Ulland Investment Advisors LLC Acquires 2,168 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Ulland Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 3,441.3% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 2,231 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,168 shares during the period. Synopsys accounts for about 0.8% of Ulland Investment Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 27th largest position. Ulland Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $1,101,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 5.7% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 921 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $447,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC lifted its position in Synopsys by 11.6% during the 1st quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 760 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $326,000 after buying an additional 79 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Synopsys by 15.1% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 3,010 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,291,000 after acquiring an additional 395 shares during the last quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. acquired a new stake in Synopsys in the 2nd quarter valued at about $6,564,000. Finally, Allworth Financial LP increased its position in Synopsys by 182.1% in the 2nd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 7,050 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,615,000 after acquiring an additional 4,551 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Trading Down 1.6%

Shares of NASDAQ SNPS traded down $6.85 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $411.87. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 325,023 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,266,479. Synopsys, Inc. has a one year low of $365.74 and a one year high of $651.73. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $463.28 and its 200-day simple moving average is $465.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 1.26. The stock has a market cap of $78.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 63.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.53 and a beta of 1.15.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.39 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $3.03 earnings per share. Synopsys’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 completion of the sale, the insider owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,338,270. The trade was a 2.05% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing 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 shares were 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 trade represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on SNPS shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, December 13th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Citigroup initiated coverage on Synopsys in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price objective on the stock. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $531.00.

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.