Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. Purchases Shares of 1,199 Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm purchased 1,199 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $592,000.

Other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Synopsys in the 2nd quarter worth $647,964,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 29.1% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,598,874 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,333,095,000 after buying an additional 585,494 shares during the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 177.5% during the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 865,987 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $427,269,000 after buying an additional 553,924 shares during the last quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys in the third quarter worth about $249,851,000. Finally, Aspex Management HK Ltd lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 106.0% in 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 during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Trading Down 3.5%

Shares of SNPS opened at $421.95 on Wednesday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $365.74 and a 1-year high of $651.73. 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 firm’s 50-day moving average price is $475.68 and its 200-day moving average price is $485.88. The firm has a market capitalization of $80.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.81, a PEG ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.12.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $3.40 earnings per share. Synopsys’s quarterly revenue was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This trade represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036 over the last 90 days. 0.62% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on SNPS shares. KeyCorp raised their price target on Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Piper Sandler downgraded shares of Synopsys from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $602.00 to $520.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Citigroup began coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price target for the company. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, December 13th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $553.57.

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.