ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. Purchases 2,419 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. raised its holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 12.0% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 22,621 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,419 shares during the quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $11,161,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $647,964,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its stake in Synopsys by 29.1% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,598,874 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,333,095,000 after purchasing an additional 585,494 shares during the last quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the third quarter worth $249,851,000. Aspex Management HK Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 106.0% during the 2nd quarter. Aspex Management HK Ltd now owns 645,895 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $331,137,000 after acquiring an additional 332,364 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Synopsys by 1.6% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 15,060,784 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $7,721,363,000 after acquiring an additional 231,014 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently commented on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. BNP Paribas began coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. They set an “underperform” rating and a $425.00 target price on the stock. Bank of America upgraded shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price target for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a report on Monday, December 8th. Piper Sandler cut shares of Synopsys from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $602.00 to $520.00 in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $553.57.

Synopsys Stock Up 1.6%

SNPS stock opened at $516.31 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.62, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. The stock has a market cap of $98.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 64.62, a P/E/G ratio of 4.30 and a beta of 1.12. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $365.74 and a 1-year high of $651.73. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $455.35 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $504.95.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $2.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter 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. Analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, 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 sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, 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 SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036. 0.62% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.