PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co Sells 2,000 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co trimmed its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 23.5% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 6,500 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 2,000 shares during the period. PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $2,577,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Empirical Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $773,000. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 31.8% during the fourth quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 14,810 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $6,957,000 after buying an additional 3,575 shares during the period. SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd. raised its stake in Synopsys by 55.9% during the fourth quarter. SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd. now owns 22,300 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $10,475,000 after buying an additional 8,000 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in Synopsys during the fourth quarter worth $730,197,000. Finally, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC lifted its holdings in Synopsys by 5,701.2% in the fourth quarter. Douglas Lane & Associates LLC now owns 48,730 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $22,889,000 after buying an additional 47,890 shares during the period. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $458.96, for a total transaction of $6,702,192.88. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 75,020 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $34,431,179.20. This represents a 16.29% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $450.02, for a total value of $1,527,367.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 14,358 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,461,387.16. The trade was a 19.12% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 0.56% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Synopsys Trading Up 2.0%

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $464.58 on Tuesday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $376.18 and a 12 month high of $651.73. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $88.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 107.54, a PEG ratio of 2.68 and a beta of 1.22. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $480.33 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $462.32.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.20. The firm 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 business’s quarterly revenue was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $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. Analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SNPS has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Monday, June 8th. Rosenblatt Securities boosted their price objective on Synopsys from $530.00 to $575.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Robert W. Baird set a $558.00 target price on Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. 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. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on Synopsys from $480.00 to $525.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Nine investment 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $563.81.

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.