Red Door Wealth Management LLC Increases Stake in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Red Door Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 384.2% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 17,146 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 13,605 shares during the quarter. Red Door Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $8,460,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank bought a new position in Synopsys in the 2nd quarter worth $647,964,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased 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 buying an additional 585,494 shares in the last quarter. Generation Investment Management LLP bought a new position in shares of Synopsys in the first quarter worth about $240,491,000. Aspex Management HK Ltd lifted its position in shares of Synopsys by 106.0% during the 2nd quarter. Aspex Management HK Ltd now owns 645,895 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $331,137,000 after buying an additional 332,364 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. lifted its position in shares of Synopsys by 22.2% during the 1st quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,725,211 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $739,857,000 after buying an additional 313,218 shares in the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Synopsys Price Performance

SNPS stock opened at $463.73 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.62. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $434.19 and its 200-day moving average price is $504.00. Synopsys, Inc. has a one year low of $365.74 and a one year high of $651.73. The company has a market capitalization of $86.14 billion, a PE ratio of 58.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.86 and a beta of 1.16.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. Synopsys’s quarterly revenue was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $3.40 earnings per share. 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 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, CAO Sudhindra Kankanwadi sold 9,873 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $500.90, for a total value of $4,945,385.70. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 20,520 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,278,468. The trade was a 32.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Key Synopsys News

Here are the key news stories impacting Synopsys this week:

• Positive Sentiment: KeyCorp reiterated bullish coverage and published multi‑year EPS projections and a $600 price target, which supports upside expectations for SNPS and likely helped buying interest. KeyCorp estimates and MarketBeat summary
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks and other outlets note elevated investor attention in SNPS; increased retail/institutional focus can amplify moves in either direction but does not by itself change fundamentals. Zacks: Investor Attention
• Neutral Sentiment: MarketWatch flagged that SNPS underperformed peers on a relative basis despite daily gains — a reminder that sector rotation and peer performance are constraining factors. MarketWatch: Relative Performance
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple securities‑fraud class‑action notices and law‑firm solicitations have been filed or distributed, alleging material misstatements for purchases made between Dec. 4, 2024 and Sept. 9, 2025; the widely publicized Dec. 30, 2025 lead‑plaintiff deadline increases headline risk and potential legal exposure. GlobeNewswire: Class Action Filed
• Negative Sentiment: Several plaintiff firms (Rosen, Levi & Korsinsky, Faruqi & Faruqi, Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, Schall, Gross, etc.) are soliciting lead‑plaintiff applications — this broad outreach typically precedes contested litigation phases that can drive volatility and potentially settlement costs or reputational damage. Example notice: Rosen Law Firm: Final Deadline Notice

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

SNPS has been the subject of several analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Mizuho reduced their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $700.00 to $600.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, September 11th. Needham & Company LLC lifted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $580.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Robert W. Baird reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $535.00 target price (down previously from $670.00) on shares of Synopsys in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. Finally, Piper Sandler cut their price target on Synopsys from $630.00 to $602.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Eleven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $562.13.

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.