American Century Companies Inc. Buys 134,765 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

American Century Companies Inc. raised its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 19.9% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 812,862 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 134,765 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. owned about 0.44% of Synopsys worth $401,058,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in SNPS. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Synopsys by 20.7% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,181,185 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $8,970,415,000 after purchasing an additional 3,120,401 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 2nd quarter valued at about $647,964,000. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 321.3% during the 3rd quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 1,301,228 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $642,013,000 after buying an additional 992,386 shares in the last quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership raised its stake in shares of Synopsys by 186.3% during the third quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership now owns 934,034 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $460,843,000 after acquiring an additional 607,743 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 29.1% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,598,874 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,333,095,000 after purchasing an additional 585,494 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

More Synopsys News

Here are the key news stories impacting Synopsys this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 beat and AI-driven revenue surge — Synopsys reported Q1 revenue up ~65% and an EPS beat, driven by EDA demand and the Ansys deal; the results validate AI-led chip‑design tailwinds. Synopsys Q1 Earnings
• Positive Sentiment: Ansys integration expands long‑term TAM — Management and analysts highlight that combining EDA with Ansys simulation opens full‑system design markets (servers, autonomous systems), which could materially enlarge revenue opportunities over the medium term. Can AI Push in EDA & Ansys Integration?
• Positive Sentiment: Capital return and trader interest — Board approved a $2B buyback and there was high call‑option volume / large option trades, signaling bullish positioning by some traders. Those actions provide buy‑side support. Why Is Synopsys Stock Falling? Call Options Volume
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst consensus still skewed positive, but stock has lagged peers — Wall Street average rating remains around “Buy” even as SNPS underperformed some tech peers over the past year, leaving room for divergence between sentiment and price action. How Is Synopsys’ Stock Performance Compared?
• Negative Sentiment: Guidance and China/export risks — Management flagged a muted near‑term quarter and a Q2 revenue guide that disappointed some investors; Reuters notes export restrictions to China as a headwind to visibility. Reuters: Muted Quarter
• Negative Sentiment: Integration costs, GAAP loss and IP weakness — Analysts and social commentary point to near‑term profitability pressure from Ansys deal costs, one‑time charges and workforce reductions, plus continued softness in the Design IP segment. QuiverQuant: Integration & IP Issues
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst price‑target trims — Several firms trimmed targets or moved to neutral/equal‑weight after the report (Piper Sandler, Wells Fargo, Rosenblatt adjustments), which can depress sentiment even if ratings remain constructive. Benzinga: Price Target Changes

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have weighed in on SNPS. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Rosenblatt Securities decreased their target price on shares of Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Bank of America raised shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $531.00.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of Synopsys stock opened at $414.00 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $365.74 and a 1 year high of $651.73. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $471.21 and its 200 day moving average is $477.25. The stock has a market cap of $79.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 64.29, a PEG ratio of 3.55 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 released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 7.49%. Synopsys’s revenue was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $3.03 EPS. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The shares were 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 of the company’s stock, 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 stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total transaction of $1,685,035.89. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This trade represents a 17.01% 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 company insiders.

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.