KADENSA CAPITAL Ltd Lowers Stake in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

KADENSA CAPITAL Ltd lowered its holdings in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 36.6% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 19,312 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 11,126 shares during the period. KADENSA CAPITAL Ltd’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $9,528,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1.9% during the second quarter. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC now owns 914 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $469,000 after purchasing an additional 17 shares during the last quarter. YANKCOM Partnership grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 3.3% in the 2nd 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 grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 5.3% in the 2nd 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 increased its position in Synopsys by 2.3% during the 2nd quarter. Advisors Capital Management LLC now owns 862 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $442,000 after buying an additional 19 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Rothschild Investment LLC increased its position in Synopsys by 15.9% during the 2nd quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 153 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $78,000 after buying an additional 21 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the business’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 completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036. 0.56% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of SNPS opened at $412.63 on Monday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $461.93 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $462.67. The company has a current ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $365.74 and a 12 month high of $651.73. The company has a market cap of $79.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 64.07, a P/E/G ratio of 3.36 and a beta of 1.15.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have commented on the company. Bank of America raised 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 report on Monday, December 8th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price target on Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 26th. KeyCorp lifted 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. Citigroup initiated coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price target on the stock. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Synopsys has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price 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.