B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG Cuts Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG decreased its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS - Free Report) by 20.0% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 13,863 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 3,465 shares during the period. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG's holdings in Synopsys were worth $6,184,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new stake in Synopsys during the second quarter worth $7,228,099,000. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,788,890 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $4,128,317,000 after buying an additional 28,532 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 2.5% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 4,573,980 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $2,148,491,000 after buying an additional 109,917 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Synopsys by 1.3% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,310,846 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $2,017,256,000 after buying an additional 54,329 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp raised its stake in shares of Synopsys by 19.7% during the 2nd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 3,457,249 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $1,542,175,000 after buying an additional 569,687 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $450.02, for a total value of $1,527,367.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 14,358 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,461,387.16. This represents a 19.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Aart de Geus sold 25,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, August 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $441.76, for a total value of $11,044,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 120,421 shares of the company's stock, valued at $53,197,180.96. The trade was a 17.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 92,638 shares of company stock valued at $40,747,732 in the last quarter. 0.56% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Synopsys Price Performance

Synopsys stock opened at $416.31 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $79.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 73.55, a P/E/G ratio of 2.28 and a beta of 1.23. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $366.00 and a 12-month high of $615.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 1.34 and a quick ratio of 1.24. The firm's 50-day moving average is $413.48 and its two-hundred day moving average is $439.79.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The semiconductor company reported $3.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.67 by $0.24. Synopsys had a net margin of 11.43% and a return on equity of 6.24%. The business had revenue of $2.48 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.44 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.39 earnings per share. The company's quarterly revenue was up 42.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.100-4.160 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.040-15.100 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.97 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SNPS has been the topic of a number of research reports. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $575.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Tuesday, August 25th. Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on shares of Synopsys from $525.00 to $500.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on shares of Synopsys from $535.00 to $450.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. Benchmark reissued a "buy" rating and set a $570.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded Synopsys from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, August 21st. Twelve investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $561.28.

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.

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