Insider trade

CFO sold ~$481K of SNPS shares in the open market

Traded Dec 19, 2025 · Filed Dec 22, 2025

SynopsysSNPS

~$481K
Reported value · 1,044 sh @ $460.77: 18K
Holds after · shares reported: +5.8%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +12.3%, $463.73 → $490.54 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The money chief of Synopsys sold $481K of Synopsys shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Dec 19, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Dec 22, 2025

CFO$100K–$500K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$481,044

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

9 days after results of Dec 10, 2025, 68 days before results of Feb 25, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $463.73 on Dec 19, 2025, 22% above its 52-week low and 28% below its high, after a 17% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $380.90 (Apr 7, 2025) to $645.35 (Jul 30, 2025), 31% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $396.14 on Nov 6, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Layoff notice nearby

A WARN layoff notice covering 172 workers was filed in California on November 12, 2025.

From the official state WARN list, 37 days before the trade; 3 more notices by the company within 60 days. Shown for timing only; the two filings are separate

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

Securities lawsuit open at the trade date

A securities lawsuit naming the company as a defendant was filed on Nov 25, 2025 in the U.S. District Court, N.D. California. A filing is an allegation, not a finding.

2 such cases were open. New England Teamsters Pension Fund v. Synopsys, Inc., docket 5:25-cv-10201, via CourtListener (court records). Nature of suit 850, company named as first defendant