1,797 Shares in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Purchased by AlTi Global Inc.

AlTi Global Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 1,797 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $887,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. grew its holdings in Synopsys by 542.9% during the 3rd quarter. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. now owns 12,877 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $6,353,000 after buying an additional 10,874 shares in the last quarter. Symphony Financial Ltd. Co. grew its stake in Synopsys by 4,780.9% during the second quarter. Symphony Financial Ltd. Co. now owns 40,219 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $20,638,000 after acquiring an additional 39,395 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its holdings in Synopsys by 0.4% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,347,887 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $691,035,000 after acquiring an additional 4,815 shares during the last quarter. Waverton Investment Management Ltd lifted its stake in Synopsys by 15.0% in the 2nd quarter. Waverton Investment Management Ltd now owns 578,299 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $296,630,000 after purchasing an additional 75,374 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Angeles Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 2nd quarter valued at about $478,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Synopsys

In other Synopsys 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 value of $1,685,035.89. Following the completion of the sale, 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 ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares in the company, 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. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. 0.62% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

SNPS has been the subject of a number of research reports. KeyCorp increased their price target on Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Rosenblatt Securities upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $605.00 to $560.00 in a research report on Tuesday, December 9th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, December 13th. Finally, Citigroup initiated coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price objective for the company. 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $553.57.

Synopsys Trading Down 0.3%

SNPS stock opened at $437.45 on Wednesday. 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 $479.10 and its 200 day moving average is $492.70. The company has a market capitalization of $83.69 billion, a PE ratio of 54.75, a P/E/G ratio of 3.66 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 announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $2.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 7.89% and a net margin of 18.89%.Synopsys’s revenue was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $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. On average, research analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current year.

About Synopsys

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.