Nicholas Investment Partners LP Invests $3.45 Million in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Nicholas Investment Partners LP purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 7,730 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,448,000.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of SNPS. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,464,862 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $8,673,315,000 after acquiring an additional 283,677 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. bought a new position in shares of Synopsys in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $7,228,099,000. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in Synopsys by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,788,890 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $4,128,317,000 after purchasing an additional 28,532 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings in Synopsys by 2.5% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 4,573,980 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,148,491,000 after purchasing an additional 109,917 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Synopsys by 1.3% during 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 purchasing an additional 54,329 shares during the period. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $458.96, for a total value of $6,702,192.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 75,020 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $34,431,179.20. This represents a 16.29% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, 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 stock in a transaction on Friday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $450.02, for a total transaction of $1,527,367.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 14,358 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,461,387.16. This trade represents a 19.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 0.56% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have commented on SNPS. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $535.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. BNP Paribas Exane raised their target price on shares of Synopsys from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 30th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $558.00 target price on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, May 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $563.59.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ SNPS opened at $394.51 on Tuesday. 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 business’s 50 day moving average is $418.53 and its two-hundred day moving average is $439.92. The company has a market cap of $75.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 91.32, a P/E/G ratio of 2.34 and a beta of 1.23. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $366.00 and a 12 month high of $615.79.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.20. The company had revenue of $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 5.83% and a net margin of 8.91%.Synopsys’s revenue for the quarter was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.67 earnings per share. 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, equities analysts expect 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.