Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH Has $132.77 Million Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH trimmed its holdings in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 6.9% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 269,095 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 19,875 shares during the quarter. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $132,769,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Synopsys in the 2nd quarter valued at about $647,964,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of Synopsys by 29.1% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,598,874 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,333,095,000 after buying an additional 585,494 shares during the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA boosted its position in Synopsys by 177.5% in the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 865,987 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $427,269,000 after buying an additional 553,924 shares in the last quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd bought a new position in Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $249,851,000. Finally, Aspex Management HK Ltd lifted its holdings in Synopsys by 106.0% during the 2nd quarter. Aspex Management HK Ltd now owns 645,895 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $331,137,000 after buying an additional 332,364 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently issued reports on SNPS. Needham & Company LLC boosted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $580.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, December 13th. Citigroup assumed coverage on Synopsys in a report on Monday, November 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $580.00 target price for the company. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Synopsys has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $553.57.

Synopsys Trading Down 1.0%

Shares of Synopsys stock opened at $510.97 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.52, a current ratio of 1.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $365.74 and a twelve month high of $651.73. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $459.97 and a 200-day moving average price of $504.36. The firm has a market cap of $97.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 63.95, a PEG ratio of 4.30 and a beta of 1.12.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.79 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. The business’s revenue was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $3.40 earnings per share. 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 research analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Synopsys

In other news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the business’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 completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 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 sale, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036. Insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

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.