Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Shares Sold by Westfield Capital Management Co. LP

Westfield Capital Management Co. LP lowered its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 3.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 121,649 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 4,932 shares during the quarter. Westfield Capital Management Co. LP owned about 0.06% of Synopsys worth $57,141,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of SNPS. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its position in 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 shares of Synopsys by 11.6% during 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 in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Synopsys by 15.1% during 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 in the last quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd raised its holdings in Synopsys by 9.2% in the second quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd now owns 758 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $389,000 after acquiring an additional 64 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina raised its holdings in 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 valued at $36,962,000 after acquiring an additional 1,505 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of SNPS opened at $464.85 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The firm has a market cap of $89.01 billion, a PE ratio of 107.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.01 and a beta of 1.22. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $466.55 and its 200-day simple moving average is $457.80. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $376.18 and a 12-month high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.15 by $0.20. The business had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 8.91% and a return on equity of 5.83%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.67 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.28 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have commented on SNPS. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price target on shares of Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Citigroup increased their price target on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Robert W. Baird set a $558.00 price target on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 price target on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, May 27th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $563.81.

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.