PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co Sells 2,000 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co lessened its holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 23.5% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 6,500 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 2,000 shares during the quarter. PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $2,577,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Clark Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 9.6% in the first quarter. Clark Asset Management LLC now owns 627 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $249,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC boosted its position in shares of Synopsys by 35.5% during the first quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 191 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $76,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Brookstone Capital Management grew its holdings in Synopsys by 16.6% during the first quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 21,033 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $8,339,000 after buying an additional 2,996 shares in the last quarter. First Merchants Corp raised its position in Synopsys by 3.6% in the 1st quarter. First Merchants Corp now owns 10,881 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,314,000 after buying an additional 383 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC raised its position in Synopsys by 107.9% in the 1st quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 282,116 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $111,853,000 after buying an additional 146,437 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other Synopsys news, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 in the company, valued at $34,431,179.20. The trade was a 16.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction 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. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 in the company, valued at approximately $6,461,387.16. The trade was a 19.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 0.56% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Synopsys Stock Up 2.0%

SNPS stock opened at $464.58 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $88.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 107.54, a P/E/G ratio of 2.68 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a current ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $480.33 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $462.32. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $376.18 and a 1-year high of $651.73.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on SNPS shares. Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on shares of Synopsys from $480.00 to $525.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Monday, June 8th. Rosenblatt Securities boosted their price target on shares of Synopsys from $530.00 to $575.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $580.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $563.81.

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.