FengHe Fund Management Pte. Ltd. Takes $12.73 Million Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

FengHe Fund Management Pte. Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm bought 25,800 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,729,000. Synopsys makes up approximately 1.2% of FengHe Fund Management Pte. Ltd.’s holdings, making the stock its 28th largest position.

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

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In related news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $510.00, for a total transaction of $127,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 12,209 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,226,590. This trade represents a 2.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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. 0.62% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Synopsys Stock Up 2.1%

Synopsys stock opened at $525.18 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $365.74 and a twelve month high of $651.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.62. The firm has a market cap of $100.48 billion, a PE ratio of 65.73, a P/E/G ratio of 4.28 and a beta of 1.12. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $445.06 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $504.39.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have issued reports on SNPS shares. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Bank of America raised Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their target price for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research report on Monday, December 8th. KeyCorp upped their target price on Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, December 12th. Finally, BNP Paribas initiated coverage on Synopsys in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. They set an “underperform” rating and a $425.00 price objective on the stock. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average 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.