Insight Holdings Group LLC Sells 6,000 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Insight Holdings Group LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 32.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 12,500 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 6,000 shares during the quarter. Synopsys accounts for approximately 0.4% of Insight Holdings Group LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 18th largest position. Insight Holdings Group LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $6,167,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of SNPS. Alpine Bank Wealth Management increased its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 89.3% in the 3rd quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1,250.0% during the 3rd quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC purchased a new position in Synopsys in the third quarter worth $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. purchased a new position in Synopsys in the third quarter worth $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC bought a new position in Synopsys in the third quarter valued at $29,000. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Synopsys

In related news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on SNPS shares. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target 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. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price objective on Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Bank of America upgraded Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Piper Sandler reduced their price target on shares of Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, KeyCorp boosted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $531.00.

Synopsys Price Performance

Shares of Synopsys stock opened at $412.63 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 1.26. Synopsys, Inc. has a one year low of $365.74 and a one year high of $651.73. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $461.93 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $462.67. The stock has a market capitalization of $79.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 64.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.36 and a beta of 1.15.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share (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 firm had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.39 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $3.03 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. Analysts forecast 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.