Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Shares Sold by Vontobel Holding Ltd.

Vontobel Holding Ltd. cut its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 18.3% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 690,567 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 154,834 shares during the period. Synopsys accounts for about 1.0% of Vontobel Holding Ltd.’s portfolio, making the stock its 28th largest position. Vontobel Holding Ltd.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $324,373,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in SNPS. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Oakworth Capital Inc. boosted its position in shares of Synopsys by 3,700.0% in the 4th quarter. Oakworth Capital Inc. now owns 76 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 74 shares in the last quarter. WealthCollab LLC boosted its position in shares of Synopsys by 110.8% in the 3rd quarter. WealthCollab LLC now owns 78 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 41 shares in the last quarter. Finally, KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 3rd quarter worth about $38,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently commented on SNPS. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $505.00 to $535.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th. BNP Paribas Exane boosted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $563.81.

Synopsys Price Performance

Synopsys stock opened at $453.89 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $376.18 and a 12-month high of $651.73. The stock has a market capitalization of $86.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 105.07, a P/E/G ratio of 2.68 and a beta of 1.22. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $473.57 and its two-hundred day moving average is $460.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 1.32.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.20. Synopsys had a net margin of 8.91% and a return on equity of 5.83%. The company had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.67 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 earnings per share for the current year.

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.