3,084 Shares in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Bought by St. Louis Trust Co

St. Louis Trust Co bought a new position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm bought 3,084 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,449,000.

A number of other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in SNPS. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake in shares of Synopsys by 5.7% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 921 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $447,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 11.6% in the first quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 760 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $326,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 15.1% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 3,010 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,291,000 after purchasing an additional 395 shares during the last quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 9.2% in the second quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd now owns 758 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $389,000 after purchasing an additional 64 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 2.1% in the second quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 72,095 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $36,962,000 after purchasing an additional 1,505 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently issued reports on SNPS. Rosenblatt Securities cut their target price on Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Synopsys from $450.00 to $505.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. HSBC cut Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 target price on the stock. in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Citigroup raised their target price on Synopsys from $580.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 13th. Finally, Piper Sandler cut their target price on Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $536.00.

Synopsys Trading Up 4.1%

Shares of SNPS opened at $524.74 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $451.00 and its 200-day moving average price is $451.09. The firm has a market capitalization of $100.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 81.48, a PEG ratio of 4.29 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a current ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $376.18 and a 1-year high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $3.03 EPS. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.28 EPS for the current year.

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.