Cohen Capital Management Inc. Has $3.78 Million Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Cohen Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 175.0% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 7,668 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 4,880 shares during the period. Cohen Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $3,783,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1.9% during the second quarter. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC now owns 914 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $469,000 after acquiring an additional 17 shares during the period. YANKCOM Partnership increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 3.3% during the 2nd quarter. YANKCOM Partnership now owns 537 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $275,000 after purchasing an additional 17 shares in the last quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Synopsys by 5.3% during the 2nd quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 340 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $174,000 after purchasing an additional 17 shares during the last quarter. Hemington Wealth Management boosted its position in Synopsys by 10.1% in the second quarter. Hemington Wealth Management now owns 197 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $100,000 after buying an additional 18 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Concord Asset Management LLC VA grew its stake in Synopsys by 0.8% during the second quarter. Concord Asset Management LLC VA now owns 2,379 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,220,000 after buying an additional 18 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The shares were 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 owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $494.19 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.62, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $365.74 and a 1-year high of $651.73. The stock has a market capitalization of $94.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 61.85, a P/E/G ratio of 4.00 and a beta of 1.12. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $439.88 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $503.56.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. Synopsys’s revenue was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company 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. Equities analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on SNPS. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, December 12th. Piper Sandler reduced their price objective on Synopsys from $630.00 to $602.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Baird R W cut Synopsys from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. Eleven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $562.13.

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.