China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. Acquires 2,212 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 24.5% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 11,235 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,212 shares during the period. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $5,543,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 20.7% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,181,185 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $8,970,415,000 after purchasing an additional 3,120,401 shares during the period. State Street Corp boosted its stake in Synopsys by 1.2% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,266,446 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,725,362,000 after buying an additional 85,662 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in Synopsys by 1.5% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,545,892 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,810,214,000 after acquiring an additional 51,043 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 29.1% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,598,874 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,333,095,000 after acquiring an additional 585,494 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 10.9% during the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,913,001 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $980,757,000 after purchasing an additional 187,790 shares during the period. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SNPS has been the subject of several analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Needham & Company LLC raised their price target on Synopsys from $550.00 to $580.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Bank of America raised Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price objective for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Zacks Research upgraded Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, November 10th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, December 12th. 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 company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $553.57.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction dated 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 in the company, valued at $6,338,270. The trade was a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer 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 SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of Synopsys stock opened at $442.44 on Friday. 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 stock’s fifty day moving average price is $474.32 and its 200-day moving average price is $485.28. The firm has a market cap of $84.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 55.37, a P/E/G ratio of 3.68 and a beta of 1.12. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $365.74 and a 12 month high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its 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 company had revenue of $2.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.40 EPS. The firm’s quarterly 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. On average, equities research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.