Capital International Inc. CA Purchases 9,921 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Capital International Inc. CA grew its position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 16.3% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 70,951 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,921 shares during the quarter. Capital International Inc. CA’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $35,007,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of SNPS. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC grew its position in Synopsys by 1.9% in the second quarter. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC now owns 914 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $469,000 after acquiring an additional 17 shares in the last quarter. YANKCOM Partnership lifted its position in Synopsys by 3.3% in the second quarter. YANKCOM Partnership now owns 537 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $275,000 after buying an additional 17 shares during the last quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Synopsys by 5.3% in the second quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 340 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $174,000 after buying an additional 17 shares during the last quarter. Advisors Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Synopsys by 2.3% during the second quarter. Advisors Capital Management LLC now owns 862 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $442,000 after buying an additional 19 shares during the period. Finally, Rothschild Investment LLC boosted its stake in Synopsys by 15.9% during the second quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 153 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $78,000 after buying an additional 21 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In other news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total value of $1,685,035.89. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036. 0.56% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Synopsys Stock Down 0.0%

SNPS stock opened at $437.22 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $83.75 billion, a PE ratio of 67.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.56 and a beta of 1.15. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $365.74 and a 52 week high of $651.73. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $465.87 and a 200 day moving average of $467.64.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The company had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.39 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.03 EPS. Synopsys’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently commented on SNPS shares. Bank of America upgraded shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price target for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a report on Monday, December 8th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. HSBC lowered Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 target price on the stock. in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Citigroup began coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price target for the company. Finally, Piper Sandler dropped their price objective on Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $531.00.

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.