Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund Increases Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund grew its holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 57.4% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 46,578 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 16,988 shares during the quarter. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $18,467,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Sowell Financial Services LLC raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Sowell Financial Services LLC now owns 1,056 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $496,000 after buying an additional 21 shares in the last quarter. Natural Investments LLC grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 4.6% in the 4th quarter. Natural Investments LLC now owns 482 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $226,000 after buying an additional 21 shares during the last quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. raised its holdings in Synopsys by 7.0% in the 4th quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. now owns 335 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $157,000 after acquiring an additional 22 shares during the last quarter. Foronjy Financial LLC lifted its stake in Synopsys by 5.2% during the 4th quarter. Foronjy Financial LLC now owns 446 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $210,000 after acquiring an additional 22 shares during the period. Finally, Barden Capital Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. Barden Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,868 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $877,000 after purchasing an additional 23 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Synopsys Stock Performance

NASDAQ SNPS opened at $437.16 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $83.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 101.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.57 and a beta of 1.22. The business has a fifty day moving average of $482.19 and a 200-day moving average of $461.34. Synopsys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $376.18 and a fifty-two week high of $651.73. 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 (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.20. The business had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 5.83% and a net margin of 8.91%.The business’s revenue was up 41.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $3.67 earnings per share. 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, analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the chief executive officer owned 75,020 shares in the company, 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 firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 14,358 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,461,387.16. The trade was a 19.12% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Corporate insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently issued reports on SNPS shares. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their target price on Synopsys from $530.00 to $575.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. BNP Paribas Exane upped their target price on shares of Synopsys from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Zacks Research upgraded Synopsys from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Monday, June 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $570.06.

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.