Cohen Capital Management Inc. Acquires 3,673 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Cohen Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 47.9% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 11,341 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,673 shares during the period. Cohen Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $5,327,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in SNPS. Nvwm LLC increased its stake in Synopsys by 13.9% in the 4th quarter. Nvwm LLC now owns 3,375 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,585,000 after buying an additional 412 shares during the period. Westwood Wealth Management purchased a new stake in Synopsys in the 4th quarter valued at about $435,000. Arta Finance Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Synopsys in the 4th quarter valued at about $238,000. Whalen Wealth Management Inc. grew its stake in Synopsys by 36.7% in the 4th quarter. Whalen Wealth Management Inc. now owns 875 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $411,000 after acquiring an additional 235 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cromwell Holdings LLC increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 19.5% during the fourth quarter. Cromwell Holdings LLC now owns 582 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $273,000 after acquiring an additional 95 shares during the period. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Synopsys Price Performance

Shares of SNPS opened at $395.95 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $430.80 and a 200-day moving average price of $449.84. Synopsys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $365.74 and a fifty-two week high of $651.73. The stock has a market capitalization of $75.85 billion, a PE ratio of 61.48, a PEG ratio of 3.23 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.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $3.03 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently weighed in on SNPS shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. HSBC cut Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price objective on the stock. in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Wall Street Zen raised Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, December 13th. KeyCorp upped their target price on Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $531.00.

Insider Transactions at Synopsys

In other news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction 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 directly owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

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.