Rakuten Investment Management Inc. Grows Stock Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Rakuten Investment Management Inc. raised its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 11,016.8% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 34,462 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 34,152 shares during the quarter. Rakuten Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $16,506,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in SNPS. Empirical Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the third quarter worth $773,000. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 31.8% during the fourth quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 14,810 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $6,957,000 after acquiring an additional 3,575 shares during the period. SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd. increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 55.9% during the fourth quarter. SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd. now owns 22,300 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $10,475,000 after acquiring an additional 8,000 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 20.7% during the third 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 period. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the fourth quarter worth $730,197,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of SNPS stock opened at $454.38 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $474.73 and a 200 day moving average price of $461.19. The company has a market cap of $87.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 105.18, a PEG ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 1.22. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $376.18 and a 12 month high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.15 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 8.91% and a return on equity of 5.83%. The company’s revenue was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $3.67 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of the company’s 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 transaction, the chief financial officer owned 14,358 shares in the company, valued at $6,461,387.16. This represents a 19.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 0.56% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on the company. HSBC lowered Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price objective on the stock. in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Bank of America upped their price objective on Synopsys from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 price objective on Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th. Rosenblatt Securities upped their price objective on Synopsys from $530.00 to $575.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, Citigroup upped their price objective on Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $563.81.

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.