NEOS Investment Management LLC Raises Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

NEOS Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 13.7% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 144,623 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 17,443 shares during the period. NEOS Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $64,512,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. AGH Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 4.4% in the first quarter. AGH Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 569 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $226,000 after buying an additional 24 shares during the period. Hardy Reed LLC lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Hardy Reed LLC now owns 3,309 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,554,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 16.9% during the 4th quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 180 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $85,000 after acquiring an additional 26 shares during the period. MCF Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 17.8% during the 4th quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 172 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $81,000 after acquiring an additional 26 shares during the period. Finally, Diversify Wealth Management LLC grew its position in Synopsys by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,213 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,133,000 after acquiring an additional 27 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have commented on the company. Zacks Research cut Synopsys from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, August 21st. Citigroup increased 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. Mizuho cut their target price on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $550.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Twelve investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $561.28.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Aart de Geus sold 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $441.76, for a total value of $11,044,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 120,421 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $53,197,180.96. This represents a 17.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $450.02, for a total transaction of $1,527,367.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 14,358 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,461,387.16. This trade 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. Insiders sold a total of 92,638 shares of company stock valued at $40,747,732 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Performance

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $416.31 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.24, a current ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $413.48 and its 200 day simple moving average is $439.79. The stock has a market cap of $79.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 73.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.28 and a beta of 1.23. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $366.00 and a twelve month high of $615.79.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The semiconductor company reported $3.91 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.67 by $0.24. Synopsys had a net margin of 11.43% and a return on equity of 6.24%. The business had revenue of $2.48 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.44 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.39 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 42.4% on a year-over-year basis. Synopsys has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.100-4.160 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.040-15.100 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.97 EPS for the current year.

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.