Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS – Get Free Report) CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on 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 sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 75,020 shares in the company, valued at $34,431,179.20. This trade represents a 16.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. 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.
Synopsys Price Performance
Shares of SNPS opened at $448.38 on Wednesday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $376.18 and a 1-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 capitalization of $85.86 billion, a PE ratio of 103.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 1.22. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $475.78 and its 200-day moving average price is $461.46.
Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.20. Synopsys had a net margin of 8.91% and a return on equity of 5.83%. The company had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $3.67 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 41.9% on a year-over-year basis. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 EPS for the current year.
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Synopsys News Summary
Here are the key news stories impacting Synopsys this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Synopsys announced a collaboration with Murata Manufacturing that expands access to Murata simulation models through Synopsys/Ansys electromagnetic and thermal analysis tools, which could support broader product adoption and reinforce Synopsys’ software ecosystem. Murata Collaborates with Synopsys to Provide Simulation Models Through Ansys Electromagnetic and Thermal Analysis Tools
- Neutral Sentiment: A DCF-based valuation article said SNPS appears “fairly valued” at about $394, suggesting the stock may not be dramatically undervalued despite recent weakness. SNPS Fairly Valued by DCF at $394
- Negative Sentiment: CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares for about $6.7 million, and CFO Shelagh Glaser also sold 3,394 shares for about $1.5 million. Both transactions were made under pre-arranged 10b5-1 plans, which makes them less alarming, but insider selling can still pressure sentiment. Top Synopsys Executive Makes Major Move With Insider Stock Sale
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several research firms have commented on SNPS. HSBC lowered shares of Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price target on the stock. in a report on Friday, February 20th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Monday, June 8th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of Synopsys from $505.00 to $535.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Piper Sandler upped their price target on shares of Synopsys from $430.00 to $450.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Bank of America upped their price target on shares of Synopsys from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $563.81.
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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.
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