Capital International Sarl Buys 5,532 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Capital International Sarl grew its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 6.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 95,124 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,532 shares during the period. Capital International Sarl owned approximately 0.05% of Synopsys worth $46,933,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 20.7% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,181,185 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $8,970,415,000 after acquiring an additional 3,120,401 shares during the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. raised its position in Synopsys by 238.8% in the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,824,349 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,393,506,000 after purchasing an additional 1,990,608 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new stake in Synopsys in the second quarter worth about $647,964,000. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in Synopsys by 321.3% in the third quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 1,301,228 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $642,013,000 after purchasing an additional 992,386 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership boosted its position in shares of Synopsys by 186.3% during the third quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership now owns 934,034 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $460,843,000 after buying an additional 607,743 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently issued reports on SNPS. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Bank of America upgraded shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Rosenblatt Securities reduced their price objective on Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, HSBC downgraded Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price target on the stock. in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $531.00.

Synopsys Price Performance

NASDAQ SNPS opened at $437.22 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $83.75 billion, a PE ratio of 67.89, a P/E/G ratio of 3.56 and a beta of 1.15. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $465.87 and its 200-day moving average price is $467.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a current ratio of 1.36. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $365.74 and a 52-week high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 6.83% and a net margin of 13.76%.The business’s revenue was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $3.03 EPS. 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 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a 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 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 sale, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036. Company insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

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.