Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Stock Holdings Raised by SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd.

SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd. increased its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 55.9% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 22,300 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 8,000 shares during the quarter. Synopsys accounts for 6.1% of SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd.’s portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest position. SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $10,475,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. lifted its position in Synopsys by 542.9% in the third quarter. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. now owns 12,877 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $6,353,000 after purchasing an additional 10,874 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC bought a new position in Synopsys in the 3rd quarter worth $773,000. Strategic Advisors LLC boosted its position in Synopsys by 76.3% during the 3rd quarter. Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 7,578 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,739,000 after acquiring an additional 3,279 shares in the last quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd boosted its position in shares of Synopsys by 24.8% during the third quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 23,970 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $11,827,000 after purchasing an additional 4,759 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ninety One UK Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the 3rd quarter valued at $249,851,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SNPS has been the topic of several recent research reports. Bank of America upgraded 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 research note on Monday, December 8th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Rosenblatt Securities cut their price objective on Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 26th. KeyCorp boosted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price target on Synopsys and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Eight investment 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’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $531.00.

Synopsys Price Performance

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $395.95 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $75.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 61.48, a P/E/G ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 1.15. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $365.74 and a 52-week high of $651.73. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $430.80 and its 200 day simple moving average is $450.01. 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 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. Synopsys had a return on equity of 6.83% and a net margin of 13.76%.The company had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.39 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.03 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Synopsys

In other Synopsys 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 sale, the insider owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 0.56% of the stock is owned by corporate 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.