FNY Investment Advisers LLC Buys 1,236 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

FNY Investment Advisers LLC lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 249.2% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,732 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 1,236 shares during the quarter. FNY Investment Advisers LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $854,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of SNPS. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in Synopsys by 1.9% in the 2nd quarter. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC now owns 914 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $469,000 after buying an additional 17 shares during the last quarter. YANKCOM Partnership lifted its position in Synopsys by 3.3% during the second quarter. YANKCOM Partnership now owns 537 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $275,000 after acquiring an additional 17 shares during the last quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 5.3% during the second quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 340 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $174,000 after acquiring an additional 17 shares during the period. Rothschild Investment LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 15.9% during the second quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 153 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $78,000 after acquiring an additional 21 shares during the period. Finally, Mutual Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 2.1% in the third quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC now owns 1,157 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $528,000 after purchasing an additional 24 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 target price on Synopsys and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. KeyCorp upped their price objective on Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Bank of America raised Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a report on Monday, December 8th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price 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. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $531.00.

Synopsys Stock Down 0.1%

NASDAQ SNPS opened at $428.67 on Thursday. 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 $365.74 and a 1-year high of $651.73. The company has a 50 day moving average of $457.15 and a 200-day moving average of $459.91. The company has a market cap of $82.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 66.56, a PEG ratio of 3.50 and a beta of 1.15.

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, beating the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 6.83% and a net margin of 13.76%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.03 earnings per share. 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, equities research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In other news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the stock in a transaction on 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 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 document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at $6,338,270. The trade was a 2.05% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

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.