Nykredit A S Makes New Investment in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Key Points

• Nykredit A/S acquired 56,584 Synopsys shares during the second quarter, valued at approximately $25.2 million. Institutional investors and hedge funds now own 85.47% of the company.
• Analyst sentiment remains broadly positive, with 12 Buy ratings, five Holds and one Sell; the stock has an average “Moderate Buy” rating and a consensus price target of $561.28.
• Synopsys exceeded quarterly expectations, reporting $3.91 in earnings per share and $2.48 billion in revenue, up 42.4% year over year. Shares opened at $416.31, while insiders have sold about $40.7 million of stock over the past 90 days.

Nykredit A S purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 56,584 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $25,240,000.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. acquired a new stake in Synopsys in the 2nd quarter worth about $747,400,000. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 4th quarter valued at about $730,197,000. Man Group plc purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 2nd quarter worth about $55,900,000. SBI Okasan Asset Management Co.Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys during the 4th quarter worth about $1,699,000. Finally, Czech National Bank boosted its position in shares of Synopsys by 4.6% in the second quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 54,526 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $24,322,000 after acquiring an additional 2,421 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently issued reports on SNPS. Robert W. Baird upgraded shares of Synopsys from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and boosted their target price for the company from $558.00 to $560.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Zacks Research lowered shares of Synopsys from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, August 21st. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $535.00 to $450.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. Needham & Company LLC restated a "buy" rating and set a $580.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, UBS Group set a $570.00 target price on Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Twelve analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $561.28.

Synopsys Stock Up 0.1%

SNPS opened at $416.31 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $413.48 and a 200 day moving average price of $439.79. The company has a market cap of $79.78 billion, a PE ratio of 73.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.28 and a beta of 1.23. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $366.00 and a 1 year high of $615.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 1.24 and a current ratio of 1.34.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The semiconductor company reported $3.91 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.67 by $0.24. Synopsys had a net margin of 11.43% and a return on equity of 6.24%. The firm had revenue of $2.48 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.44 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.39 earnings per share. Synopsys's 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. Sell-side analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.97 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 14,358 shares of the company's stock, valued at $6,461,387.16. This trade represents a 19.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $458.96, for a total value of $6,702,192.88. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 75,020 shares in the company, valued at approximately $34,431,179.20. This represents a 16.29% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 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. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 92,638 shares of company stock worth $40,747,732. 0.56% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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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