3,084 Shares in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Acquired by St. Louis Trust Co

St. Louis Trust Co acquired a new position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 3,084 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,449,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Empirical Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in Synopsys in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $773,000. Strategic Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Synopsys by 76.3% in the 3rd quarter. Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 7,578 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,739,000 after purchasing an additional 3,279 shares in the last quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in Synopsys by 31.8% in the 4th quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 14,810 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $6,957,000 after purchasing an additional 3,575 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 57.7% during the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 412,766 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $203,654,000 after buying an additional 150,973 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd. raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 55.9% during the 4th quarter. SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd. now owns 22,300 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $10,475,000 after buying an additional 8,000 shares in the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $580.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. HSBC cut shares of Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price objective on the stock. in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Morgan Stanley restated an “equal weight” rating and set a $480.00 price objective (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $450.00 to $505.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. 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 stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $536.00.

Synopsys Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $524.74 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $100.52 billion, a PE ratio of 81.48, a PEG ratio of 4.29 and a beta of 1.25. The company’s fifty day moving average is $451.00 and its 200 day moving average is $451.09. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $376.18 and a 52 week high of $651.73. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued 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. The company had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The firm’s revenue was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $3.03 EPS. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.28 earnings per share 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.