Donoghue Forlines LLC Purchases Shares of 5,594 Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Donoghue Forlines LLC acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 5,594 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,760,000. Synopsys makes up about 0.8% of Donoghue Forlines LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 14th largest position.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of SNPS. Vanguard Group Inc. raised 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 in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its holdings 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 raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 1.5% during 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 in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 29.1% during 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 10.9% in the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,913,001 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $980,757,000 after acquiring an additional 187,790 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The stock was 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 in the company, valued at $8,221,058.34. This trade represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,338,270. This 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 90 days. 0.62% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Synopsys Trading Up 1.6%

SNPS stock opened at $516.31 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $365.74 and a 12 month high of $651.73. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $455.35 and its 200 day moving average is $504.95. The company has a market capitalization of $98.78 billion, a PE ratio of 64.62, a P/E/G ratio of 4.30 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 1.62 and a quick ratio of 1.52.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its earnings results 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 business had revenue of $2.25 billion for 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 revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm 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 anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on SNPS shares. Rosenblatt Securities upgraded Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $605.00 to $560.00 in a research report on Tuesday, December 9th. Citigroup began coverage on Synopsys in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $580.00 target price on the stock. Bank of America upgraded shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price objective for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research report on Monday, December 8th. BNP Paribas initiated coverage on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. They issued an “underperform” rating and a $425.00 target price for the company. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $553.57.

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.