Madison Asset Management LLC Makes New $3.93 Million Investment in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Madison Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 8,818 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,933,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of SNPS. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the second quarter worth approximately $7,228,099,000. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. purchased a new position in Synopsys in the 2nd quarter valued at $747,400,000. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Synopsys during the 4th quarter worth $730,197,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the second quarter worth $692,074,000. Finally, State Street Corp raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 20.6% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,760,358 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,322,273,000 after buying an additional 1,493,912 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Zacks Research raised shares of Synopsys from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 30th. Piper Sandler upgraded Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their price target for the company from $450.00 to $550.00 in a research report on Tuesday, June 23rd. Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 price objective on Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on Synopsys from $535.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $563.59.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of Synopsys stock opened at $397.92 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $76.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 92.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.36 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 1.32. The business has a 50-day moving average of $420.85 and a 200 day moving average of $440.51. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $366.00 and a 12 month high of $615.79.

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