Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd Increases Stock Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd increased its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 92.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 13,625 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,541 shares during the period. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $6,078,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,464,862 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $8,673,315,000 after purchasing an additional 283,677 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its stake in Synopsys by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,788,890 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $4,128,317,000 after buying an additional 28,532 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in Synopsys by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 4,573,980 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,148,491,000 after buying an additional 109,917 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Synopsys by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,310,846 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,017,256,000 after buying an additional 54,329 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its position in Synopsys by 17.0% in the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 2,593,619 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,218,275,000 after buying an additional 376,711 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Synopsys

In other news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owned 14,358 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,461,387.16. The trade was a 19.12% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $458.96, for a total transaction of $6,702,192.88. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 75,020 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $34,431,179.20. This represents a 16.29% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 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. Company insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

SNPS has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $580.00 price target on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Robert W. Baird set a $558.00 price objective on Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Bank of America lifted their price objective on Synopsys from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their target price on Synopsys from $480.00 to $525.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $565.06.

Synopsys Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ SNPS opened at $412.32 on Thursday. 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 company has a market capitalization of $78.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 95.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.41 and a beta of 1.23. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $366.00 and a twelve month high of $628.89. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $428.15 and a 200-day simple moving average of $444.13.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 5.83% and a net margin of 8.91%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 41.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business 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. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Trending Headlines about Synopsys

Here are the key news stories impacting Synopsys this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Synopsys is expanding its use of AI in chip design, verification and simulation. These tools can improve engineering productivity and reinforce the company’s role in the semiconductor supply chain as demand for AI chips grows. Can SNPS Leverage AI to Accelerate Chip Design and Drive Growth?
• Positive Sentiment: The company is making a major push into agentic AI engineering software, developed in collaboration with Nvidia. The technology could create new growth opportunities by automating portions of chip-to-system development and strengthening Synopsys’ exposure to AI infrastructure. Synopsys Bets Big on Agentic AI
• Positive Sentiment: Despite a recent decline in the shares, analysts and market commentary continue to point to Synopsys’ recurring revenue base, AI exposure and Ansys acquisition as supports for longer-term growth. Its latest reported quarter also included revenue growth of 41.9% year over year and an earnings beat.
• Positive Sentiment: The broader Nvidia-led AI ecosystem remains a potential tailwind for Synopsys because the company provides software used to design and validate advanced chips. Nvidia’s expanding influence in AI investment and data centers could increase demand for semiconductor design tools. Nvidia Will Be the World’s First $10 Trillion Company
• Neutral Sentiment: Synopsys announced that General Counsel Janet Lee will step down, with Cor… identified as part of the transition. The leadership change may receive limited market attention unless additional details indicate an operational or governance concern. Synopsys Announces Transition of General Counsel Role
• Neutral Sentiment: An average analyst price target of $570.06 suggests substantial potential upside, but the figure does not represent a new rating or estimate revision and therefore may have limited immediate impact.
• Negative Sentiment: Wells Fargo lowered its price target from $535 to $450 and maintained an “equal weight” rating. Although the revised target remains above the recent trading level, the cut signals more cautious expectations and may weigh on sentiment. Wells Fargo Price Target Update

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.