Swedbank AB Boosts Stake in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Swedbank AB boosted its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 14.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,502,255 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 187,348 shares during the period. Synopsys makes up approximately 0.8% of Swedbank AB’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 21st biggest holding. Swedbank AB owned approximately 0.81% of Synopsys worth $741,198,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the business. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 5.7% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 921 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $447,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the period. Compound Planning Inc. lifted its position in shares of Synopsys by 45.7% during the first quarter. Compound Planning Inc. now owns 746 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $320,000 after purchasing an additional 234 shares during the last quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in shares of Synopsys by 3.0% during the first quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 5,572 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,390,000 after purchasing an additional 161 shares during the last quarter. ICONIQ Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 38.6% during the first quarter. ICONIQ Capital LLC now owns 639 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $274,000 after purchasing an additional 178 shares during the period. Finally, Comerica Bank grew its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 10.8% in the first quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 34,197 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $14,665,000 after purchasing an additional 3,324 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total value of $1,685,035.89. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.62% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Synopsys Price Performance

NASDAQ SNPS opened at $475.47 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $88.32 billion, a PE ratio of 59.51, a P/E/G ratio of 4.00 and a beta of 1.16. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $435.49 and its 200-day moving average price is $504.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.62. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $365.74 and a 52-week high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $3.40 earnings per share. Synopsys’s revenue was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.320-14.400 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.520-3.580 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts recently commented on the stock. Bank of America raised shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their target price on shares of Synopsys from $650.00 to $550.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, September 10th. Robert W. Baird reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $535.00 price target (down previously from $670.00) on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, September 10th. Rosenblatt Securities upgraded Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lowered their price target for the company from $605.00 to $560.00 in a report on Tuesday, December 9th. Finally, KeyCorp raised their price objective on Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Eleven equities research 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. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $562.13.

Synopsys Company 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.