UniSuper Management Pty Ltd Has $18.30 Million Stake in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

UniSuper Management Pty Ltd lowered its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 43.1% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 37,097 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 28,088 shares during the quarter. UniSuper Management Pty Ltd’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $18,303,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. boosted its position in Synopsys by 542.9% during the third quarter. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. now owns 12,877 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $6,353,000 after purchasing an additional 10,874 shares during the period. Symphony Financial Ltd. Co. lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 4,780.9% during the 2nd quarter. Symphony Financial Ltd. Co. now owns 40,219 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $20,638,000 after buying an additional 39,395 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,347,887 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $691,035,000 after buying an additional 4,815 shares during the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1.7% during the 2nd quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 178,786 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $91,660,000 after buying an additional 2,991 shares during the period. Finally, Waverton Investment Management Ltd grew its stake in Synopsys by 15.0% in the 2nd quarter. Waverton Investment Management Ltd now owns 578,299 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $296,630,000 after buying an additional 75,374 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In other news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider 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 legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the 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 sale, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Price Performance

Synopsys stock opened at $501.39 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $95.93 billion, a PE ratio of 62.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.17 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 1.62 and a quick ratio of 1.52. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $466.97 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $503.94. Synopsys, Inc. has a one year low of $365.74 and a one year high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.79 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $2.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 7.89% and a net margin of 18.89%.Synopsys’s revenue was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $3.40 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.320-14.400 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.520-3.580 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on SNPS shares. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Bank of America raised Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their price target for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a report on Monday, December 8th. Zacks Research upgraded Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, November 10th. Citigroup initiated coverage on Synopsys in a report on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, December 13th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Synopsys has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $553.57.

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.