Bogart Wealth LLC Purchases 3,065 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Bogart Wealth LLC raised its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 19.9% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 18,486 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 3,065 shares during the quarter. Bogart Wealth LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $7,329,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Coatue Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys in the third quarter valued at about $892,605,000. Capital Research Global Investors raised its stake in Synopsys by 226.6% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 2,524,512 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,245,533,000 after purchasing an additional 1,751,432 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Synopsys in the 4th quarter worth about $730,197,000. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 20.6% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,760,358 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,322,273,000 after purchasing an additional 1,493,912 shares during the period. Finally, Farallon Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Synopsys in the 4th quarter valued at about $469,344,000. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In other news, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $458.96, for a total transaction of $6,702,192.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 75,020 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $34,431,179.20. The trade was a 16.29% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 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. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $450.02, for a total value of $1,527,367.88. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 14,358 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,461,387.16. This represents a 19.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Performance

NASDAQ SNPS opened at $437.16 on Monday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $482.19 and its 200 day simple moving average is $461.39. The firm has a market capitalization of $83.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 101.19, a P/E/G ratio of 2.57 and a beta of 1.22. 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.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.20. Synopsys had a net margin of 8.91% and a return on equity of 5.83%. The business had revenue of $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.67 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 41.9% on a year-over-year basis. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently commented on SNPS shares. Bank of America raised their target price on shares of Synopsys from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 price target on Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price objective on Synopsys from $530.00 to $575.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $570.06.

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.