Cardinal Point Capital Management ULC Makes New Investment in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Cardinal Point Capital Management ULC purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 3,507 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,730,000.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Synopsys in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $647,964,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 29.1% during the second 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 last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 177.5% during the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 865,987 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $427,269,000 after buying an additional 553,924 shares during the last quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys in the third quarter worth $249,851,000. Finally, Aspex Management HK Ltd boosted its position in shares of Synopsys by 106.0% during the second quarter. Aspex Management HK Ltd now owns 645,895 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $331,137,000 after acquiring an additional 332,364 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have commented on SNPS shares. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, December 12th. Rosenblatt Securities raised Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and dropped their price target for the company from $605.00 to $560.00 in a research note on Tuesday, December 9th. Citigroup assumed coverage on Synopsys in a report on Monday, November 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price target for the company. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Bank of America raised shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their target price for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a report on Monday, December 8th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $553.57.

Synopsys Price Performance

Synopsys stock opened at $426.88 on Monday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $365.74 and a 12-month 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 firm has a 50-day moving average price of $479.33 and a 200-day moving average price of $495.06. The firm has a market capitalization of $81.67 billion, a PE ratio of 53.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.56 and a beta of 1.12.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its earnings results 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. Synopsys had a return on equity of 7.89% and a net margin of 18.89%.The business had revenue of $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.40 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.320-14.400 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.520-3.580 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,338,270. The trade was a 2.05% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This trade represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036 in the last quarter. 0.62% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.