Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Shares Purchased by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its holdings in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 13.1% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 367,970 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 42,585 shares during the quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owned about 0.20% of Synopsys worth $181,487,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. increased its stake 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 buying an additional 10,874 shares during the period. Symphony Financial Ltd. Co. lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 4,780.9% in the 2nd quarter. Symphony Financial Ltd. Co. now owns 40,219 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $20,638,000 after acquiring an additional 39,395 shares during the period. Empirical Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $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 valued at $3,739,000 after acquiring an additional 3,279 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Napean Trading & Investment Co Singapore PTE Ltd increased its stake in shares of Synopsys by 17.6% during the second quarter. Napean Trading & Investment Co Singapore PTE Ltd now owns 23,683 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $12,142,000 after acquiring an additional 3,544 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Down 1.1%

SNPS stock opened at $437.41 on Monday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $365.74 and a 12 month high of $651.73. The firm has a market cap of $83.79 billion, a PE ratio of 67.92, a P/E/G ratio of 3.56 and a beta of 1.15. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $466.71 and a 200 day simple moving average of $468.77. 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 issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $2.41 billion during 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%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $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. Equities research analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In other news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction 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 sale, the insider directly 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 document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036. Corporate insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

SNPS has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Zacks Research raised Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 10th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Rosenblatt Securities dropped their price objective on Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Citigroup assumed coverage on Synopsys in a report on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price objective for the company. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Synopsys currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $531.00.

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.