Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. Invests $84.08 Million in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Key Points

• Vaughan Nelson Investment Management bought a new stake of 178,998 shares in Synopsys worth about $84.08 million, representing roughly 0.09% of the company at quarter end.
• Synopsys beat Q4 expectations, reporting $3.77 EPS vs. $3.56 expected and $2.41 billion in revenue (up 65.6% year‑over‑year), and set FY2026 EPS guidance of 14.38–14.46.
• Analysts are mixed: the consensus rating is Hold with a consensus target price of $531, split across eight Buy, eight Hold and one Sell recommendation.

Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 178,998 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $84,079,000. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. owned 0.09% of Synopsys at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Alpine Bank Wealth Management raised its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 89.3% in the 3rd quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. increased its holdings in Synopsys by 1,250.0% during the third quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Millstone Evans Group LLC bought a new position in Synopsys in the third quarter worth approximately $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. purchased a new stake in Synopsys during the third quarter worth $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC purchased a new stake in Synopsys during the third quarter worth $29,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 11,959 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. The trade was a 2.05% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 0.56% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Synopsys Stock Up 0.7%

Shares of SNPS stock opened at $383.14 on Tuesday. The stock's fifty day moving average price is $439.98 and its 200 day moving average price is $450.79. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $365.74 and a 1-year high of $651.73. The company has a market cap of $73.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 59.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.10 and a beta of 1.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 1.26.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. Synopsys had a return on equity of 6.83% and a net margin of 13.76%.The company had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.39 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $3.03 earnings per share. The firm'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. On average, research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on SNPS. Piper Sandler cut their price target on Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an "equal weight" rating and issued a $480.00 target price (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price target on shares of Synopsys and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Finally, Bank of America upgraded shares of Synopsys from an "underperform" rating to a "neutral" rating and lowered their price target for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a report on Monday, December 8th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, Synopsys has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $531.00.

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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