Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA Increases Stock Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA boosted its position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 177.5% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 865,987 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 553,924 shares during the period. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA owned 0.47% of Synopsys worth $427,269,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 5.7% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 921 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $447,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 11.6% in the first quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 760 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $326,000 after buying an additional 79 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 15.1% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 3,010 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,291,000 after buying an additional 395 shares in the last quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC boosted its stake in Synopsys by 32.5% during the second quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 2,204 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,130,000 after buying an additional 540 shares during the period. Finally, Trust Point Inc. grew its position in Synopsys by 4.4% during the second quarter. Trust Point Inc. now owns 494 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $253,000 after buying an additional 21 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

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

Synopsys Trading Up 1.6%

SNPS stock opened at $516.31 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $98.78 billion, a PE ratio of 64.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.30 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.62. Synopsys, Inc. has a one year low of $365.74 and a one year high of $651.73. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $455.35 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $504.83.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

SNPS has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. BNP Paribas assumed coverage on Synopsys in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. They issued an “underperform” rating and a $425.00 price target on the stock. Citigroup initiated coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price objective on the stock. Bank of America upgraded shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their target price for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Piper Sandler lowered shares of Synopsys from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $602.00 to $520.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. Finally, KeyCorp lifted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $553.57.

Synopsys 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.