Nichols & Pratt Advisers LLP MA Acquires 3,930 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Nichols & Pratt Advisers LLP MA grew its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 30.1% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 16,991 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,930 shares during the period. Nichols & Pratt Advisers LLP MA’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $8,383,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in Synopsys by 1.6% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 15,060,784 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $7,721,363,000 after purchasing an additional 231,014 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 1.2% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,266,446 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,725,362,000 after acquiring an additional 85,662 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1.5% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,545,892 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,810,214,000 after acquiring an additional 51,043 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 29.1% in 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 last quarter. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. raised its holdings in Synopsys by 10.9% in the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,913,001 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $980,757,000 after buying an additional 187,790 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Performance

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $457.89 on Tuesday. Synopsys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $365.74 and a fifty-two week high of $651.73. The firm has a market capitalization of $87.60 billion, a PE ratio of 57.31, a PEG ratio of 3.87 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.62. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $478.60 and its 200 day moving average is $500.20.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released 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. Synopsys had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. The firm had revenue of $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $3.40 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter 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. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the stock in a transaction on 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 sale, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at $8,221,058.34. This trade represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. Insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Piper Sandler cut shares of Synopsys from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their target price for the company from $602.00 to $520.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. Citigroup assumed coverage on Synopsys in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price target for the company. Needham & Company LLC increased their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $580.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Nine investment 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $553.57.

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.