UniSuper Management Pty Ltd Sells 28,088 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

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UniSuper Management Pty Ltd cut its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS – Free Report) by 43.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 37,097 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 28,088 shares during the quarter. UniSuper Management Pty Ltd’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $18,303,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in SNPS. Alpine Bank Wealth Management lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 89.3% in the 3rd quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. increased its holdings in Synopsys by 1,250.0% in the 3rd quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC bought a new position in Synopsys in the third quarter valued at about $27,000. Independence Bank of Kentucky raised its position in Synopsys by 120.0% in the second quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky now owns 55 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the third quarter worth about $28,000. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total transaction of $1,685,035.89. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. Insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on SNPS. Citigroup initiated coverage on shares of Synopsys in a report on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price objective for the company. Zacks Research raised shares of Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, November 10th. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $580.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Wall Street Zen raised Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, December 13th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, December 12th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $553.57.

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Synopsys Price Performance

SNPS stock opened at $501.39 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $95.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 62.75, a PEG ratio of 4.17 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a quick ratio of 1.52, a current ratio of 1.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $365.74 and a 12-month high of $651.73. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $466.97 and its 200 day simple moving average is $503.94.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $2.25 billion during 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 business’s quarterly revenue was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company 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, analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Synopsys Company Profile

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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.

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