Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp Boosts Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp raised its holdings in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 16.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 111,449 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 15,559 shares during the period. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $54,988,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. grew its position in Synopsys by 542.9% during the 3rd quarter. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. now owns 12,877 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $6,353,000 after purchasing an additional 10,874 shares during the period. Symphony Financial Ltd. Co. boosted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 4,780.9% in the second quarter. Symphony Financial Ltd. Co. now owns 40,219 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $20,638,000 after buying an additional 39,395 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its holdings in Synopsys by 0.4% during the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,347,887 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $691,035,000 after acquiring an additional 4,815 shares during the period. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. raised its position in Synopsys by 1.7% during the second quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 178,786 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $91,660,000 after acquiring an additional 2,991 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Waverton Investment Management Ltd lifted its holdings in Synopsys by 15.0% in the second quarter. Waverton Investment Management Ltd now owns 578,299 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $296,630,000 after acquiring an additional 75,374 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Synopsys news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the sale, 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 position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total transaction of $1,685,035.89. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently commented on SNPS. Zacks Research raised shares of Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, November 10th. Piper Sandler cut shares of Synopsys from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price objective for the company from $602.00 to $520.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. BNP Paribas Exane initiated coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. They issued an “underperform” rating and a $425.00 price objective for the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, KeyCorp upped their price target on Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $553.57.

Synopsys Stock Down 1.6%

SNPS stock opened at $501.39 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $365.74 and a 52 week high of $651.73. The company has a quick ratio of 1.52, a current ratio of 1.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $466.97 and a 200-day simple moving average of $503.94. The stock has a market capitalization of $95.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 62.75, a P/E/G ratio of 4.17 and a beta of 1.12.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.11. Synopsys had a return on equity of 7.89% and a net margin of 18.89%.The company had revenue of $2.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $3.40 EPS. Synopsys’s revenue was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.320-14.400 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.520-3.580 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.