Hantz Financial Services Inc. Sells 3,651 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Hantz Financial Services Inc. lessened its position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 12.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 26,332 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 3,651 shares during the period. Hantz Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $12,369,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Empirical Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in Synopsys in the third quarter valued at $773,000. Strategic Advisors LLC increased its stake in Synopsys by 76.3% in the third quarter. Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 7,578 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,739,000 after purchasing an additional 3,279 shares in the last quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its stake in Synopsys by 31.8% in the fourth quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 14,810 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $6,957,000 after purchasing an additional 3,575 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its stake in Synopsys by 57.7% in the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 412,766 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $203,654,000 after purchasing an additional 150,973 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd. increased its stake in Synopsys by 55.9% in the fourth quarter. SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd. now owns 22,300 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $10,475,000 after purchasing an additional 8,000 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Price Performance

Synopsys stock opened at $524.74 on Monday. Synopsys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $376.18 and a fifty-two week high of $651.73. The stock has a market cap of $100.52 billion, a PE ratio of 81.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.29 and a beta of 1.25. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $451.00 and its 200 day simple moving average is $451.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a current ratio of 1.36.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $3.03 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. Research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.28 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on SNPS shares. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and issued a $480.00 price target (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Rosenblatt Securities decreased their price target on shares of Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of Synopsys from $580.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 13th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Piper Sandler decreased their price target on shares of Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Synopsys presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $536.00.

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.