Entropy Technologies LP Takes $4.26 Million Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Entropy Technologies LP purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 10,739 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,258,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of SNPS. Sankala Group LLC purchased a new position in Synopsys during the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 4th quarter worth about $32,000. Finally, Phillip James Consulting Co. purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 4th quarter worth about $36,000. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $450.02, for a total value of $1,527,367.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 14,358 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,461,387.16. This represents a 19.12% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 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 on Monday, June 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $458.96, for a total value of $6,702,192.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 75,020 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $34,431,179.20. This represents a 16.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 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. 0.56% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Citigroup upped their price target on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Piper Sandler upgraded Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $450.00 to $550.00 in a research report on Tuesday, June 23rd. Benchmark assumed coverage on Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, July 15th. They set a “buy” rating and a $570.00 target price on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on Synopsys from $505.00 to $535.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 price target on Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, May 27th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $570.06.

Synopsys Price Performance

Synopsys stock opened at $373.47 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $71.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 86.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 1.32. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $366.00 and a 1 year high of $651.73. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $456.13 and a two-hundred day moving average of $455.25.

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

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.