Fiera Capital Corp Sells 13,785 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Fiera Capital Corp lowered its holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 6.3% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 204,675 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 13,785 shares during the quarter. Fiera Capital Corp owned 0.11% of Synopsys worth $100,985,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Alpine Bank Wealth Management raised its position in Synopsys by 89.3% in the 3rd quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1,250.0% during the third quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC bought a new position in Synopsys during the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. purchased a new stake in Synopsys in the third quarter worth approximately $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC purchased a new stake in Synopsys in the third quarter worth approximately $29,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, 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 completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036 in the last ninety days. 0.62% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Synopsys Trading Up 0.0%

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $442.44 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $474.32 and a 200 day moving average of $485.28. The company has a market cap of $84.65 billion, a PE ratio of 55.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.68 and a beta of 1.12. 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 1.62, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.79 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $2.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. The firm’s revenue was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $3.40 EPS. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.320-14.400 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.520-3.580 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on SNPS shares. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Citigroup started coverage on Synopsys in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price objective for the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Piper Sandler downgraded Synopsys from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price target for the company from $602.00 to $520.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Finally, Bank of America upgraded shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $553.57.

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.