Vise Technologies Inc. Takes $1.97 Million Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Vise Technologies Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 4,424 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,973,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Foronjy Financial LLC grew its holdings in Synopsys by 5.2% during the 4th quarter. Foronjy Financial LLC now owns 446 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $210,000 after acquiring an additional 22 shares during the last quarter. AGH Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in Synopsys by 4.4% in the 1st quarter. AGH Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 569 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $226,000 after acquiring an additional 24 shares during the period. Hardy Reed LLC raised its stake in shares of Synopsys by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. Hardy Reed LLC now owns 3,309 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,554,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Synopsys by 16.9% during the fourth quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 180 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $85,000 after acquiring an additional 26 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 17.8% during the fourth quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 172 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $81,000 after purchasing an additional 26 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts recently weighed in on SNPS shares. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Wednesday. Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 target price on Synopsys in a report on Wednesday, May 27th. Robert W. Baird set a $558.00 price objective on Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. One investment 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 assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $563.59.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of the company’s 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 sale, 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 position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $458.96, for a total transaction of $6,702,192.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 75,020 shares in the company, valued at $34,431,179.20. This represents a 16.29% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 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. 0.56% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Synopsys Trading Down 0.0%

Shares of Synopsys stock opened at $397.87 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $76.18 billion, a PE ratio of 92.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.34 and a beta of 1.23. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $366.00 and a 52 week high of $615.79. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $419.73 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $440.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a current ratio of 1.43.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.15 by $0.20. Synopsys had a return on equity of 5.83% and a net margin of 8.91%.The company had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $3.67 earnings per share. Synopsys’s revenue for the quarter was up 41.9% on a year-over-year basis. 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 analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.