Sanctuary Advisors LLC Has $3.60 Million Stock Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Sanctuary Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 23.7% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 9,089 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,739 shares during the quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $3,604,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Synopsys during the fourth quarter worth approximately $730,197,000. State Street Corp grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 20.6% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,760,358 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,322,273,000 after purchasing an additional 1,493,912 shares during the last quarter. Farallon Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Synopsys during the fourth quarter worth approximately $469,344,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its stake in shares of Synopsys by 390.6% during the fourth quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 1,186,879 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $557,501,000 after purchasing an additional 944,973 shares during the period. Finally, Primecap Management Co. CA lifted its holdings in Synopsys by 743.6% during the 4th quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA now owns 734,800 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $345,150,000 after purchasing an additional 647,700 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Price Performance

Synopsys stock opened at $384.27 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $469.31 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $458.48. Synopsys, Inc. has a one year low of $366.00 and a one year high of $651.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 1.32. The firm has a market cap of $73.58 billion, a PE ratio of 88.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.26 and a beta of 1.22.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $2.28 billion during 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 company’s quarterly revenue was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $3.67 EPS. 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, research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

SNPS has been the subject of several recent research reports. Citigroup boosted their price target on Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. BNP Paribas Exane lifted their target price on Synopsys from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Robert W. Baird set a $558.00 price target on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $570.06.

Key Stories Impacting Synopsys

Here are the key news stories impacting Synopsys this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Benchmark upgraded Synopsys (SNPS) to strong-buy, reinforcing a bullish long-term view on AI-driven demand for electronic design automation software. Zacks.com
• Positive Sentiment: Synopsys continues to have strong analyst support overall, with brokerage ratings averaging Moderate Buy and several recent price targets well above the current share price. American Banking News
• Neutral Sentiment: New commentary suggests the recent pullback may be a “buy the dip” opportunity, but that view is still based on technical support levels rather than a new fundamental catalyst. Trefis
• Negative Sentiment: SNPS is falling alongside a broader chip and tech selloff, which is weighing on sentiment across the semiconductor group. Benzinga
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are also worried about muted growth in Synopsys’s Design IP business and export-control headwinds, which may be limiting enthusiasm despite the earnings beat. Quiver Quantitative

Insider Transactions at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $450.02, for a total value of $1,527,367.88. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 14,358 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,461,387.16. This trade represents a 19.12% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 15th. The shares were 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 approximately $34,431,179.20. This represents a 16.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 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. 0.56% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.