WJ Financial Advisors LLC Makes New $642,000 Investment in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

WJ Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 1,301 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $642,000.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the business’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 completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, 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. Insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Trading Up 3.2%

NASDAQ SNPS opened at $437.09 on Friday. 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 stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $477.13 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $490.76. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $365.74 and a twelve month high of $651.73. The company has a market capitalization of $83.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 54.70, a PEG ratio of 3.53 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 analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.79 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 7.89% and a net margin of 18.89%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior 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. Research analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have weighed in on the company. Wall Street Zen raised Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, December 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Rosenblatt Securities upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from $605.00 to $560.00 in a research note on Tuesday, December 9th. KeyCorp raised their price target on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Citigroup assumed coverage on shares of Synopsys in a report on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price target on the stock. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $553.57.

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.