Stephens Inc. AR Has $2.07 Million Stock Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Stephens Inc. AR lifted its holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 104.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 4,196 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,145 shares during the period. Stephens Inc. AR’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $2,070,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of SNPS. Alpine Bank Wealth Management lifted its position in shares of Synopsys by 89.3% in the third quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Synopsys by 1,250.0% in the 3rd quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky boosted its position in Synopsys by 120.0% during the second quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky now owns 55 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the period. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. acquired a new position in Synopsys during the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC bought a new position in shares of Synopsys in the third quarter valued at approximately $29,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on SNPS. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Citigroup initiated coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $580.00 target price for the company. Bank of America raised Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price target for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Rosenblatt Securities raised Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and cut their price objective for the stock from $605.00 to $560.00 in a research report on Tuesday, December 9th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, November 10th. Nine 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 company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $553.57.

Synopsys Stock Up 1.6%

Shares of SNPS opened at $516.31 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.62. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $455.35 and a 200-day simple moving average of $504.95. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $365.74 and a 52 week high of $651.73. The firm has a market capitalization of $98.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 64.62, a P/E/G ratio of 4.30 and a beta of 1.12.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released 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. The business had revenue of $2.25 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 7.89% and a net margin of 18.89%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business 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. On average, equities research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction 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 directly owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. 0.62% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.