Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Stock Position Increased by Janney Capital Management LLC

Janney Capital Management LLC increased its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 59.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 29,818 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 11,156 shares during the quarter. Janney Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $14,712,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of SNPS. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $647,964,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 29.1% during the second 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 in the last quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd acquired a new position in Synopsys in the third quarter worth approximately $249,851,000. Aspex Management HK Ltd increased its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 106.0% in the second quarter. Aspex Management HK Ltd now owns 645,895 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $331,137,000 after buying an additional 332,364 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Synopsys by 1.6% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 15,060,784 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $7,721,363,000 after acquiring an additional 231,014 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Synopsys Price Performance

NASDAQ SNPS opened at $533.42 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 1.62 and a quick ratio of 1.52. The firm has a market capitalization of $102.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 66.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.37 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $446.82 and a 200-day simple moving average of $504.96. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $365.74 and a 52-week high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.79 by $0.11. Synopsys had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. The firm had revenue of $2.25 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $3.40 earnings per share. The firm’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. Equities research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Synopsys news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $510.00, for a total value of $127,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 12,209 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,226,590. This represents a 2.01% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of Synopsys 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 sale, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Corporate insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Wall Street Zen raised Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, December 13th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 10th. Bank of America raised shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $553.57.

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.