Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Stock Holdings Lifted by UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp

UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp raised its position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 107.6% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 30,562 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 15,837 shares during the period. UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $12,117,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in SNPS. Sowell Financial Services LLC increased its holdings in Synopsys by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Sowell Financial Services LLC now owns 1,056 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $496,000 after buying an additional 21 shares during the last quarter. Natural Investments LLC grew its position in Synopsys by 4.6% in the fourth quarter. Natural Investments LLC now owns 482 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $226,000 after acquiring an additional 21 shares in the last quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. increased its stake in shares of Synopsys by 7.0% during the 4th quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. now owns 335 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $157,000 after purchasing an additional 22 shares during the last quarter. Foronjy Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 22 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Barden Capital Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. Barden Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,868 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $877,000 after purchasing an additional 23 shares in the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Robert W. Baird set a $558.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Zacks Research upgraded Synopsys from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 30th. Bank of America boosted their price target on Synopsys from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Piper Sandler raised Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $450.00 to $550.00 in a report on Tuesday, June 23rd. Finally, Citigroup raised their price objective on Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $570.06.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $458.96, for a total value of $6,702,192.88. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 75,020 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $34,431,179.20. This trade represents a 16.29% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 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. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $450.02, for a total value of $1,527,367.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 14,358 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,461,387.16. This represents a 19.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 0.56% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Synopsys Stock Performance

SNPS traded up $2.13 during trading on Friday, hitting $445.50. The stock had a trading volume of 839,512 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,858,163. The firm has a market cap of $85.30 billion, a PE ratio of 103.12, a P/E/G ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a current ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $376.18 and a 12 month high of $651.73. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $477.80 and a 200-day simple moving average of $460.71.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.15 by $0.20. The company had revenue of $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 8.91% and a return on equity of 5.83%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $3.67 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. Analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 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.