Aberdeen Group plc Raises Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Aberdeen Group plc raised its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 16.2% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 148,208 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 20,674 shares during the period. Aberdeen Group plc owned about 0.08% of Synopsys worth $72,346,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Alpine Bank Wealth Management raised its stake in 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 purchasing an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1,250.0% during the third quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the third quarter valued at about $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. acquired a new position in Synopsys during the third quarter worth about $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC purchased a new stake in Synopsys during the 3rd quarter valued at about $29,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036. 0.62% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SNPS has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Needham & Company LLC lifted their price objective on Synopsys from $550.00 to $580.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. KeyCorp boosted their price target on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Bank of America raised shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their target price for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, December 13th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $553.57.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of Synopsys stock opened at $437.09 on Monday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $365.74 and a 12 month high of $651.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 1.62 and a quick ratio of 1.52. 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 firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $477.13 and its 200-day simple moving average is $488.65.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings results 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. Synopsys had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. The firm had revenue of $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.40 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. 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 analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current year.

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.