Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Shares Sold by Nordea Investment Management AB

Nordea Investment Management AB decreased its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 3.3% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 944,143 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 31,880 shares during the quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $444,606,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in SNPS. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 20.7% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,181,185 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $8,970,415,000 after buying an additional 3,120,401 shares during the period. State Street Corp lifted its stake in Synopsys by 20.6% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,760,358 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $4,322,273,000 after acquiring an additional 1,493,912 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings 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 valued at $1,393,506,000 after acquiring an additional 1,990,608 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position in Synopsys by 29.1% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,598,874 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,333,095,000 after acquiring an additional 585,494 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors grew its position in Synopsys by 226.6% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 2,524,512 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,245,533,000 after acquiring an additional 1,751,432 shares in the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of SNPS opened at $420.32 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $365.74 and a 1 year high of $651.73. The stock has a market capitalization of $80.52 billion, a PE ratio of 65.27, a PEG ratio of 3.42 and a beta of 1.15. 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 stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $453.33 and a 200-day simple moving average of $457.49.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its 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 firm had revenue of $2.41 billion for 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 business’s quarterly revenue was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $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. On average, analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

SNPS has been the topic of several research reports. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price target on shares of Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Bank of America upgraded shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their price objective for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a report on Monday, December 8th. Rosenblatt Securities cut 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. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, December 13th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target 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. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $531.00.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Synopsys news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.56% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.