Brookstone Capital Management Buys 15,580 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Brookstone Capital Management raised its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 634.1% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 18,037 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 15,580 shares during the quarter. Brookstone Capital Management’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $8,472,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 20.7% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,181,185 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $8,970,415,000 after acquiring an additional 3,120,401 shares during the period. State Street Corp grew its holdings in Synopsys by 20.6% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,760,358 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,322,273,000 after purchasing an additional 1,493,912 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in Synopsys by 238.8% in the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,824,349 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,393,506,000 after purchasing an additional 1,990,608 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in Synopsys by 29.1% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,598,874 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,333,095,000 after purchasing an additional 585,494 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors raised its holdings in Synopsys by 226.6% in the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 2,524,512 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,245,533,000 after purchasing an additional 1,751,432 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Up 3.5%

Synopsys stock opened at $396.48 on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $437.69 and a 200-day moving average of $450.59. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $365.74 and a twelve month high of $651.73. The stock has a market capitalization of $75.95 billion, a PE ratio of 61.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 1.15.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business 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. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on SNPS. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price target on shares of Synopsys and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Piper Sandler lowered their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. HSBC lowered Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Friday, February 20th. Finally, KeyCorp boosted their target price on Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $531.00.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In related news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.56% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.