MASTERINVEST Kapitalanlage GmbH Lowers Stake in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

MASTERINVEST Kapitalanlage GmbH lessened its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 34.7% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 3,155 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 1,677 shares during the period. MASTERINVEST Kapitalanlage GmbH’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $1,557,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of SNPS. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Synopsys in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $647,964,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its stake in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 585,494 shares during the period. Ninety One UK Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the third quarter worth $249,851,000. Aspex Management HK Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 106.0% during the second quarter. Aspex Management HK Ltd now owns 645,895 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $331,137,000 after purchasing an additional 332,364 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 1.6% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 15,060,784 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $7,721,363,000 after purchasing an additional 231,014 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on SNPS shares. Piper Sandler reduced their target price on Synopsys from $630.00 to $602.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Zacks Research raised shares of Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, November 10th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, December 13th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, December 12th. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Synopsys presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $562.13.

Synopsys Stock Up 2.1%

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $525.18 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $445.06 and a 200-day simple moving average of $504.57. The stock has a market capitalization of $100.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 65.73, a PEG ratio of 4.37 and a beta of 1.12. 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 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.62.

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Synopsys news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $510.00, for a total transaction of $127,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 12,209 shares in the company, valued at $6,226,590. The trade was a 2.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total value of $1,685,035.89. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 0.62% 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.