Insider Selling: Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) CEO Sells $6,702,192.88 in Stock

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $458.96, for a total value of $6,702,192.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 75,020 shares in the company, valued at $34,431,179.20. The trade was a 16.29% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

Synopsys Price Performance

Shares of SNPS opened at $455.51 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $376.18 and a 1 year high of $651.73. The stock has a market cap of $87.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 105.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.71 and a beta of 1.22. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $478.23 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $462.09.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.20. The company had revenue of $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 5.83% and a net margin of 8.91%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $3.67 EPS. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $580.00 target price on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Monday, June 8th. Citigroup boosted their price target on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $480.00 to $525.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $563.81.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of SNPS. Sankala Group LLC bought a new stake in Synopsys in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. acquired a new position in Synopsys during the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd bought a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 4th quarter worth approximately $32,000. Finally, Phillip James Consulting Co. acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $36,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.