Nicholas Investment Partners LP Invests $3.45 Million in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Nicholas Investment Partners LP acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 7,730 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,448,000.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. bought a new position in shares of Synopsys during the second quarter valued at $747,400,000. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 4th quarter valued at $730,197,000. SBI Okasan Asset Management Co.Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 4th quarter worth about $1,699,000. Czech National Bank increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 4.6% during the 2nd quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 54,526 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $24,322,000 after purchasing an additional 2,421 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Atreides Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the 1st quarter worth about $54,288,000. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Synopsys Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $394.51 on Tuesday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $366.00 and a 12 month high of $615.79. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $418.53 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $439.92. The company has a quick ratio of 1.32, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The firm has a market cap of $75.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 91.32, a P/E/G ratio of 2.34 and a beta of 1.23.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.20. Synopsys had a net margin of 8.91% and a return on equity of 5.83%. The firm had revenue of $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $3.67 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have commented on the stock. Bank of America boosted their price target on shares of Synopsys from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Citigroup boosted their target price on Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $558.00 price target on Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Synopsys presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $563.59.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Synopsys news, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, June 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $458.96, for a total value of $6,702,192.88. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 75,020 shares in the company, valued at approximately $34,431,179.20. This trade represents a 16.29% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction on Friday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $450.02, for a total value of $1,527,367.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 14,358 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,461,387.16. This trade represents a 19.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

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.