King Luther Capital Management Corp Grows Stock Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

King Luther Capital Management Corp raised its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 217.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 29,459 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 20,186 shares during the period. King Luther Capital Management Corp’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $14,535,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of SNPS. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Synopsys by 20.7% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,181,185 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $8,970,415,000 after purchasing an additional 3,120,401 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its position in Synopsys by 1.2% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,266,446 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,725,362,000 after buying an additional 85,662 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,545,892 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,810,214,000 after acquiring an additional 51,043 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in Synopsys by 29.1% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,598,874 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,333,095,000 after purchasing an additional 585,494 shares during the period. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its holdings in 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 in the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently commented on SNPS shares. Zacks Research raised Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 10th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, December 13th. Citigroup began coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Monday, November 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price target on the stock. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised 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. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $553.57.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of SNPS opened at $442.44 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $474.32 and a two-hundred day moving average of $485.28. The stock has a market cap of $84.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 55.37, a PEG ratio of 3.68 and a beta of 1.12. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $365.74 and a 12-month high of $651.73. The company has a current ratio of 1.62, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $2.25 billion during 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 company’s quarterly revenue was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm 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. As a group, research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction 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 represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036 in the last ninety days. 0.62% of the stock is owned by corporate 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.