Benchmark Investment Advisors LLC Purchases New Shares in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Benchmark Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm purchased 1,925 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $950,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Brighton Jones LLC raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 5.7% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 921 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $447,000 after buying an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC increased its stake in Synopsys by 11.6% during the 1st quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 760 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $326,000 after acquiring an additional 79 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its stake in Synopsys by 15.1% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 3,010 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,291,000 after acquiring an additional 395 shares during the period. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in Synopsys by 11.8% in the 2nd quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 2,685 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,376,000 after acquiring an additional 284 shares in the last quarter. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Synopsys by 17.1% during the 2nd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 32,006 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $16,409,000 after acquiring an additional 4,670 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total value of $1,685,035.89. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at $8,221,058.34. This trade represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of Synopsys 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 transaction, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. 0.56% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

SNPS has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company decreased 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. Piper Sandler reduced their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Citigroup began coverage on shares of Synopsys in a report on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 target price on the stock. Bank of America upgraded shares of 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. Finally, KeyCorp upped their price target on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Eight equities 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $531.00.

Synopsys Price Performance

SNPS stock opened at $412.63 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The firm has a market cap of $79.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 64.07, a PEG ratio of 3.41 and a beta of 1.15. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $461.93 and its 200 day simple moving average is $464.57. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $365.74 and a 12-month high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The company had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.39 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $3.03 EPS. Synopsys’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current year.

About Synopsys

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.