Cerity Partners LLC Has $32.49 Million Stake in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Cerity Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 7.5% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 65,852 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,592 shares during the period. Cerity Partners LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $32,491,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Alpine Bank Wealth Management grew its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 89.3% in the 3rd quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky boosted its position in Synopsys by 120.0% during the second quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky now owns 55 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. acquired a new position in Synopsys during the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. McIlrath & Eck LLC bought a new position in Synopsys in the third quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Finally, Princeton Global Asset Management LLC increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 481.8% during the 2nd quarter. Princeton Global Asset Management LLC now owns 64 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $510.00, for a total value of $127,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 12,209 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,226,590. This trade represents a 2.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 0.62% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on SNPS shares. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, December 12th. Citigroup assumed coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price target for the company. KeyCorp lifted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Bank of America raised shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their target price for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a report on Monday, December 8th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 10th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $562.13.

Synopsys Trading Down 1.0%

Shares of SNPS stock opened at $514.49 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $98.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 64.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.32 and a beta of 1.12. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $365.74 and a 1 year high of $651.73. The company has a current ratio of 1.62, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $443.64 and a 200 day simple moving average of $504.01.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.79 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $2.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 7.89% and a net margin of 18.89%.The company’s revenue was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last 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. On average, research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.