Investment House LLC Sells 3,087 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Investment House LLC lowered its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 50.2% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 3,060 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 3,087 shares during the period. Investment House LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $1,510,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in Synopsys by 1.9% in the 2nd quarter. Lionshead Wealth Management LLC now owns 914 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $469,000 after buying an additional 17 shares during the period. YANKCOM Partnership boosted its position in shares of Synopsys by 3.3% during the 2nd quarter. YANKCOM Partnership now owns 537 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $275,000 after acquiring an additional 17 shares in the last quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Synopsys by 5.3% in the second quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 340 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $174,000 after acquiring an additional 17 shares during the last quarter. Hemington Wealth Management raised its position in Synopsys by 10.1% during the second quarter. Hemington Wealth Management now owns 197 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $100,000 after purchasing an additional 18 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Concord Asset Management LLC VA lifted its stake in Synopsys by 0.8% during the second quarter. Concord Asset Management LLC VA now owns 2,379 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,220,000 after purchasing an additional 18 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

SNPS has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Piper Sandler lowered Synopsys from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $602.00 to $520.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Zacks Research raised Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, November 10th. Rosenblatt Securities upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and reduced their price target for the company from $605.00 to $560.00 in a research note on Tuesday, December 9th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC lifted their price target on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $580.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $553.57.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Synopsys stock opened at $501.39 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $466.97 and a 200-day moving average of $503.94. The company has a market capitalization of $95.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 62.75, a P/E/G ratio of 4.17 and a beta of 1.12. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $365.74 and a 1 year high of $651.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 1.62 and a quick ratio of 1.52.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.79 by $0.11. The firm 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 company’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $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. On average, equities research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The stock was 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 in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the 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 sale, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. The trade was a 2.05% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036 over the last 90 days. 0.62% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.