Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC Has $4.95 Million Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 15.2% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 12,489 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 1,651 shares during the quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $4,952,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Synopsys by 1.6% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,464,862 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $8,673,315,000 after purchasing an additional 283,677 shares during the period. State Street Corp raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,788,890 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,128,317,000 after purchasing an additional 28,532 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 2.5% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 4,573,980 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,148,491,000 after buying an additional 109,917 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,310,846 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,017,256,000 after buying an additional 54,329 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 17.0% during the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 2,593,619 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,218,275,000 after buying an additional 376,711 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Price Performance

SNPS stock opened at $445.50 on Monday. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $376.18 and a twelve month high of $651.73. The company has a quick ratio of 1.32, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The company has a market cap of $85.30 billion, a PE ratio of 103.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 1.22. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $477.80 and its 200 day simple moving average is $460.56.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.20. Synopsys had a return on equity of 5.83% and a net margin of 8.91%.The firm had revenue of $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.67 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 41.9% on a year-over-year basis. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $450.02, for a total value of $1,527,367.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 14,358 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,461,387.16. This represents a 19.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $458.96, for a total value of $6,702,192.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 75,020 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $34,431,179.20. This trade represents a 16.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Corporate insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 30th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on Synopsys from $480.00 to $525.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Monday, June 8th. Bank of America raised their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $570.06.

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.