Choreo LLC Has $5.12 Million Stock Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Choreo LLC increased its holdings in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 205.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 10,366 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 6,972 shares during the quarter. Choreo LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $5,115,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 5.7% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 921 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $447,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC lifted its stake in Synopsys by 11.6% in the first quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 760 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $326,000 after buying an additional 79 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 15.1% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 3,010 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,291,000 after buying an additional 395 shares during the period. AlphaQuest LLC increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 423.1% during the second quarter. AlphaQuest LLC now owns 68 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $35,000 after acquiring an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bessemer Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1.6% during the second quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 3,948 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,024,000 after acquiring an additional 61 shares during the period. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the company. HSBC cut Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 target price for the company. in a report on Friday, February 20th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday. Bank of America raised Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their target price for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Piper Sandler reduced their price target on Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Finally, KeyCorp raised their price target on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $531.00.

Synopsys Stock Down 2.8%

SNPS stock opened at $414.00 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $79.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 64.29, a P/E/G ratio of 3.55 and a beta of 1.12. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $365.74 and a twelve month high of $651.73. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $471.21 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $477.25. The company has a quick ratio of 1.52, a current ratio of 1.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 7.49% and a net margin of 13.76%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm 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. Analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Key Headlines Impacting Synopsys

Here are the key news stories impacting Synopsys this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 beat and AI-driven revenue surge — Synopsys reported Q1 revenue up ~65% and an EPS beat, driven by EDA demand and the Ansys deal; the results validate AI-led chip‑design tailwinds. Synopsys Q1 Earnings
• Positive Sentiment: Ansys integration expands long‑term TAM — Management and analysts highlight that combining EDA with Ansys simulation opens full‑system design markets (servers, autonomous systems), which could materially enlarge revenue opportunities over the medium term. Can AI Push in EDA & Ansys Integration?
• Positive Sentiment: Capital return and trader interest — Board approved a $2B buyback and there was high call‑option volume / large option trades, signaling bullish positioning by some traders. Those actions provide buy‑side support. Why Is Synopsys Stock Falling? Call Options Volume
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst consensus still skewed positive, but stock has lagged peers — Wall Street average rating remains around “Buy” even as SNPS underperformed some tech peers over the past year, leaving room for divergence between sentiment and price action. How Is Synopsys’ Stock Performance Compared?
• Negative Sentiment: Guidance and China/export risks — Management flagged a muted near‑term quarter and a Q2 revenue guide that disappointed some investors; Reuters notes export restrictions to China as a headwind to visibility. Reuters: Muted Quarter
• Negative Sentiment: Integration costs, GAAP loss and IP weakness — Analysts and social commentary point to near‑term profitability pressure from Ansys deal costs, one‑time charges and workforce reductions, plus continued softness in the Design IP segment. QuiverQuant: Integration & IP Issues
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst price‑target trims — Several firms trimmed targets or moved to neutral/equal‑weight after the report (Piper Sandler, Wells Fargo, Rosenblatt adjustments), which can depress sentiment even if ratings remain constructive. Benzinga: Price Target Changes

Insider Activity

In other Synopsys news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider 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. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036 over the last 90 days. 0.62% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.