Element Capital Management LLC Makes New $6.07 Million Investment in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Element Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 12,299 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,068,000. Synopsys makes up about 8.6% of Element Capital Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd largest holding.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 20.7% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,181,185 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $8,970,415,000 after buying an additional 3,120,401 shares during the period. State Street Corp raised its stake in Synopsys by 1.2% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,266,446 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,725,362,000 after buying an additional 85,662 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in Synopsys by 238.8% during the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,824,349 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,393,506,000 after buying an additional 1,990,608 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 29.1% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,598,874 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,333,095,000 after acquiring an additional 585,494 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 226.6% in the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 2,524,512 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,245,533,000 after acquiring an additional 1,751,432 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the firm’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 of the company’s stock, 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 Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the business’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 transaction, the insider owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of Synopsys stock opened at $412.63 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $365.74 and a 52 week high of $651.73. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $461.93 and a 200-day moving average price of $463.65. The company has a market cap of $79.04 billion, a PE ratio of 64.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.36 and a beta of 1.15.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. Synopsys had a return on equity of 6.83% and a net margin of 13.76%.The company had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.39 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $3.03 earnings per share. Synopsys’s quarterly revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently commented on SNPS. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price objective on Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Bank of America upgraded shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price target for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Citigroup assumed coverage on shares of Synopsys in a report on Monday, November 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, HSBC lowered shares of Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price objective on the stock. in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $531.00.

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.