Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. Buys 1,225 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. increased its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 14.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 9,476 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 1,225 shares during the period. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $4,675,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC raised its stake in Synopsys by 16.3% during the third quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 29,903 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $14,754,000 after buying an additional 4,197 shares during the last quarter. KCM Investment Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 4.3% in the third quarter. KCM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 706 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $348,000 after acquiring an additional 29 shares during the last quarter. Amova Asset Management Americas Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 41.7% during the third quarter. Amova Asset Management Americas Inc. now owns 22,410 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $11,058,000 after acquiring an additional 6,590 shares in the last quarter. Trust Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 19.1% in the 3rd quarter. Trust Asset Management LLC now owns 2,104 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,038,000 after purchasing an additional 338 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GW&K Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in Synopsys by 26.6% in the 3rd quarter. GW&K Investment Management LLC now owns 176 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $87,000 after purchasing an additional 37 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $437.41 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a current ratio of 1.36. The firm has a market cap of $83.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 67.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 1.15. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $466.71 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $470.69. Synopsys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $365.74 and a fifty-two week high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The firm had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.39 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $3.03 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This trade represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. 0.56% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SNPS has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Piper Sandler cut 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, February 26th. HSBC cut shares of Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 target price for the company. in a report on Friday, February 20th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “equal weight” rating and set a $480.00 price target (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price target on shares of Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $531.00.

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.