76,822 Shares in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Purchased by M.D. Sass LLC

M.D. Sass LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund purchased 76,822 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $30,458,000. Synopsys accounts for about 2.3% of M.D. Sass LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 22nd biggest position.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Synopsys by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,464,862 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $8,673,315,000 after purchasing an additional 283,677 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,788,890 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,128,317,000 after buying an additional 28,532 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 2.5% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 4,573,980 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,148,491,000 after buying an additional 109,917 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Synopsys by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,310,846 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,017,256,000 after buying an additional 54,329 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp increased its holdings in Synopsys by 17.0% during the fourth quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 2,593,619 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,218,275,000 after buying an additional 376,711 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have commented on SNPS. Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 price target on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, May 27th. Bank of America boosted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Synopsys from $505.00 to $535.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Finally, Benchmark started coverage on Synopsys in a report on Wednesday, July 15th. They set a “buy” rating and a $570.00 price target for the company. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $570.06.

Synopsys Stock Down 1.1%

SNPS opened at $373.52 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $458.71 and its 200 day simple moving average is $455.83. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $366.00 and a 1-year high of $651.73. The stock has a market cap of $71.52 billion, a PE ratio of 86.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.22 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a current ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.15 by $0.20. Synopsys had a net margin of 8.91% and a return on equity of 5.83%. The firm had revenue of $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $3.67 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $450.02, for a total transaction of $1,527,367.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 14,358 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,461,387.16. The trade was a 19.12% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $458.96, for a total transaction of $6,702,192.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 75,020 shares in the company, valued at approximately $34,431,179.20. This trade represents a 16.29% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

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.