Stoneridge Investment Partners LLC Acquires Shares of 2,624 Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Stoneridge Investment Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund acquired 2,624 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,295,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Alpine Bank Wealth Management raised its stake in Synopsys by 89.3% in the third quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1,250.0% in the 3rd quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the 3rd quarter worth about $27,000. Independence Bank of Kentucky raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 120.0% during the 2nd quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky now owns 55 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. purchased a new stake in Synopsys during the third quarter worth approximately $28,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have commented on SNPS. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, November 10th. BNP Paribas Exane initiated coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. They issued an “underperform” rating and a $425.00 target price on the stock. KeyCorp lifted their price target on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $553.57.

Synopsys Stock Down 1.6%

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $501.39 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $365.74 and a 1-year high of $651.73. 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 stock has a market cap of $95.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 62.75, a P/E/G ratio of 4.17 and a beta of 1.12. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $466.97 and a 200 day moving average price of $503.94.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted 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 company had revenue of $2.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $3.40 earnings per share. Synopsys’s quarterly 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 predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In other news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the insider owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. The trade was a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the 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 sale, the chief financial officer directly 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. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036. 0.62% of the stock is owned by company 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.