B replenishment to the share repurchase program — a near‑term capital return that can support the stock and offset some selling pressure. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Unusual options/whale activity — heavy call buying was reported, signaling speculative bullish interest from traders and possible hedged purchases by institutions. Article Title Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst consensus remains tilted toward Buy despite some downgrades — the average brokerage rating is still positive, leaving a mixed sell‑side backdrop rather than a broad rout. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Long‑term thesis intact: Market commentary highlights Synopsys’ dominant EDA position, potential Ansys synergies over several years, and institutional interest (including Nvidia exposure), which supports a multi‑year growth story even as near‑term noise persists. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Guidance and China export risks weighed on shares — management’s Q2 revenue commentary and Reuters reports about China export restrictions created a muted outlook that disappointed some investors despite the beat. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts trimmed price targets and ratings after the print — several firms cut targets (Wells Fargo, Piper Sandler, Rosenblatt adjustments noted), increasing short‑term downside risk from reduced upside to current levels. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Ansys acquisition and integration costs remain a near‑term drag: GAAP impact, additional debt load and workforce actions are pressuring margins even as management targets multi‑year synergies — investors are pricing in execution risk. Article Title

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In related news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total transaction of $1,685,035.89. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036 over the last 90 days. 0.62% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently commented on SNPS. Piper Sandler reduced their price objective on Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Zacks Research raised Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, November 10th. HSBC lowered shares of Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Friday, February 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $535.67.

Synopsys Trading Down 5.2%

Shares of Synopsys stock opened at $426.00 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $365.74 and a fifty-two week high of $651.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.62. The company has a market capitalization of $81.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 66.15, a P/E/G ratio of 3.74 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a fifty day moving average of $472.21 and a 200 day moving average of $478.66.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 7.49% and a net margin of 13.76%.The business’s revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.03 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.