Calamos Wealth Management LLC Invests $10.64 Million in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Calamos Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm purchased 21,555 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,635,000.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in SNPS. Independence Bank of Kentucky lifted its position in shares of Synopsys by 120.0% during the 2nd quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky now owns 55 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares during the period. Princeton Global Asset Management LLC raised its stake in 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 purchasing an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. AlphaQuest LLC lifted its position in Synopsys by 423.1% during the second quarter. AlphaQuest LLC now owns 68 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares during the period. DiNuzzo Private Wealth Inc. grew its stake in Synopsys by 266.7% during the third quarter. DiNuzzo Private Wealth Inc. now owns 77 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Whipplewood Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Synopsys by 203.7% in the 2nd quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 82 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $42,000 after buying an additional 55 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on SNPS. Mizuho cut their price target on shares of Synopsys from $700.00 to $600.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, September 11th. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their target price on Synopsys from $700.00 to $600.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. Piper Sandler decreased their price target on Synopsys from $630.00 to $602.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Rosenblatt Securities upgraded Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and dropped their price objective for the stock from $605.00 to $560.00 in a research report on Tuesday, December 9th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC boosted their target price on Synopsys from $550.00 to $580.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Eleven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $562.13.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total value of $1,685,035.89. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 0.62% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Synopsys Trading Down 0.9%

Shares of SNPS stock opened at $474.49 on Wednesday. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $365.74 and a twelve month high of $651.73. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $438.40 and its 200 day simple moving average is $503.48. 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 market capitalization of $90.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 59.39, a P/E/G ratio of 3.99 and a beta of 1.16.

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

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.