Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd Raises Stake in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd increased its holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 24.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 55,416 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 10,926 shares during the quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $27,342,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of SNPS. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 2nd quarter valued at $647,964,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in Synopsys by 29.1% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,598,874 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,333,095,000 after purchasing an additional 585,494 shares during the period. Ninety One UK Ltd acquired a new position in Synopsys during the third quarter valued at $249,851,000. Aspex Management HK Ltd boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 106.0% in the second quarter. Aspex Management HK Ltd now owns 645,895 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $331,137,000 after purchasing an additional 332,364 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Synopsys by 1.6% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 15,060,784 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $7,721,363,000 after purchasing an additional 231,014 shares during the period. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SNPS has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Needham & Company LLC lifted their price objective on Synopsys from $550.00 to $580.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Piper Sandler reduced their price target on Synopsys from $630.00 to $602.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. BNP Paribas began coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, October 2nd. They set an “underperform” rating and a $425.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, December 12th. Eleven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Synopsys has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $562.13.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

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

Synopsys Stock Up 2.1%

SNPS stock opened at $525.18 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $365.74 and a 52 week high of $651.73. The company has a quick ratio of 1.52, a current ratio of 1.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $445.06 and a 200-day simple moving average of $504.39. The stock has a market capitalization of $100.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 65.73, a P/E/G ratio of 4.28 and a beta of 1.12.

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

Synopsys Company 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.