Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Shares Acquired by Maxi Investments CY Ltd

Maxi Investments CY Ltd lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 98.9% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 14,430 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,175 shares during the period. Synopsys makes up about 0.6% of Maxi Investments CY Ltd’s holdings, making the stock its 15th biggest position. Maxi Investments CY Ltd’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $7,120,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at $42,000. Lombard Odier Asset Management USA Corp acquired a new stake in Synopsys during the 3rd quarter worth about $1,827,000. National Bank of Canada FI lifted its stake in Synopsys by 25.2% during the third quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 186,083 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $91,811,000 after buying an additional 37,513 shares in the last quarter. Mirabella Financial Services LLP lifted its stake in Synopsys by 129.2% during the third quarter. Mirabella Financial Services LLP now owns 5,632 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,773,000 after buying an additional 3,175 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 8.2% in the third quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,682 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $830,000 after buying an additional 128 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Price Performance

Shares of SNPS opened at $425.88 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $460.56 and its 200-day moving average is $461.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 1.26. The company has a market capitalization of $81.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 66.13, a P/E/G ratio of 3.36 and a beta of 1.15. Synopsys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $365.74 and a fifty-two week high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.39 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $3.03 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total value of $1,685,035.89. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036. Insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on SNPS shares. KeyCorp lifted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, HSBC lowered Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 target price for the company. in a report on Friday, February 20th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $531.00.

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.