14,915 Shares in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Acquired by Jacobson & Schmitt Advisors LLC

Jacobson & Schmitt Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm purchased 14,915 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,359,000.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Alpine Bank Wealth Management grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 89.3% during the 3rd quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the period. TFC Financial Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 1,250.0% in the third quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC purchased a new stake in Synopsys during the third quarter valued at about $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. acquired a new stake in Synopsys during the third quarter worth about $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys in the 3rd quarter worth about $29,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on SNPS. Needham & Company LLC boosted their target price on Synopsys from $550.00 to $580.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Bank of America upgraded shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, December 12th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 10th. Finally, HSBC cut shares of Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Nine research 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $547.00.

Synopsys Trading Up 4.7%

NASDAQ SNPS opened at $440.72 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $84.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 55.16, a PEG ratio of 3.50 and a beta of 1.12. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $472.93 and its 200-day simple moving average is $479.23. The company has a current ratio of 1.62, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $365.74 and a 52 week high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings results 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 firm had revenue of $2.25 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $3.40 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. 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 research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. Insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys 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.