180 Wealth Advisors LLC Has $839,000 Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

180 Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 230.7% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 1,786 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,246 shares during the quarter. 180 Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $839,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Alpine Bank Wealth Management grew its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 89.3% during the 3rd 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 in the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Synopsys by 1,250.0% in the third quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the third quarter worth $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. acquired a new stake in Synopsys during the third quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC acquired a new stake in Synopsys during the third quarter valued at $29,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have weighed in on SNPS. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 target price on Synopsys and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Bank of America raised Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price target for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Citigroup began coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reduced their target price on shares of Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $531.00.

Synopsys News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Synopsys this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Elliott Investment Management has taken a multibillion‑dollar position and intends to push Synopsys for higher software monetization and margins, prompting an investor rally. Activist Elliott Builds Big Stake in Chip-Design Software Maker Synopsys
• Positive Sentiment: Market coverage and media reports (CNBC, Reuters) amplified the story, driving buying interest as investors highlight Synopsys’s central role in AI chip design and potential for re‑rating. Synopsys shares rally as activist Elliott builds multibillion-dollar stake in chip design firm
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst and social commentary emphasize structural AI tailwinds and Synopsys’s EDA leadership — investors see scope for higher margins if execution improves under activist pressure. An Activist Investor Is Taking an Interest in This Nvidia Partner. Its Stock Is Rising.
• Neutral Sentiment: Synopsys’s strategic shift after the Ansys acquisition and its Converge 2026 messaging position it more towards system‑level and AI solutions; this supports longer‑term growth but raises integration execution oversight. How The Synopsys (SNPS) Story Is Shifting With The Ansys Deal And 2026 Uncertainty
• Negative Sentiment: Recent insider selling (multiple officers have sold shares in the past six months) could be viewed negatively by some investors as a signal of limited near‑term insider confidence. Synopsys Stock (SNPS) Opinions on Elliott Activist Stake
• Negative Sentiment: Activist involvement brings execution risk and potential strategic changes that could create short‑term volatility; some analysts remain cautious after recent underperformance. Activist Elliott takes multibillion-dollar stake in Synopsys, WSJ reports

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In related news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Price Performance

NASDAQ SNPS opened at $432.48 on Tuesday. Synopsys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $365.74 and a fifty-two week high of $651.73. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $451.31 and its two-hundred day moving average is $455.34. The firm has a market cap of $82.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 67.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.42 and a beta of 1.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 1.26.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. The company had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 6.83% and a net margin of 13.76%.The firm’s revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $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. On average, 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.