Worthington Financial Partners LLC Invests $663,000 in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Worthington Financial Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund bought 1,412 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $663,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in SNPS. Sankala Group LLC acquired a new stake in Synopsys in the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. purchased a new stake in Synopsys in the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd acquired a new stake in Synopsys during the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in Synopsys in the 4th quarter worth about $32,000. Finally, Phillip James Consulting Co. bought a new position in Synopsys during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $36,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Synopsys news, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the 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 directly owned 75,020 shares in the company, valued at $34,431,179.20. This represents a 16.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through 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. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $450.02, for a total transaction of $1,527,367.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 14,358 shares in the company, valued at $6,461,387.16. This represents a 19.12% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Corporate insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Performance

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $455.51 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $87.22 billion, a PE ratio of 105.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.68 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a quick ratio of 1.32, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $376.18 and a 12-month high of $651.73. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $479.14 and a 200 day moving average price of $462.05.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.15 by $0.20. Synopsys had a return on equity of 5.83% and a net margin of 8.91%.The company had revenue of $2.28 billion for 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 quarterly 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. Research analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have commented on SNPS shares. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on Synopsys from $480.00 to $525.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 target price on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $563.81.

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.