1,727 Shares in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Acquired by Reflection Asset Management

Reflection Asset Management purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 1,727 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $811,000.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in SNPS. Sowell Financial Services LLC grew its position in Synopsys by 2.0% during the fourth quarter. Sowell Financial Services LLC now owns 1,056 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $496,000 after buying an additional 21 shares in the last quarter. Natural Investments LLC raised its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 4.6% in the 4th quarter. Natural Investments LLC now owns 482 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $226,000 after acquiring an additional 21 shares in the last quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 7.0% in the 4th quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. now owns 335 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $157,000 after acquiring an additional 22 shares in the last quarter. Foronjy Financial LLC boosted its position in shares of Synopsys by 5.2% during the 4th quarter. Foronjy Financial LLC now owns 446 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $210,000 after acquiring an additional 22 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Barden Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Barden Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,868 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $877,000 after purchasing an additional 23 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have commented on SNPS. Robert W. Baird set a $558.00 price target on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $505.00 to $535.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Piper Sandler increased their target price on Synopsys from $430.00 to $450.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $563.81.

Synopsys Stock Performance

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $455.51 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $479.14 and a 200 day moving average of $462.05. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $376.18 and a 52 week high of $651.73. The company has a quick ratio of 1.32, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The firm has a market capitalization of $87.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 105.44, a P/E/G ratio of 2.68 and a beta of 1.22.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.15 by $0.20. Synopsys had a return on equity of 5.83% and a net margin of 8.91%.The company had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.67 EPS. Synopsys’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. On average, research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 14,358 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,461,387.16. This trade represents a 19.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the firm’s 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 transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 75,020 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $34,431,179.20. This trade represents a 16.29% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 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 corporate insiders.

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.