National Pension Service Raises Stake in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

National Pension Service increased its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 15.4% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 427,617 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 57,100 shares during the period. National Pension Service’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $210,982,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of SNPS. Alpine Bank Wealth Management boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 89.3% during the third quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. lifted its position in Synopsys by 1,250.0% during the third quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Millstone Evans Group LLC acquired a new stake in Synopsys in the 3rd quarter worth about $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. purchased a new stake in Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC purchased a new stake in Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at about $29,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

SNPS has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Zacks Research raised shares of Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, November 10th. Bank of America raised shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price target for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Rosenblatt Securities raised Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and cut their target price for the stock from $605.00 to $560.00 in a research report on Tuesday, December 9th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Synopsys presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $553.57.

Insider Activity

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This trade represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the company’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 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 represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. Company insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Performance

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $465.11 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.62, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. The firm has a market capitalization of $88.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 58.21, a PEG ratio of 4.00 and a beta of 1.12. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $477.53 and its 200 day simple moving average is $501.61. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $365.74 and a twelve month high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 firm had revenue of $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $3.40 EPS. The firm’s quarterly 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. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.