Capital Asset Advisory Services LLC Raises Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Capital Asset Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 39.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 4,606 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,297 shares during the quarter. Capital Asset Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $2,343,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. raised its holdings in Synopsys by 542.9% during the 3rd quarter. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. now owns 12,877 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $6,353,000 after acquiring an additional 10,874 shares during the period. Empirical Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the third quarter worth $773,000. Strategic Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 76.3% in the third quarter. Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 7,578 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,739,000 after acquiring an additional 3,279 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys in the second quarter valued at $647,964,000. Finally, OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd raised its stake in shares of Synopsys by 24.8% during the 3rd quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 23,970 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $11,827,000 after purchasing an additional 4,759 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on SNPS. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Bank of America raised shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, December 13th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on shares of Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Citigroup assumed coverage on shares of Synopsys in a report on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price target for the company. Eight equities research 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. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $531.00.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of SNPS opened at $432.48 on Tuesday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $365.74 and a 12-month high of $651.73. 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 company has a market cap of $82.85 billion, a PE ratio of 67.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.42 and a beta of 1.15. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $451.31 and a 200-day moving average price of $455.34.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. The company had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. Synopsys’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior 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, equities analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In other news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the 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 owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 0.56% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Key Stories Impacting Synopsys

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

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.