Capital World Investors Trims Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Capital World Investors decreased its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 3.7% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 7,503,987 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 287,259 shares during the period. Capital World Investors’ holdings in Synopsys were worth $3,702,208,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Synopsys by 20.7% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,181,185 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $8,970,415,000 after buying an additional 3,120,401 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings in Synopsys by 238.8% during the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,824,349 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,393,506,000 after acquiring an additional 1,990,608 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Synopsys in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $647,964,000. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 321.3% in the 3rd quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 1,301,228 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $642,013,000 after purchasing an additional 992,386 shares during the period. Finally, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 186.3% during the 3rd quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership now owns 934,034 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $460,843,000 after purchasing an additional 607,743 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the 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 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 position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The stock was 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. The trade was a 2.05% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036. Company insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on SNPS. Piper Sandler lowered their price objective on Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Bank of America upgraded Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their target price for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price target on Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Finally, KeyCorp boosted their price objective on Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Synopsys has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $531.00.

Synopsys Trading Down 0.0%

Shares of SNPS stock opened at $437.22 on Tuesday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $465.87 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $467.64. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $365.74 and a 12-month high of $651.73. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The firm has a market cap of $83.75 billion, a P/E ratio of 67.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.56 and a beta of 1.15.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. The company had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 6.83% and a net margin of 13.76%.Synopsys’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.03 EPS. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Synopsys Company 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.