FengHe Fund Management Pte. Ltd. Makes New Investment in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

FengHe Fund Management Pte. Ltd. purchased a new stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 25,800 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,729,000. Synopsys comprises 1.2% of FengHe Fund Management Pte. Ltd.’s portfolio, making the stock its 28th biggest position.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Synopsys by 1.6% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 15,060,784 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $7,721,363,000 after purchasing an additional 231,014 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its position in shares of Synopsys by 1.2% in 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 last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,545,892 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,810,214,000 after buying an additional 51,043 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 29.1% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,598,874 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,333,095,000 after buying an additional 585,494 shares during the period. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 10.9% during the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,913,001 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $980,757,000 after buying an additional 187,790 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the firm’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 transaction, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares in the company, 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 legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $510.00, for a total value of $127,500.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 12,209 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,226,590. The trade was a 2.01% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Corporate insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have issued reports on SNPS. Zacks Research raised shares of Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 10th. Rosenblatt Securities upgraded Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and dropped their price target for the stock from $605.00 to $560.00 in a research report on Tuesday, December 9th. Citigroup started coverage on Synopsys in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price objective for the company. Wall Street Zen upgraded Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, December 13th. Finally, Piper Sandler dropped their target price on Synopsys from $630.00 to $602.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $562.13.

Synopsys Trading Up 2.1%

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $525.18 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $100.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 65.73, a PEG ratio of 4.28 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.62. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $365.74 and a 1 year high of $651.73. The business has a fifty day moving average of $445.06 and a 200-day moving average of $504.39.

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