Brookstone Capital Management Has $8.47 Million Stock Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Brookstone Capital Management lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 634.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 18,037 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 15,580 shares during the period. Brookstone Capital Management’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $8,472,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Alpine Bank Wealth Management increased its holdings in Synopsys by 89.3% during the third quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. lifted its stake in Synopsys by 1,250.0% in the third quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at about $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 3rd quarter worth about $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 3rd quarter worth about $29,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Bank of America raised Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price target for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research report on Monday, December 8th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price objective on Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Piper Sandler cut their price objective on Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, December 13th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $531.00.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In other news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This represents 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. Insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Performance

NASDAQ SNPS opened at $396.48 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $75.95 billion, a PE ratio of 61.57, a P/E/G ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 1.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a current ratio of 1.36. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $437.69 and a 200-day moving average of $450.59. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $365.74 and a 52-week high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. Synopsys’s quarterly revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $3.03 EPS. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current year.

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.