Nordea Investment Management AB Sells 82,541 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Nordea Investment Management AB cut its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 7.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 976,023 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 82,541 shares during the quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB owned about 0.53% of Synopsys worth $479,637,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of SNPS. Alpine Bank Wealth Management lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 89.3% in the third quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 1,250.0% during the third quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky lifted its position in Synopsys by 120.0% in the 2nd quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky now owns 55 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. purchased a new stake in Synopsys during the 3rd quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 3rd quarter worth $29,000. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $510.00, for a total value of $127,500.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 12,209 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,226,590. The trade was a 2.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total transaction of $1,685,035.89. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,221,058.34. This trade represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 0.62% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Synopsys Trading Up 1.6%

Shares of SNPS stock opened at $533.42 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $446.82 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $504.96. The firm has a market capitalization of $102.05 billion, a PE ratio of 66.76, a PEG ratio of 4.37 and a beta of 1.12. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $365.74 and a 52-week high of $651.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.62.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.79 by $0.11. Synopsys had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. The business had revenue of $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.40 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. 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 predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Citigroup initiated coverage on Synopsys in a report on Monday, November 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price target on the stock. Zacks Research raised shares of Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 10th. Rosenblatt Securities raised shares of Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $605.00 to $560.00 in a report on Tuesday, December 9th. Needham & Company LLC raised their target price on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $580.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $553.57.

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.