Middleton & Co. Inc. MA Has $10.71 Million Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Middleton & Co. Inc. MA increased its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 10.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 21,712 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,089 shares during the period. Synopsys accounts for 1.2% of Middleton & Co. Inc. MA’s portfolio, making the stock its 26th largest holding. Middleton & Co. Inc. MA’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $10,712,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Alpine Bank Wealth Management raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 89.3% during the third quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. increased its position in Synopsys by 1,250.0% in the third quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Independence Bank of Kentucky raised its holdings in Synopsys by 120.0% during the 2nd quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky now owns 55 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. bought a new stake in Synopsys during the 3rd quarter worth about $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC acquired a new position in Synopsys during the 3rd quarter valued at about $29,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other Synopsys news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. The trade was a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. 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 value of $1,685,035.89. Following the sale, 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 position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. Corporate insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Down 1.0%

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $510.97 on Wednesday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $365.74 and a 52 week high of $651.73. 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 has a market capitalization of $97.76 billion, a PE ratio of 63.95, a PEG ratio of 4.30 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $459.97 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $504.36.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.79 by $0.11. Synopsys had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. The company had revenue of $2.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.40 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.320-14.400 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.520-3.580 EPS. Analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

SNPS has been the subject of several analyst reports. Citigroup started coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price target for the company. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on shares of Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, December 12th. Piper Sandler downgraded Synopsys from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price target for the company from $602.00 to $520.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Finally, KeyCorp raised their price target on Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Nine 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, Synopsys currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $553.57.

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.