Mizuho Markets Americas LLC Takes Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Mizuho Markets Americas LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 50,902 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,182,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Sowell Financial Services LLC boosted its stake in Synopsys by 2.0% during the 4th quarter. Sowell Financial Services LLC now owns 1,056 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $496,000 after purchasing an additional 21 shares in the last quarter. Natural Investments LLC raised its stake in shares of Synopsys by 4.6% in the 4th quarter. Natural Investments LLC now owns 482 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $226,000 after buying an additional 21 shares in the last quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. raised its stake in shares of Synopsys by 7.0% in the 4th quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. now owns 335 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $157,000 after buying an additional 22 shares in the last quarter. Foronjy Financial LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 5.2% in the fourth quarter. Foronjy Financial LLC now owns 446 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $210,000 after buying an additional 22 shares during the period. Finally, AGH Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Synopsys by 4.4% during the first quarter. AGH Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 569 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $226,000 after buying an additional 24 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $458.96, for a total transaction of $6,702,192.88. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 75,020 shares in the company, valued at $34,431,179.20. The trade was a 16.29% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 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. Also, 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 transaction 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 $6,461,387.16. This trade represents a 19.12% 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. Company insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Trading Down 1.1%

Shares of NASDAQ SNPS opened at $373.52 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. Synopsys, Inc. has a one year low of $366.00 and a one year high of $651.73. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $458.71 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $455.83. The firm has a market capitalization of $71.52 billion, a PE ratio of 86.46, a PEG ratio of 2.22 and a beta of 1.22.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on SNPS shares. KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Piper Sandler raised shares of Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their price target for the company from $450.00 to $550.00 in a report on Tuesday, June 23rd. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $505.00 to $535.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Benchmark started coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, July 15th. They set a “buy” rating and a $570.00 target price for the company. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently 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.