Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc. Sells 85,556 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Key Points

• Montrusco Bolton Investments cut its stake in Synopsys by 15.9%, selling 85,556 shares in Q4 and now holds 451,599 shares (about 0.24% of the company) worth $207.6M, representing roughly 2.6% of Montrusco's portfolio and its 15th largest holding.
• Several large institutions — including Vanguard, State Street, Victory Capital and Capital Research — materially increased their Synopsys positions, leaving hedge funds and other institutional investors with about 85.47% ownership of the stock.
• Synopsys beat Q4 expectations with EPS $3.77 vs. $3.56 and revenue $2.41B (up 65.6% YoY), set FY2026 EPS guidance of 14.38–14.46, and the stock is trading higher (market cap ~$95.9B) with a consensus price target of $531.

Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc. cut its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS - Free Report) by 15.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 451,599 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 85,556 shares during the quarter. Synopsys accounts for about 2.6% of Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc.'s investment portfolio, making the stock its 15th largest holding. Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc. owned approximately 0.24% of Synopsys worth $207,595,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Synopsys by 20.7% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,181,185 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $8,970,415,000 after buying an additional 3,120,401 shares during the period. State Street Corp raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 20.6% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,760,358 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $4,322,273,000 after acquiring an additional 1,493,912 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. increased its position in Synopsys by 238.8% during the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,824,349 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $1,393,506,000 after buying an additional 1,990,608 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors increased its position in Synopsys by 226.6% during the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 2,524,512 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $1,245,533,000 after buying an additional 1,751,432 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp increased its position in Synopsys by 15.3% during the 3rd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 2,216,908 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $1,093,800,000 after buying an additional 293,784 shares in the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Synopsys Trading Up 9.6%

Shares of SNPS stock opened at $500.82 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $376.18 and a 12-month high of $651.73. The company has a current ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $426.02 and its 200-day moving average price is $445.33. The stock has a market capitalization of $95.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 77.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.73 and a beta of 1.15.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. Synopsys had a return on equity of 6.83% and a net margin of 13.76%.The firm had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.39 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $3.03 earnings per share. The business's revenue was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on SNPS shares. HSBC downgraded Synopsys from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $455.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Weiss Ratings restated a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Rosenblatt Securities lowered their price objective on Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price objective on Synopsys and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $531.00.

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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