GraniteShares Advisors LLC Sells 1,495 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

GraniteShares Advisors LLC cut its position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 76.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 470 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 1,495 shares during the quarter. GraniteShares Advisors LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $221,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Barden Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. Barden Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,868 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $877,000 after purchasing an additional 23 shares in the last quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Synopsys by 2.1% in the third quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC now owns 1,157 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $528,000 after purchasing an additional 24 shares in the last quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management lifted its position in Synopsys by 89.3% in the third quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares during the period. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Synopsys by 3.9% during the third quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 666 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $329,000 after buying an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Blume Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in Synopsys by 8.9% during the third quarter. Blume Capital Management Inc. now owns 305 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $150,000 after buying an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In other news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the transaction, the insider owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,338,270. The trade was a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

SNPS has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Rosenblatt Securities dropped their price objective 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. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, December 13th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and set a $480.00 price objective (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $531.00.

Synopsys Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $395.95 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $430.80 and its 200-day moving average is $449.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a current ratio of 1.36. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $365.74 and a 52 week high of $651.73. The company has a market capitalization of $75.85 billion, a PE ratio of 61.48, a P/E/G ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 1.15.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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 business had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.39 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $3.03 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Synopsys Company 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.