Ownership Capital B.V. Has $10.01 Million Stake in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Ownership Capital B.V. decreased its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 69.4% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 20,295 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 46,012 shares during the period. Synopsys accounts for 5.6% of Ownership Capital B.V.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 7th largest holding. Ownership Capital B.V.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $10,013,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on SNPS shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Piper Sandler lowered Synopsys from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from $602.00 to $520.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Bank of America upgraded Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their target price for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research note on Monday, December 8th. 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. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $553.57.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the business’s 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 in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036. Corporate insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Trading Up 0.3%

Synopsys stock opened at $503.01 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.62. The stock has a market cap of $96.24 billion, a PE ratio of 62.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.17 and a beta of 1.12. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $469.23 and a two-hundred day moving average of $503.17. Synopsys, Inc. has a one year low of $365.74 and a one year high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its quarterly 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 business had revenue of $2.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 7.89% and a net margin of 18.89%.The company’s revenue was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $3.40 earnings per share. 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, research analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.