1,199 Shares in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Bought by Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.

Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. acquired a new stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 1,199 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $592,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Alpine Bank Wealth Management boosted its stake in Synopsys by 89.3% in the third quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1,250.0% in the 3rd quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Millstone Evans Group LLC purchased a new position in Synopsys in the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. bought a new position in Synopsys during the third quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC purchased a new stake in Synopsys in the third quarter worth $29,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Needham & Company LLC increased their target price on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $580.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, November 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Bank of America raised shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price objective for the stock 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’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $553.57.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the 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 transaction, 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 transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at $8,221,058.34. The trade was 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 over the last ninety days. 0.62% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Synopsys Trading Down 3.5%

Synopsys stock opened at $421.95 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.62. Synopsys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $365.74 and a fifty-two week high of $651.73. The stock has a market cap of $80.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 52.81, a PEG ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.12. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $475.68 and its 200-day moving average price is $485.88.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its 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 period in the previous year, the business earned $3.40 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue 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. Equities research analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.