Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Holdings Raised by IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT IRELAND Ltd

IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT IRELAND Ltd raised its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 305.2% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 7,018 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 5,286 shares during the period. IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT IRELAND Ltd’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $3,463,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in SNPS. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Synopsys by 1.6% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 15,060,784 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $7,721,363,000 after purchasing an additional 231,014 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1.2% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,266,446 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,725,362,000 after buying an additional 85,662 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted 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 valued at $1,810,214,000 after buying an additional 51,043 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised 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 worth $1,333,095,000 after acquiring an additional 585,494 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. raised its position in Synopsys by 10.9% in the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,913,001 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $980,757,000 after acquiring an additional 187,790 shares in the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on 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 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 filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. Insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

SNPS has been the topic of several recent research reports. Citigroup began coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price objective on the stock. Rosenblatt Securities upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and reduced their target price for the stock from $605.00 to $560.00 in a report on Tuesday, December 9th. Bank of America raised Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their price target for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a report on Monday, December 8th. KeyCorp lifted their target price on Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC upped their target price on Synopsys from $550.00 to $580.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Synopsys has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $553.57.

Synopsys Stock Down 2.0%

SNPS stock opened at $410.44 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. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $365.74 and a 12-month high of $651.73. The company has a 50 day moving average of $479.15 and a two-hundred day moving average of $497.86. The company has a market cap of $78.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.37, a PEG ratio of 3.49 and a beta of 1.12.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.79 by $0.11. The company 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 business’s quarterly revenue was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $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 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.