GF Fund Management CO. LTD. Buys 3,294 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

GF Fund Management CO. LTD. boosted its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 3.9% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 87,651 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 3,294 shares during the period. Synopsys makes up about 0.8% of GF Fund Management CO. LTD.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 25th largest holding. GF Fund Management CO. LTD.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $43,246,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 1.9% in the second quarter. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC now owns 914 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $469,000 after acquiring an additional 17 shares during the last quarter. YANKCOM Partnership boosted its stake in Synopsys by 3.3% in the 2nd quarter. YANKCOM Partnership now owns 537 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $275,000 after purchasing an additional 17 shares in the last quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC grew its position in Synopsys by 5.3% during the 2nd quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 340 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $174,000 after purchasing an additional 17 shares during the last quarter. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group increased its stake in Synopsys by 1.4% during the 2nd quarter. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group now owns 1,345 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $690,000 after purchasing an additional 18 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Savvy Advisors Inc. increased its stake in Synopsys by 3.6% during the 2nd quarter. Savvy Advisors Inc. now owns 551 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $282,000 after purchasing an additional 19 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Price Performance

NASDAQ SNPS opened at $437.09 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.52, a current ratio of 1.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. The firm has a market capitalization of $83.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 54.70, a PEG ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $477.13 and a 200-day moving average price of $489.75. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $365.74 and a 52 week high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm 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. Equities research analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Synopsys

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 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 position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. Insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on SNPS shares. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. KeyCorp boosted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Rosenblatt Securities upgraded Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $605.00 to $560.00 in a research note on Tuesday, December 9th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, December 13th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $553.57.

Synopsys 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.