Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt Purchases Shares of 1,175 Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt purchased a new position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund purchased 1,175 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $524,000.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. acquired a new stake in Synopsys in the 2nd quarter valued at about $747,400,000. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys in the 4th quarter valued at about $730,197,000. Man Group plc acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys during the second quarter worth about $55,900,000. SBI Okasan Asset Management Co.Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys during the fourth quarter worth about $1,699,000. Finally, Czech National Bank increased its stake in shares of Synopsys by 4.6% during the second quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 54,526 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $24,322,000 after buying an additional 2,421 shares during the period. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $570.00 price target on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday. BNP Paribas Exane lifted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. UBS Group set a $570.00 target price on Synopsys in a report on Thursday. Finally, Citigroup lifted their price target on Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Twelve equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $561.28.

Synopsys News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Synopsys this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong Q3 performance: Synopsys reported adjusted earnings of $3.91 per share versus expectations of $3.67, while revenue reached $2.48 billion, up 42.4% year over year and ahead of estimates. Strength in electronic design automation (EDA) and the Ansys acquisition supported the results. SNPS Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates on EDA and Ansys Strength
• Positive Sentiment: Higher outlook and AI momentum: Management raised fiscal 2026 guidance, citing accelerating EDA demand, recovering Design IP activity, interest in agentic AI and additional opportunities from integrating Ansys. Fiscal 2026 EPS guidance is $15.04–$15.10, with revenue guidance reportedly raised to approximately $9.72 billion. SNPS Q3 Earnings Call Highlights EDA Acceleration, Outlook Raised
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst and strategic support: Goldman Sachs, Benchmark and Needham reaffirmed Buy ratings, with price targets ranging from $570 to $600. Elliott Investment Management also reportedly built a multibillion-dollar position, betting Synopsys can narrow its discount to peers. Elliott Bets Multibillion-Dollar Position on Closing Synopsys’ Peer Discount
• Neutral Sentiment: Commentators view Synopsys as a key supplier to major technology companies, including Nvidia, and believe Ansys has strengthened its competitive moat; however, the acquisition’s full contribution depends on successful integration and future synergies. SNPS in Right Place, Right Time?
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and peer concerns: Following the earnings rally, investors are refocusing on valuation, with Synopsys trading at a high earnings multiple. A comparison with PDF Solutions also highlighted stronger growth and margin improvement at the smaller rival, potentially limiting near-term enthusiasm for SNPS. SNPS vs. PDFS: Which Semiconductor Software Stock Has an Edge?

Synopsys Price Performance

Shares of SNPS opened at $442.61 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 1.34 and a quick ratio of 1.32. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $366.00 and a 1-year high of $615.79. The stock has a market cap of $84.82 billion, a PE ratio of 78.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.60 and a beta of 1.23. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $416.64 and a 200 day moving average price of $440.13.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The semiconductor company reported $3.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.67 by $0.24. Synopsys had a return on equity of 6.24% and a net margin of 11.43%.The company had revenue of $2.48 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.44 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $3.39 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 42.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.100-4.160 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.040-15.100 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 11.03 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $458.96, for a total value of $6,702,192.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 75,020 shares in the company, valued at approximately $34,431,179.20. The trade was a 16.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $450.02, for a total value of $1,527,367.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 14,358 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,461,387.16. The trade was a 19.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 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.