Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Shares Acquired by Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C.

Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C. increased its position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 131.7% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 7,916 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,500 shares during the quarter. Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $3,906,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Metis Global Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 15.5% in the 3rd quarter. Metis Global Partners LLC now owns 9,894 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,882,000 after acquiring an additional 1,329 shares during the last quarter. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 3rd quarter valued at about $115,000. Public Sector Pension Investment Board boosted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 32.7% in the third quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 19,494 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $9,618,000 after buying an additional 4,807 shares during the last quarter. Atria Investments Inc grew its holdings in Synopsys by 52.9% during the third quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 17,355 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $8,563,000 after acquiring an additional 6,003 shares during the period. Finally, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co lifted its holdings in Synopsys by 8.9% in the third quarter. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co now owns 30,565 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $15,080,000 after acquiring an additional 2,500 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have weighed in on SNPS. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Zacks Research raised Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 10th. Bank of America upgraded Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their target price for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped 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. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $553.57.

Synopsys Trading Down 3.4%

Shares of SNPS stock opened at $423.35 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $477.73 and its two-hundred day moving average is $491.84. 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 firm has a market capitalization of $81.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 52.98, a PEG ratio of 3.65 and a beta of 1.12. Synopsys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $365.74 and a fifty-two week high of $651.73.

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Synopsys news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, 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 sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total transaction of $1,685,035.89. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036 in the last three months. 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.