PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab Buys 1,650 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab lifted its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 6.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 28,662 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,650 shares during the quarter. PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $12,785,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in Synopsys by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,464,862 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $8,673,315,000 after buying an additional 283,677 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,788,890 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,128,317,000 after buying an additional 28,532 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 2.5% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 4,573,980 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,148,491,000 after acquiring an additional 109,917 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,310,846 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,017,256,000 after acquiring an additional 54,329 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp raised its holdings in Synopsys by 17.0% in the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 2,593,619 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,218,275,000 after acquiring an additional 376,711 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Synopsys Trading Up 2.5%

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $415.99 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $79.65 billion, a PE ratio of 96.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a current ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $433.42 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $446.79. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $366.00 and a 12 month high of $628.89.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings results 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 firm had revenue of $2.28 billion for 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%.The company’s revenue was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $3.67 EPS. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

SNPS has been the topic of several analyst reports. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on Synopsys from $480.00 to $525.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Piper Sandler upgraded Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $450.00 to $550.00 in a research note on Tuesday, June 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus upped 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. BNP Paribas Exane increased their price objective on Synopsys from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Zacks Research raised Synopsys from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 30th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $570.06.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $450.02, for a total value of $1,527,367.88. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 14,358 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,461,387.16. This represents a 19.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing 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. Also, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $458.96, for a total value of $6,702,192.88. Following the completion of 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 ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 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. 0.56% of the stock is currently owned by corporate 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.