Geus Aart De Sells 25,000 Shares of Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) Stock

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) insider Geus Aart De sold 25,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $445.55, for a total value of $11,138,750.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 120,421 shares in the company, valued at $53,653,576.55. This trade represents a 17.19% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Synopsys Stock Down 5.6%

Synopsys stock opened at $414.82 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $415.20 and a two-hundred day moving average of $439.99. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $366.00 and a twelve month high of $615.79. The stock has a market capitalization of $79.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 73.29, a PEG ratio of 2.41 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a current ratio of 1.34, a quick ratio of 1.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The semiconductor company reported $3.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.67 by $0.24. Synopsys had a return on equity of 6.24% and a net margin of 11.43%.The business had revenue of $2.48 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.44 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.39 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 42.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.100-4.160 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.040-15.100 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 11 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on SNPS shares. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on Synopsys from $535.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. Weiss Ratings raised Synopsys from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane lifted their price target on Synopsys from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Twelve equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $561.28.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in SNPS. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in Synopsys in the 2nd quarter valued at about $7,228,099,000. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. acquired a new position in Synopsys during the second quarter worth about $747,400,000. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Synopsys during the fourth quarter worth about $730,197,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the second quarter valued at about $692,074,000. Finally, State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 20.6% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,760,358 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,322,273,000 after purchasing an additional 1,493,912 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Synopsys

Here are the key news stories impacting Synopsys this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street’s mean price target implies approximately 25.4% upside. Analysts’ improving earnings estimates provide a more meaningful bullish signal than the target-price average alone. Wall Street Analysts See a 25.39% Upside in Synopsys
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains broadly favorable, with a “Moderate Buy” consensus, 12 Buy ratings, and recent price targets as high as $580. Robert W. Baird also upgraded the stock to Outperform and raised its target to $560. Is It Worth Investing in Synopsys Based on Wall Street’s Bullish Views?
• Positive Sentiment: A bullish investor article highlights Synopsys’ 42.4% year-over-year quarterly revenue growth, recent earnings beat, and potential for the market to be underestimating its AI-related chip-design opportunity relative to peers. The Market May Be Underestimating This AI Chip-Design Stock
• Neutral Sentiment: A decade-long investment retrospective emphasizes Synopsys’ substantial long-term returns, but it is backward-looking and is unlikely to be a major near-term trading catalyst. Here’s How Much You’d Have If You Invested $1000 in Synopsys a Decade Ago
• Negative Sentiment: Executive Chair Aart de Geus sold 25,000 shares for approximately $11.1 million, reducing his holdings by 17.19%. The transaction was made under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, which lessens—but does not eliminate—the negative signaling effect. Synopsys Insider Geus Aart De Sells 25,000 Shares
• Negative Sentiment: Semiconductor stocks broadly came under pressure as a global bond selloff pushed long-term yields higher. Rising yields can weigh particularly heavily on high-multiple growth stocks such as Synopsys, which trades at an elevated valuation. Semiconductor Stocks Slide as Global Bond Selloff Lifts Yields

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.