Intellectus Partners LLC Makes New $1.03 Million Investment in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Intellectus Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 2,077 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,025,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in SNPS. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Synopsys by 20.7% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,181,185 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $8,970,415,000 after buying an additional 3,120,401 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its position in Synopsys by 1.2% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,266,446 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,725,362,000 after acquiring an additional 85,662 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Synopsys by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,545,892 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,810,214,000 after acquiring an additional 51,043 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in Synopsys by 238.8% during the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,824,349 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,393,506,000 after acquiring an additional 1,990,608 shares during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its position in Synopsys by 29.1% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,598,874 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,333,095,000 after acquiring an additional 585,494 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Down 1.1%

Shares of SNPS stock opened at $437.41 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $365.74 and a 1 year high of $651.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a current ratio of 1.36. The business’s fifty day moving average is $466.71 and its 200-day moving average is $470.69. The stock has a market cap of $83.79 billion, a PE ratio of 67.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 1.15.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. KeyCorp increased their price target on Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, February 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Rosenblatt Securities lowered their target price on shares of Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Piper Sandler dropped their price target on shares of Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Synopsys presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $531.00.

Insider Activity

In other news, 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 transaction, the insider owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,338,270. The trade was a 2.05% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total transaction of $1,685,035.89. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. 0.56% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.