Hel Ved Capital Management Ltd Grows Stock Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Hel Ved Capital Management Ltd increased its holdings in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 126.7% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 11,333 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,333 shares during the quarter. Synopsys makes up approximately 1.2% of Hel Ved Capital Management Ltd’s holdings, making the stock its 16th largest holding. Hel Ved Capital Management Ltd’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $5,592,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Synopsys by 20.7% during the 3rd 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 period. Victory Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 238.8% in the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,824,349 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,393,506,000 after buying an additional 1,990,608 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys in the 2nd quarter valued at about $647,964,000. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 321.3% in the third quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 1,301,228 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $642,013,000 after buying an additional 992,386 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership boosted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 186.3% in the third quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership now owns 934,034 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $460,843,000 after buying an additional 607,743 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In other 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total transaction 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 represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. 0.56% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently weighed in on SNPS. Zacks Research upgraded Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, November 10th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and set a $480.00 target price (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Piper Sandler lowered their price target on shares of Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Citigroup started coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price objective for the company. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $531.00.

Synopsys Price Performance

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $437.41 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $466.71 and a two-hundred day moving average of $470.69. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $365.74 and a 12 month high of $651.73. The firm has a market cap of $83.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 67.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 1.15. 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 (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. Synopsys had a return on equity of 6.83% and a net margin of 13.76%.The firm had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.39 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.03 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. 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, analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Synopsys Company 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.