Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund Purchases 7,732 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund raised its position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 57.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 21,111 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 7,732 shares during the period. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $10,416,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Alpine Bank Wealth Management increased its holdings in Synopsys by 89.3% during the 3rd quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky boosted its stake in Synopsys by 120.0% in the second quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky now owns 55 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the third quarter worth $28,000. McIlrath & Eck LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the third quarter valued at $29,000. Finally, Princeton Global Asset Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Synopsys by 481.8% in the second quarter. Princeton Global Asset Management LLC now owns 64 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Trading Up 2.1%

SNPS opened at $525.18 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $445.06 and a 200 day simple moving average of $504.39. Synopsys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $365.74 and a fifty-two week high of $651.73. The company has a market cap of $100.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 65.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.28 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 1.62 and a quick ratio of 1.52.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.79 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.40 EPS. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.320-14.400 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.520-3.580 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

SNPS has been the topic of several research reports. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, December 13th. Rosenblatt Securities raised shares of Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and decreased their price target for the company from $605.00 to $560.00 in a research note on Tuesday, December 9th. Needham & Company LLC raised their price target on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $580.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $562.13.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $510.00, for a total transaction of $127,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 12,209 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,226,590. The trade was a 2.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total transaction of $1,685,035.89. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 0.62% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.