Caprock Group LLC Invests $1.26 Million in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Caprock Group LLC bought a new stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 2,557 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,262,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of SNPS. Alpine Bank Wealth Management boosted its stake 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 buying an additional 25 shares during the period. TFC Financial Management Inc. lifted its stake in Synopsys by 1,250.0% in the third quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC acquired a new position in Synopsys during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $29,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Synopsys news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’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 approximately $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal 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 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 sale, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036. Company insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Up 3.2%

Synopsys stock opened at $437.09 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $477.13 and a two-hundred day moving average of $489.75. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $365.74 and a twelve month high of $651.73. The stock has a market capitalization of $83.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 54.70, a PEG ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a current ratio of 1.62, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 EPS 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 analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $3.40 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue 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, research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, November 10th. KeyCorp raised their target price on Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Rosenblatt Securities raised shares of Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and cut their price objective for the stock from $605.00 to $560.00 in a report on Tuesday, December 9th. Finally, Bank of America upgraded shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their target price for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a report on Monday, December 8th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Synopsys presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target 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.