Capital International Inc. CA Acquires 9,921 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Capital International Inc. CA increased its holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 16.3% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 70,951 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,921 shares during the period. Capital International Inc. CA’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $35,007,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Alpine Bank Wealth Management boosted its position in shares of Synopsys by 89.3% during the third quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 1,250.0% during the 3rd quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the third quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC purchased a new position in Synopsys during the third quarter worth about $29,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have commented on SNPS. KeyCorp lifted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. HSBC cut Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Finally, Zacks Research raised Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, November 10th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $531.00.

Synopsys Trading Down 0.0%

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $437.22 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $465.87 and a 200 day moving average of $467.64. The company has a market cap of $83.75 billion, a PE ratio of 67.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.56 and a beta of 1.15. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $365.74 and a 12-month high of $651.73. The company has a current ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The company’s revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $3.03 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Synopsys

In other news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total value of $1,685,035.89. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. Insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

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.