SYNOPSYS INC SNPS
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 871607107 · ISIN US8716071076
American software company
- SectorTechnology
- IndustryServices-Prepackaged Software
- HeadquartersSunnyvale, CA
- Founded1986
- Websitesynopsys.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($207.9m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 155.2m as of 2025-05-23, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $512.59. Options: 44 managers hold calls ($884.2m notional), 36 hold puts ($659.3m).
Trends to Q2 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 880 |
| Q4 2022 | 921 |
| Q1 2023 | 937 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,017 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,041 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,200 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,246 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,258 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,250 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,297 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,288 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,299 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 469 | 471 |
| Q4 2023 | 591 | 451 |
| Q1 2024 | 681 | 514 |
| Q2 2024 | 676 | 503 |
| Q3 2024 | 619 | 569 |
| Q4 2024 | 596 | 572 |
| Q1 2025 | 688 | 552 |
| Q2 2025 | 697 | 554 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $732.2m | $1.0bn | 1.42 |
| Q4 2024 | $765.8m | $908.5m | 1.19 |
| Q1 2025 | $439.3m | $460.9m | 1.05 |
| Q2 2025 | $884.2m | $659.3m | 0.75 |
Biggest buyers
| Aristotle Capital Management, LLC | Added | +1.3m |
| FMR LLC | Added | +1.1m |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +618.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Added | +585.5k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +493.5k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +418.7k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | New | +341.3k |
| Aspex Management (HK) Ltd | Added | +332.4k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +231.0k |
| TOMS Capital Investment Management LP | New | +216.0k |
Biggest sellers
| VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP | Sold out | -703.9k |
| Winslow Capital Management, LLC | Reduced | -622.0k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -558.1k |
| D1 Capital Partners L.P. | Sold out | -334.7k |
| Carmignac Gestion | Reduced | -329.7k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | Reduced | -311.4k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | Reduced | -241.3k |
| EDGEWOOD MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -241.3k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -224.3k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | Reduced | -214.2k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $185.6m362.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $84.6m165.0k shares |
| Pentwater Capital Management LP | New | $82.0m160.0k shares |
| Taconic Capital Advisors LP | Added | $76.9m150.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $61.5m120.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $51.6m100.6k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $51.5m102.4k shares |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Added | $43.5m84.9k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | $35.2m68.7k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Added | $31.7m61.8k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $157.6m307.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $86.4m168.6k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $83.1m162.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $42.6m83.1k shares |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | Added | $40.0m780 shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | $35.0m68.3k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $27.1m53.9k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Reduced | $18.2m35.5k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $17.3m33.7k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $17.1m33.3k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 7.5% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC), Capital World Investors (4.2%, 2025-11-13)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $4.6m | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $6.0m | — |
| Q1 2024 | 1 | $439.1k | 5 | $21.9m | $16.2m |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 5 | $33.0m | $26.7m |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $42.7m | $42.7m |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $22.8m | $22.8m |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $13.0m | $13.0m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-18 | MAHONEY RICHARD S. Chief Revenue Officer | Sold plan | $4.2m9.0k shares |
| 2025-06-06 | Glaser Shelagh CFO | Sold plan | $3.6m7.3k shares |
| 2025-06-02 | Ghazi Sassine PRESIDENT AND CEO, director | Sold plan | $5.2m11.4k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 15.1m $7.7bn | Added +231.0k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.13% of their portfolio | 12.8m $6.6bn | Reduced -558.1k |
| Capital World Investors 0.58% of their portfolio | 7.8m $4.0bn | Added +64.9k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.14% of their portfolio | 7.3m $3.7bn | Added +85.7k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.31% of their portfolio | 5.3m $2.7bn | Reduced -86.5k |
| FMR LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 3.9m $2.0bn | Added +1.1m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.13% of their portfolio | 3.6m $1.8bn | Added +418.7k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 3.5m $1.8bn | Added +51.0k |
| EDGEWOOD MANAGEMENT LLC 4.75% of their portfolio | 2.9m $1.5bn | Reduced -241.3k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.39% of their portfolio | 2.8m $1.5bn | Reduced -71.5k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.33% of their portfolio | 2.6m $1.3bn | Added +585.5k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 1.32% of their portfolio | 2.5m $1.3bn | Added +92.9k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 1.9m $987.1m | Added +109.0k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 1.12% of their portfolio | 1.9m $985.9m | Reduced -95.1k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.32% of their portfolio | 1.9m $980.8m | Added +187.8k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.9m $955.6m | Added +32.1k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.68% of their portfolio | 1.6m $832.5m | Added +140.0k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.6m $831.8m | Reduced -17.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.6m $824.8m | Added +123.1k |
| Aristotle Capital Management, LLC 1.56% of their portfolio | 1.6m $809.3m | Added +1.3m |
| Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP 4.10% of their portfolio | 1.5m $793.4m | Reduced -28.3k |
| PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC 1.75% of their portfolio | 1.5m $759.4m | Added +118.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.3m $691.0m | Added +4.8k |
| Swedbank AB 0.76% of their portfolio | 1.3m $674.1m | First filing |
| NORGES BANK 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.3m $648.0m | Added +56.8k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.1m $548.7m | Reduced -48.7k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.51% of their portfolio | 1.1m $544.9m | Reduced -181.9k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 1.0m $535.6m | Added +4.9k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.0m $531.7m | Added +32.4k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.0m $523.7m | Added +493.5k |
| Amundi 0.17% of their portfolio | 968.4k $506.6m | Added +139.3k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 954.4k $489.3m | Reduced -159.0k |
| Vontobel Holding Ltd. 1.56% of their portfolio | 927.8k $475.7m | Added +28.8k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 898.6k $460.7m | Added +215.7k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.08% of their portfolio | 888.3k $455.4m | Reduced -224.3k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 859.0k $440.4m | Added +62.8k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.28% of their portfolio | 833.7k $428.8m | Added +618.7k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.26% of their portfolio | 823.6k $422.2m | Added +38.1k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.08% of their portfolio | 773.1k $396.3m | Added +98.8k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.13% of their portfolio | 711.9k $365.0m | Reduced -16.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 687.0k $352.2m | Reduced -37.8k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.19% of their portfolio | 678.1k $347.6m | Added +74.5k |
| ALKEON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1.66% of their portfolio | 668.3k $342.6m | Unchanged |
| Aspex Management (HK) Ltd 7.20% of their portfolio | 645.9k $331.1m | Added +332.4k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 620.6k $318.2m | Added +31.5k |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc 1.81% of their portfolio | 618.4k $315.7m | Added +135.2k |
| Navera Investment Management Ltd. 5.49% of their portfolio | 588.5k $301.8m | Added +2.5k |
| W1M Investment Management Ltd 4.08% of their portfolio | 578.3k $296.6m | Added +75.4k |
| UBS Group AG 0.06% of their portfolio | 551.2k $282.6m | Reduced -16.8k |
| GENERATION INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLP 1.76% of their portfolio | 540.3k $277.0m | Reduced -20.5k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.14% of their portfolio | 468.0k $239.9m | Added +32.0k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 421.6k $216.2m | Added +35.3k |
| Employees Provident Fund Board 1.86% of their portfolio | 420.2k $215.4m | Added +173.5k |
| MONTRUSCO BOLTON INVESTMENTS INC. 2.32% of their portfolio | 416.5k $209.3m | Added +119.0k |
| OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp 1.64% of their portfolio | 408.0k $209.2m | Added +43.7k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.14% of their portfolio | 381.7k $195.7m | Added +88.9k |
| National Pension Service 0.16% of their portfolio | 370.5k $190.0m | Added +10.7k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.23% of their portfolio | 343.0k $175.9m | Added +6.4k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.62% of their portfolio | 341.3k $175.0m | New |
| Alecta Tjanstepension Omsesidigt 0.80% of their portfolio | 331.0k $169.7m | Added +45.0k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 326.6k $167.4m | Reduced -3.7k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 0.25% of their portfolio | 326.3k $167.3m | Reduced -25.5k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 325.4k $166.8m | Reduced -11.9k |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC 1.16% of their portfolio | 322.8k $165.5m | Added +34.7k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.21% of their portfolio | 314.2k $161.1m | Reduced -11.2k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 312.1k $160.0m | Reduced -6.6k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.13% of their portfolio | 308.8k $158.3m | Added +20.9k |
| CCLA Investment Management 2.59% of their portfolio | 308.0k $157.9m | Added +19.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 306.4k $157.1m | Added +211.9k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 303.0k $155.4m | Added +52.6k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.70% of their portfolio | 300.9k $154.2m | Reduced -1.0k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.13% of their portfolio | 294.3k $150.9m | Reduced -5.4k |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB 0.53% of their portfolio | 293.5k $150.5m | Added +6.9k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 293.0k $150.2m | Added +46.4k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.26% of their portfolio | 289.0k $148.1m | Added +9.8k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.03% of their portfolio | 286.5k $146.9m | Added +20.1k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.17% of their portfolio | 284.8k $146.0m | Reduced -40.7k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.11% of their portfolio | 281.8k $144.5m | Reduced -214.2k |
| Harding Loevner LP 0.97% of their portfolio | 281.6k $144.4m | Added +88.5k |
| CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO 0.96% of their portfolio | 273.9k $140.4m | Reduced -3.1k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 261.8k $134.2m | Added +1.6k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.16% of their portfolio | 255.9k $131.2m | Added +80.6k |
| ProShare Advisors LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 246.8k $126.6m | Added +12.4k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.14% of their portfolio | 242.3k $124.2m | Added +670 |
| Tredje AP-fonden 0.94% of their portfolio | 231.2k $118.5m | Added +49.1k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.14% of their portfolio | 222.7k $114.2m | Added +82.7k |
| LORING WOLCOTT & COOLIDGE FIDUCIARY ADVISORS LLP/MA 1.01% of their portfolio | 222.4k $114.0m | Added +25.4k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 0.38% of their portfolio | 218.5k $112.0m | Added +12.5k |
| TOMS Capital Investment Management LP 8.21% of their portfolio | 216.0k $110.7m | New |
| James Hambro & Partners LLP 4.33% of their portfolio | 213.7k $109.6m | Added +9.1k |
| MARSICO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 2.77% of their portfolio | 199.2k $102.1m | Reduced -14.8k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.06% of their portfolio | 196.2k $100.6m | Added +14.6k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 196.2k $100.6m | Added +8.9k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 190.9k $97.9m | Reduced -56.1k |
| FIL Ltd 0.08% of their portfolio | 190.5k $97.7m | Added +141.5k |
| FIFTH THIRD BANCORP 0.34% of their portfolio | 189.2k $97.0m | Reduced -5.5k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.18% of their portfolio | 185.4k $95.0m | Reduced -5.5k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 183.6k $94.1m | Reduced -547 |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.15% of their portfolio | 179.9k $92.3m | Added +8.6k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.15% of their portfolio | 179.6k $92.1m | Added +135.0k |