Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Shares Acquired by Hunter Associates Investment Management LLC

Hunter Associates Investment Management LLC increased its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 70.5% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 6,078 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 2,514 shares during the quarter. Hunter Associates Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $2,853,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of SNPS. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. grew its stake in Synopsys by 542.9% during the 3rd quarter. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. now owns 12,877 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $6,353,000 after purchasing an additional 10,874 shares in the last quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Synopsys during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $773,000. Strategic Advisors LLC grew its stake in Synopsys by 76.3% during the 3rd quarter. Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 7,578 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,739,000 after purchasing an additional 3,279 shares in the last quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd grew its stake in Synopsys by 24.8% during the 3rd quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 23,970 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $11,827,000 after purchasing an additional 4,759 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ninety One UK Ltd acquired a new stake in Synopsys during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $249,851,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on SNPS shares. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price objective on Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Rosenblatt Securities lowered their price objective on Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, KeyCorp increased their target price on Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Synopsys presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $531.00.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Synopsys news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 0.56% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Synopsys Trading Up 0.2%

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $397.90 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The business’s 50 day moving average is $426.59 and its two-hundred day moving average is $448.74. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $375.97 and a 52 week high of $651.73. The company has a market cap of $76.22 billion, a PE ratio of 61.79, a P/E/G ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 1.15.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. Synopsys had a return on equity of 6.83% and a net margin of 13.76%.The company had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.39 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $3.03 EPS. Synopsys’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. On average, analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current 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.