Synopsys SNPS
Synopsys is the 149th largest S&P 500 company by market cap, worth $82.4 billion. 11 directors have filed with the SEC in the last 12 months (who counts), 2 of them executives. 4 other officers are on file. At 30 Jun 2026, Vanguard was its largest institutional holder, with 9.9% of the company.
- CEO
- Sassine Ghazi
- Chair
- Aart de Geus
- Sector
- Information Technology
- Sub-industry
- Application Software
- Headquarters
- Sunnyvale, California
- Founded
- 1986
- More
- Wikipedia
- Market cap
- $82.4B
- 149th largest, 23 Oct 2026 close
- Price to sales
- 11.7
- Market cap over revenue
- Market cap per employee
- $2.9M
- Market cap over employees
- Connections
- 8
- S&P 500 companies sharing a director or officer
Largest institutional holders
Each fund group's share of Synopsys. Where a company has several share classes, the share is of its total value.
13F filings for the quarter to 30 Jun 2026
Board and officers
7 people here also hold roles at other S&P 500 companies.
Roles filed up to 30 Sep 2026
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Directors (11) | |
| Aart de GeusExecutive ChairAlso at Applied Materials | |
| Sassine GhaziPresident and CEO | |
| Janice ChaffinDirectorAlso at PTC | |
| Bruce R. ChizenDirectorAlso at Oracle | |
| Jesse CohnDirector | |
| Mercedes JohnsonDirectorAlso at Analog Devices and Teradyne | |
| Robert G. PainterDirectorAlso at Trimble | |
| Jeannine P. SargentDirectorAlso at Fortive | |
| John SchwarzDirector | |
| Peter A. ShimerDirectorAlso at Cisco | |
| Ravi K. VijayaraghavanDirector | |
| Officers (4) | |
| Shelagh GlaserCFOLast filed 16 Jun 2026 | |
| Michael EllowChief Revenue OfficerLast filed 2 Sep 2026 | |
| Sudhindra KankanwadiDeputy CFO & CAOLast filed 2 Sep 2026 | |
| Janet LeeGC & Corporate SecretaryLast filed 14 Sep 2026 | |
Companies that share people with Synopsys
Each person's title here, then at the other company.
- Analog Devices ADI
- Mercedes Johnson: Director here, Director there
- Applied Materials AMAT
- Aart de Geus: Executive Chair here, Director there
- Cisco CSCO
- Peter A. Shimer: Director here, Director there
- Fortive FTV
- Jeannine P. Sargent: Director here, Director there
- Oracle ORCL
- Bruce R. Chizen: Director here, Director there
- PTC PTC
- Janice Chaffin: Director here, Director there
- Teradyne TER
- Mercedes Johnson: Director here, Director there
- Trimble TRMB
- Robert G. Painter: Director here, President & CEO there
Synopsys's market cap since December 2008
Marked weeks are changes in the share count, such as a merger, not market moves.
Weekly, up to 23 Oct 2026
| Week ending | Market cap |
|---|---|
| 23 Oct 2026 | $82.4B |
| 26 Dec 2025 | $91.3B |
| 27 Dec 2024 | $75.9B |
| 29 Dec 2023 | $78.3B |
| 30 Dec 2022 | $48.7B |
| 31 Dec 2021 | $56.5B |
| 25 Dec 2020 | $39.2B |
| 27 Dec 2019 | $21.2B |
| 28 Dec 2018 | $12.5B |
| 29 Dec 2017 | $12.7B |
| 30 Dec 2016 | $8.8B |
| 25 Dec 2015 | $6.9B |
| 26 Dec 2014 | $6.7B |
| 27 Dec 2013 | $6.2B |
| 28 Dec 2012 | $4.8B |
| 30 Dec 2011 | $3.9B |
| 31 Dec 2010 | $4.0B |
| 25 Dec 2009 | $3.3B |
| 26 Dec 2008 | $2.6B |
Download Synopsys's data as JSON, with the weekly market caps in billions of dollars from 5 Dec 2008.
Workforce
Headcount at 31 Oct 2025
- Employees
- 28,000
As of fiscal 2025 year-end, Synopsys had approximately 28,000 employees, with about 23% in the United States and 77% in other locations worldwide.
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sales by directors and officers. Grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are left out.
Trades from 30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2026
Directors and officers sold $48.2 million of stock in 9 sales and made no open-market purchases in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026.
| Date | Person | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Sep 2026Sale | Sassine GhaziPresident and CEO | $5.5M |
| 1 Sep 2026Sale | Aart de GeusExecutive Chair | $10M |
| 31 Aug 2026Sale | Aart de GeusExecutive Chair | $11M |
| 28 Aug 2026Sale | Aart de GeusExecutive Chair | $11M |
| 15 Jun 2026Sale | Sassine GhaziPresident and CEO | $6.7M |
| 12 Jun 2026Sale | Shelagh GlaserCFO | $1.5M |
| 12 Jan 2026Sale | Janet LeeGC & Corporate Secretary | $133K |
| 7 Jan 2026Sale | Janet LeeGC & Corporate Secretary | $128K |
| 19 Dec 2025Sale | Shelagh GlaserCFO | $1.7M |
Trades by members of Congress and officials
Trades members of Congress and senior executive branch officials disclosed, including their families'. Amounts are filed as ranges.
Trades from 20 Oct 2023 to 20 Oct 2026
13 people disclosed 28 purchases and 40 sales of Synopsys stock since October 2023.
| Date | Member or official | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 2026 | Rohit KhannaHouse, D-CA 路 Bought | $1K to $15K |
| 28 Aug 2026 | Donald J TrumpPresident 路 Sold | $15K to $50K |
| 24 Aug 2026 | Donald J TrumpPresident 路 Sold | $1K to $15K |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Rohit KhannaHouse, D-CA 路 Bought | $1K to $15K |
| 3 Aug 2026 | Rohit KhannaHouse, D-CA 路 Sold | $1K to $15K |
| 23 Jul 2026 | Donald J TrumpPresident 路 Bought | $50K to $100K |
| 20 Jul 2026 | Donald J TrumpPresident 路 Sold | $500K to $1M |
| 17 Jul 2026 | Donald J TrumpPresident 路 Sold | $1K to $15K |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Rohit KhannaHouse, D-CA 路 Sold | $1K to $15K |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Donald J TrumpPresident 路 Bought | $1K to $15K |
Showing 10 of 68 trades
WARN layoff notices
Notices filed under Synopsys's own name. Subsidiaries that file under their own names are not included.
Notices from 26 Oct 2023 to 26 Oct 2026
Synopsys filed 6 notices covering 358 workers since October 2023.
| Notice | Place | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2026 | Sunnyvale, CA | 128 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Sunnyvale, CA | 55 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Sunnyvale, CA | 172 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Sunnyvale, CA | 1 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Sunnyvale, CA | 1 |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Sunnyvale, CA | 1 |