Global X Japan Co. Ltd. Has $2.40 Million Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Global X Japan Co. Ltd. boosted its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 450.8% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 5,100 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,174 shares during the quarter. Global X Japan Co. Ltd.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $2,396,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Alpine Bank Wealth Management raised its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 89.3% in 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 last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. grew its position in Synopsys by 1,250.0% in the third quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC bought a new stake in Synopsys during the 3rd quarter worth about $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys in the third quarter valued at about $29,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the business’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 sale, 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 sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. 0.56% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have issued reports on SNPS. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “equal weight” rating and set a $480.00 price objective (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Bank of America upgraded Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their target price for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a report on Monday, December 8th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Wall Street Zen raised Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, December 13th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Eight equities 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.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $531.00.

Synopsys Stock Performance

NASDAQ SNPS opened at $401.95 on Friday. 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 company has a 50-day simple moving average of $445.36 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $453.39. The firm has a market cap of $77.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 62.41, a PEG ratio of 3.34 and a beta of 1.15. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $365.74 and a 12-month high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company 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. On average, equities analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current year.

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.