Synopsys

SNPS • NASDAQ

Synopsys is a software - infrastructure company in the technology sector on NASDAQ, led by Aart de Geus, with a market cap of $88.4B. As of Q3 2025, 89% of shares are held by 1,382 institutional investors, with VANGUARD GROUP INC as the largest holder at 9.79%.

Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerAart de Geus

Market Cap$88.4B

Software - Infrastructure

Technology

Employees20.3K

Websitesynopsys.com

Country

United States of America

Overview

Overview of institutional ownership in SNPS as of Q3 2025 with a market cap of $91.6B

All Institutions

Institutions: 1,382
Value Held: $81.8B
Shares Held: 166.7M
Avg Position: $59.2M
Median Position: $1.3M

Hedge Funds

Hedge Funds: 79
Value Held: $2.4B
Shares Held: 4.9M
Avg Position: $30.4M
Median Position: $3.0M

Ownership Breakdown

Institutional (non-HF)

86.66%

$79.4B

Hedge Funds

2.62%

$2.4B

Retail & Other

10.72%

$9.8B

Based on market cap of $91.6B as of Q3 2025. Institutional (non-HF) excludes hedge funds to avoid double counting.

Biggest Investors

Institutions with the largest positions in SNPS as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Position Value	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
VANGUARD GROUP INC Institution	Salim Ramji CEO	$9.0B 0.13% of portfolio	9.79% 18.2M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$6.69T
B BlackRock, Inc. Institution	-	$7.5B 0.13% of portfolio	8.16% 15.2M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$5.67T
STATE STREET CORP Institution	Ronald P. O'Hanley CEO	$4.3B 0.15% of portfolio	4.72% 8.8M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$2.88T
C Capital World Investors Institution	-	$3.7B 0.51% of portfolio	4.04% 7.5M shares	Q3 2022 Held for 3y 2m	$730.00B
FMR LLC Institution	-	$2.9B 0.15% of portfolio	3.12% 5.8M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$1.92T
MORGAN STANLEY RIA/Wealth	Jed Finn CEO	$2.2B 0.13% of portfolio	2.40% 4.5M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$1.65T
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC ETF Provider	David Kenneth Lane CEO	$2.1B 0.13% of portfolio	2.29% 4.3M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$1.57T
EDGEWOOD MANAGEMENT LLC Long Only Manager	Alexander Manouchehr Farman-Farmaian Chairman	$1.8B 6.47% of portfolio	1.99% 3.7M shares	Q1 2024 Held for 1y 8m	$28.2B
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ Long Only Manager	Robert W Sharps President	$1.6B 0.18% of portfolio	1.79% 3.3M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$912.31B
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Institution	Gregory E. Johnson CEO	$1.3B 0.32% of portfolio	1.37% 2.5M shares	Q2 2017 Held for 8y 5m	$395.56B

Net Capital Flow

Institutional buying and selling activity for SNPS in Q3 2025

Net Flow: +$10.8B
Buyers: 723
Sellers: 447
Total Bought: +$16.2B
Total Sold: −$5.4B
Avg Position: $61.7M

Biggest Buyers

Institution	Net Bought	Current Position
VANGUARD GROUP INC Institution	+$1.5B +3.1M shares	$9.0B 18.2M shares
MORGAN STANLEY RIA/Wealth	+$1.3B +2.6M shares	$2.2B 4.5M shares
B BlackRock, Inc. Institution	+$1.2B +2.4M shares	$7.5B 15.2M shares
FMR LLC Institution	+$921.8M +1.9M shares	$2.9B 5.8M shares
Capital Research Global Investors RIA/Wealth	+$864.1M +1.8M shares	$1.2B 2.5M shares
STATE STREET CORP Institution	+$737.1M +1.5M shares	$4.3B 8.8M shares
VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC Long Only Manager	+$716.0M +2.0M shares	$1.0B 2.8M shares
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT CO LLP Long Only Manager	+$582.2M +1.2M shares	$1.0B 2.1M shares
F FIL Ltd Institution	+$529.6M +1.1M shares	$623.6M 1.3M shares
M Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. Institution	+$489.6M +992.4K shares	$642.0M 1.3M shares

Biggest Sellers

Institution	Net Sold	Current Position
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ Long Only Manager	−$987.4M −2.0M shares	$1.6B 3.3M shares
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO Institution	−$764.8M −1.6M shares	$1.0B 2.0M shares
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. Long Only Manager	−$419.6M −850.4K shares	$524.3M 1.1M shares
HENDERSON GROUP PLC Institution	−$298.4M −604.7K shares	$172.6M 349.7K shares
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC Institution	−$201.2M −407.7K shares	$1.1B 2.2M shares
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Institution	−$148.1M −300.2K shares	$1.3B 2.5M shares
C Capital World Investors Institution	−$141.7M −287.3K shares	$3.7B 7.5M shares
Clearbridge Investments, LLC Long Only Manager	−$130.9M −265.4K shares	$670.2M 1.4M shares
T TOMS Capital Investment Management LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	−$110.7M −216.0K shares	Sold Off 0 shares
MARSICO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Long Only Manager	−$102.1M −199.2K shares	Sold Off 0 shares

Entry and Exit Activity

Institutions that initiated new positions or completely exited SNPS in Q3 2025

New Positions: 143
New Value: $1.5B
Exited Positions: 130
Exited Value: $673.7M

New Positions

Institution	Position Value
POLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Long Only Manager	$515.5M 1.0M shares
Altimeter Capital Management, LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$127.4M 258.3K shares
G Greenwoods Asset Management Hong Kong Ltd. Institution	$81.6M 165.5K shares
E EMINENCE CAPITAL LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$80.6M 163.4K shares
DF DENT & CO INC Long Only Manager	$69.1M 140.0K shares
SUSQUEHANNA ADVISORS GROUP, INC. Private Equity	$51.4M 104.2K shares
Intermede Investment Partners Ltd Long Only Manager	$49.8M 100.9K shares
C Carrhae Capital LLP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$47.5M 96.2K shares
NZS Capital, LLC Hedge Fund•Sector	$46.8M 94.8K shares
Melqart Asset Management Ltd Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$43.2M 87.5K shares

Exited Positions

Institution	Previous Position
T TOMS Capital Investment Management LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$110.7M 216.0K shares
MARSICO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Long Only Manager	$102.1M 199.2K shares
Holocene Advisors, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$54.8M 106.8K shares
F Freestone Grove Partners LP Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$53.2M 103.8K shares
DSM CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC Long Only Manager	$52.2M 101.8K shares
A AXA Institution	$29.4M 57.4K shares
L Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC RIA/Wealth	$27.1M 52.8K shares
A Alua Capital Management LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$26.4M 51.4K shares
T Talos Asset Management LP Hedge Fund•Market Neutral	$17.1M 33.3K shares
P PICTON MAHONEY ASSET MANAGEMENT Institution	$16.5M 32.1K shares

Options Activity

Institutions with the largest Call and Put options positions in SNPS as of Q3 2025

Call Positions: 49
Call Value: $1.9B
Put Positions: 34
Put Value: $2.0B

Call Positions

Institution	Position Value
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$733.4M 14.9K contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$375.2M 7.6K contracts
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$291.5M 5.9K contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$153.1M 3.2K contracts
Pentwater Capital Management LP Hedge Fund•Event Driven	$44.4M 900.0 contracts
S Squarepoint Ops LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	$33.4M 676.0 contracts
Walleye Trading LLC RIA/Wealth	$32.4M 657.0 contracts
TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$28.9M 586.0 contracts
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$26.8M 543.0 contracts
UBS Group AG Institution	$20.7M 420.0 contracts

Put Positions

Institution	Position Value
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$721.7M 14.6K contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$462.0M 9.4K contracts
Pentwater Capital Management LP Hedge Fund•Event Driven	$148.0M 3.0K contracts
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$144.6M 2.9K contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$95.6M 2.0K contracts
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$56.8M 1.2K contracts
UBS Group AG Institution	$56.0M 1.1K contracts
SUSQUEHANNA ADVISORS GROUP, INC. Private Equity	$51.4M 1.0K contracts
Walleye Trading LLC RIA/Wealth	$45.1M 915.0 contracts
S Squarepoint Ops LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	$41.9M 849.0 contracts

Most Committed Institutions

Institutions with SNPS as the highest % of their portfolio as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Portfolio Weight	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
A Aspex Management Ltd Institution	-	49.03% $748.8M	0.82% 1.5M shares	Q1 2025 Held for 8 months	$1.5B
M Monolith Management Ltd Institution	-	24.76% $56.2M	0.06% 113.9K shares	Q2 2025 Held for 5 months	$226.8M
W WESTPORT ASSET MANAGEMENT INC Long Only Manager	Andrew John Knuth Chairman	10.70% $25.5M	0.03% 51.7K shares	Q4 2016 Held for 8y 11m	$238.3M
Coalescence Partners Investment Management, LP Venture Capital	Stephanie Marie Geveda Founder	9.75% $37.0M	0.04% 74.9K shares	Q1 2024 Held for 1y 8m	$379.1M
ELEMENT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	Jeffrey Marc Talpins CEO	8.60% $6.1M	0.01% 12.3K shares	Q1 2025 Held for 8 months	$70.6M
S Sequoia China Equity Partners Ltd Institution	-	7.92% $14.0M	0.02% 28.3K shares	Q3 2025 Held for 2 months	$176.1M
EDGEWOOD MANAGEMENT LLC Long Only Manager	Alexander Manouchehr Farman-Farmaian Chairman	6.47% $1.8B	1.99% 3.7M shares	Q1 2024 Held for 1y 8m	$28.2B
Melqart Asset Management Ltd Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	Michel Nmn Massoud CEO	5.64% $43.2M	0.05% 87.5K shares	Q3 2025 Held for 2 months	$766.2M
O Ownership Capital B.V. Institution	-	5.63% $10.0M	0.01% 20.3K shares	Q3 2021 Held for 4y 2m	$177.7M
R Robocap Asset Management Ltd Institution	-	5.55% $8.7M	0.01% 17.7K shares	Q1 2023 Held for 2y 8m	$156.9M

Hedge Fund Spotlight

Discover hedge funds investing in SNPS

PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC

Hedge Fund • Quant

Portfolio ManagerBryan David Belton

Portfolio Value: $24.8B
Positions: 1,146
Last Reported: Q3 2025

Sector Allocation

Position in Synopsys

Market Value: $917.7K
Shares Held: 1.9K
Portfolio Weight: 0.00%
Owned Since: 2013-Q2

Top Holding	Sector	Market Value	Weight
1 Nvidia NVDA	Semiconductors Technology	$1.9B	7.75%
2 Apple AAPL	Consumer Electronics Technology	$1.4B	5.65%
3 Microsoft MSFT	Software - Infrastructure Technology	$1.4B	5.45%