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Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) Shares Purchased by Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH

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Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH increased its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS - Free Report) by 30.0% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 279,148 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after buying an additional 64,385 shares during the period. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH owned about 0.18% of Synopsys worth $119,713,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Ameriflex Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys in the fourth quarter worth about $29,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC boosted its stake in Synopsys by 275.0% during the first quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 60 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 44 shares in the last quarter. Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 4th quarter valued at $34,000. Cloud Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Synopsys in the first quarter valued at about $36,000. Finally, Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 28.6% during the 4th quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. now owns 90 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $44,000 after buying an additional 20 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In other news, CRO Richard S. Mahoney sold 9,010 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $471.21, for a total value of $4,245,602.10. Following the completion of the sale, the executive owned 1,485 shares of the company's stock, valued at $699,746.85. The trade was a 85.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 7,310 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction on Friday, June 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $485.72, for a total value of $3,550,613.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 15,291 shares in the company, valued at $7,427,144.52. The trade was a 32.34% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 27,686 shares of company stock valued at $13,001,048 in the last three months. 0.62% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

SNPS has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus set a $550.00 price target on Synopsys in a research report on Monday, April 28th. Mizuho lowered their price objective on Synopsys from $650.00 to $600.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 15th. Rosenblatt Securities lowered their price target on Synopsys from $660.00 to $625.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Bank of America increased their target price on Synopsys from $575.00 to $625.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 16th. Finally, Piper Sandler raised their price target on Synopsys from $615.00 to $660.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Monday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and thirteen have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $620.67.

Read Our Latest Analysis on Synopsys

Synopsys Trading Up 0.5%

NASDAQ:SNPS traded up $3.20 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $594.66. The company had a trading volume of 720,694 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,272,400. The company has a market capitalization of $92.27 billion, a PE ratio of 42.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.87 and a beta of 1.12. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $508.54 and a 200 day moving average price of $482.95. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $365.74 and a 52 week high of $600.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 7.02 and a quick ratio of 6.85.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 28th. The semiconductor company reported $3.67 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.40 by $0.27. Synopsys had a return on equity of 17.09% and a net margin of 34.77%. The firm had revenue of $1.60 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.60 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $3.00 EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was up 10.3% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Synopsys Profile

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Synopsys, Inc provides electronic design automation software products used to design and test integrated circuits. It operates in three segments: Design Automation, Design IP, and Software Integrity. The company offers Digital and Custom IC Design solution that provides digital design implementation solutions; Verification solution that offers virtual prototyping, static and formal verification, simulation, emulation, field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based prototyping, and debug solutions; and FPGA design products that are programmed to perform specific functions.

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