Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Shares Purchased by Impax Asset Management Group plc

Impax Asset Management Group plc boosted its holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 0.6% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 621,909 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 3,494 shares during the period. Synopsys makes up 1.8% of Impax Asset Management Group plc’s portfolio, making the stock its 14th biggest holding. Impax Asset Management Group plc’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $305,510,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings 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 worth $7,721,363,000 after acquiring an additional 231,014 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its position in Synopsys by 1.2% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,266,446 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,725,362,000 after purchasing an additional 85,662 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Synopsys by 1.5% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,545,892 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,810,214,000 after purchasing an additional 51,043 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake 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 purchasing an additional 585,494 shares during the period. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 10.9% in the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,913,001 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $980,757,000 after purchasing an additional 187,790 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Synopsys news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The shares were 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 in the company, valued at $6,338,270. The trade was a 2.05% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total transaction of $1,685,035.89. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. The trade was 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 three months, insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. Corporate insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ SNPS opened at $437.45 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 1.62 and a quick ratio of 1.52. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $365.74 and a 1-year high of $651.73. The company has a market capitalization of $83.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 54.75, a PEG ratio of 3.66 and a beta of 1.12. The business has a 50-day moving average of $479.10 and a 200-day moving average of $492.70.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently commented on the company. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, December 12th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Zacks Research upgraded Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 10th. Bank of America raised Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities upgraded Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $605.00 to $560.00 in a report on Tuesday, December 9th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Synopsys has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $553.57.

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.