Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Shares Bought by Napean Trading & Investment Co Singapore PTE Ltd

Napean Trading & Investment Co Singapore PTE Ltd increased its holdings in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 42.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 33,738 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 10,055 shares during the period. Synopsys comprises about 3.2% of Napean Trading & Investment Co Singapore PTE Ltd’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 6th biggest position. Napean Trading & Investment Co Singapore PTE Ltd’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $16,646,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in SNPS. Brighton Jones LLC grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 5.7% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 921 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $447,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC boosted its stake in Synopsys by 11.6% in the 1st quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 760 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $326,000 after buying an additional 79 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its position in Synopsys by 15.1% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 3,010 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,291,000 after acquiring an additional 395 shares during the period. AlphaQuest LLC raised its stake in Synopsys by 423.1% during the second quarter. AlphaQuest LLC now owns 68 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $35,000 after acquiring an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Linden Thomas Advisory Services LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 46.5% during the second quarter. Linden Thomas Advisory Services LLC now owns 2,061 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,057,000 after acquiring an additional 654 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The shares were 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 in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’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 completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036 in the last ninety days. 0.62% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently weighed in on SNPS. Zacks Research raised shares of Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 10th. Piper Sandler lowered shares of Synopsys from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price target for the company from $602.00 to $520.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. Citigroup assumed coverage on shares of Synopsys in a report on Monday, November 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price objective for the company. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $560.00 target price on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Friday. Finally, Needham & Company LLC increased their price target on Synopsys from $550.00 to $580.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Synopsys has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $547.00.

Synopsys Price Performance

SNPS opened at $420.82 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 1.62 and a quick ratio of 1.52. The stock has a market capitalization of $80.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 52.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.66 and a beta of 1.12. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $473.38 and its 200-day simple moving average is $480.49. Synopsys, Inc. has a one year low of $365.74 and a one year high of $651.73.

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. The firm had revenue of $2.25 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 7.89% and a net margin of 18.89%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $3.40 EPS. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.320-14.400 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.520-3.580 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.