Koshinski Asset Management Inc. Invests $732,000 in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Koshinski Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 1,483 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $732,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 542.9% in the 3rd quarter. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. now owns 12,877 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $6,353,000 after acquiring an additional 10,874 shares during the last quarter. Symphony Financial Ltd. Co. lifted its stake in Synopsys by 4,780.9% during the second quarter. Symphony Financial Ltd. Co. now owns 40,219 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $20,638,000 after purchasing an additional 39,395 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 0.4% in the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,347,887 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $691,035,000 after purchasing an additional 4,815 shares in the last quarter. Waverton Investment Management Ltd increased its stake in Synopsys by 15.0% in the second quarter. Waverton Investment Management Ltd now owns 578,299 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $296,630,000 after purchasing an additional 75,374 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Motley Fool Asset Management LLC increased its stake in Synopsys by 13.4% in the second quarter. Motley Fool Asset Management LLC now owns 9,757 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,002,000 after purchasing an additional 1,156 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Down 4.3%

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $420.82 on Tuesday. Synopsys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $365.74 and a fifty-two week high of $651.73. The company has a quick ratio of 1.52, a current ratio of 1.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $473.38 and its 200-day simple moving average is $480.49. The company has a market cap of $80.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.67, a PEG ratio of 3.66 and a beta of 1.12.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 firm had revenue of $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $3.40 earnings per share. The firm’s 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. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the company’s 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 transaction, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. Company insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on SNPS shares. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, December 13th. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $560.00 price target on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Friday. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on shares of Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Finally, Citigroup assumed coverage on Synopsys in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price target on the stock. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $547.00.

About Synopsys

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.