Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Position Boosted by AIA Group Ltd

AIA Group Ltd increased its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 31.3% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 31,410 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,493 shares during the period. AIA Group Ltd’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $15,497,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 5.7% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 921 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $447,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC increased its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 11.6% in the 1st quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 760 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $326,000 after acquiring an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 15.1% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 3,010 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,291,000 after acquiring an additional 395 shares in the last quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 3.8% during the 2nd quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,372 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $704,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its stake in Synopsys by 24.8% during the second quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 43,346 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $22,222,000 after purchasing an additional 8,612 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the business’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 directly owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, 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. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. 0.56% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have commented on SNPS shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted 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. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and issued a $480.00 price target (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. KeyCorp boosted their price objective 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. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, December 13th. 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 company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $531.00.

Synopsys Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $428.67 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $457.15 and a 200-day moving average of $459.91. The company has a current ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The firm has a market cap of $82.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 66.56, a P/E/G ratio of 3.50 and a beta of 1.15. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $365.74 and a twelve month high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $3.03 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate 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.