Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Holdings Raised by State of Alaska Department of Revenue

State of Alaska Department of Revenue lifted its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 62.5% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 28,222 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,855 shares during the quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $13,924,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of 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 boosted its stake in Synopsys by 3.3% in the 2nd quarter. YANKCOM Partnership now owns 537 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $275,000 after purchasing an additional 17 shares during the period. Manchester Capital Management LLC grew its position in Synopsys by 5.3% during the 2nd quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 340 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $174,000 after purchasing an additional 17 shares in the last quarter. Hemington Wealth Management raised its stake in Synopsys by 10.1% during the 2nd quarter. Hemington Wealth Management now owns 197 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $100,000 after purchasing an additional 18 shares during the period. Finally, Concord Asset Management LLC VA lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 0.8% in the second quarter. Concord Asset Management LLC VA now owns 2,379 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,220,000 after purchasing an additional 18 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Down 1.0%

Shares of Synopsys stock opened at $514.49 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $365.74 and a 12-month 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 stock has a 50 day moving average price of $443.64 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $504.01. The stock has a market capitalization of $98.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 64.39, a PEG ratio of 4.32 and a beta of 1.12.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.11. Synopsys had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. The business had revenue of $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $3.40 EPS. Synopsys’s quarterly 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. Equities analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

SNPS has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Rosenblatt Securities raised Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and dropped their price target for the company from $605.00 to $560.00 in a research report on Tuesday, December 9th. Zacks Research raised Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, November 10th. Mizuho lowered their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $700.00 to $600.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, September 11th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target 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, Wall Street Zen raised Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, December 13th. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $562.13.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $510.00, for a total value of $127,500.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 12,209 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,226,590. The trade was a 2.01% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the firm’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 owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Company insiders own 0.62% 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.