Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Holdings Trimmed by Manning & Napier Advisors LLC

Manning & Napier Advisors LLC reduced its position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 99.6% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 628 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 139,535 shares during the period. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $310,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 2nd quarter valued at about $647,964,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 29.1% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,598,874 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,333,095,000 after buying an additional 585,494 shares in the last quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd acquired a new position in Synopsys in the third quarter worth approximately $249,851,000. Aspex Management HK Ltd increased its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 106.0% in the second quarter. Aspex Management HK Ltd now owns 645,895 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $331,137,000 after buying an additional 332,364 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 1.6% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 15,060,784 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $7,721,363,000 after buying an additional 231,014 shares in the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Synopsys Price Performance

NASDAQ SNPS opened at $508.19 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 1.62 and a quick ratio of 1.52. The firm has a market capitalization of $97.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 63.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.21 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $452.89 and a 200-day simple moving average of $505.04. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $365.74 and a 52-week high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.11. Synopsys had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. The firm had revenue of $2.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $3.40 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.320-14.400 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.520-3.580 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on SNPS. Piper Sandler cut Synopsys from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $602.00 to $520.00 in a report on Tuesday. Bank of America upgraded Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price target for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective 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. Finally, KeyCorp lifted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $553.57.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total transaction of $1,685,035.89. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This trade represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036. 0.62% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.