52,624 Shares in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Acquired by Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.

Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. acquired a new stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund acquired 52,624 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $25,964,000.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC grew its stake in Synopsys by 5.7% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 921 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $447,000 after buying an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 11.6% during the 1st quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 760 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $326,000 after acquiring an additional 79 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Synopsys by 15.1% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 3,010 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,291,000 after acquiring an additional 395 shares in the last quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC increased its stake in Synopsys by 32.5% in the second quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 2,204 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,130,000 after acquiring an additional 540 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Trust Point Inc. raised its position in Synopsys by 4.4% during the second quarter. Trust Point Inc. now owns 494 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $253,000 after purchasing an additional 21 shares in the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Synopsys Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $516.31 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $365.74 and a twelve month high of $651.73. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $455.35 and its 200-day moving average is $504.95. 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 $98.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 64.62, a PEG ratio of 4.30 and a beta of 1.12.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its 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 the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous 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. Sell-side analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

SNPS has been the subject of several research reports. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. BNP Paribas began coverage on Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, October 2nd. They issued an “underperform” rating and a $425.00 price target for the company. Rosenblatt Securities raised Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from $605.00 to $560.00 in a report on Tuesday, December 9th. Piper Sandler downgraded Synopsys from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $602.00 to $520.00 in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, December 13th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $553.57.

Insider Transactions at Synopsys

In related news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,338,270. The trade was a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036 over the last three months. 0.62% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Synopsys Company 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.