Sassine Ghazi reported a Synopsys share sale on Form 4

What did Sassine Ghazi report?

The SEC Form 4 reports that Sassine Ghazi, PRESIDENT AND CEO, CEO, sold 14,604 shares of Synopsys (SNPS) in an open-market transaction. The reported price was $462.84 per share, for a reported value of about $6.76M.

The transaction date was Oct 15, 2026. The Form 4 was filed on Oct 16, 2026, 1 day later. The filing also mentions a planned or automatic transaction.

How does the timing compare with results and other sales?

The sale was made 50 days after Synopsys announced results on Aug 26, 2026, in an 8-K Item 2.02. In the 455 days to Oct 16, 2026, OQRO holds 14 open-market sales by Synopsys insiders, counted once per person and day. Of those sales, 10 were made within 30 days after a results announcement.

In the 365 days to Oct 16, 2026, OQRO holds 2 other open-market sales by Sassine Ghazi, about $12.2M in total; 2 were at Synopsys. The same person’s filings also report an exercise or conversion of 15K SNPS derivative securities dated Oct 15, 2026, under transaction code M or C.

How does the sale compare with other Synopsys insider filings?

In the 90 days to Oct 16, 2026, OQRO holds 8 other open-market sales at Synopsys, about $44.6M, by 4 insiders. In the 365 days before that, 11 were filed, about $26.9M, an average of 2.7 per 90 days.

The largest other filings of the same kind in that period were by Geus Aart De, EXECUTIVE CHAIR: about $11.1M, filed Aug 31, 2026 and about $11M, filed Sep 2, 2026. These are records of other reported transactions, not explanations of this sale.

What other public records involve Synopsys?

In the 90 days to Oct 16, 2026, members of Congress filed 2 other disclosures on Synopsys: 1 purchase and 1 sale, by 2 members. The largest range among them was Sen. Thomas H Tuberville’s $1,001 to $15,000 disclosure, filed Aug 5, 2026. Fund 13F filings in that period show 27 new or larger positions and 20 smaller or closed positions in Synopsys.

For the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, the largest positions that grew included Aspex Management (HK) Ltd, increased by 442,114 shares, and Capital Research Global Investors, increased by 216,999 shares. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. and Atreides Management, LP sold out. A 13F is a quarter-end snapshot with no trade date.

State WARN notices show 1 company layoff notice for 128 employees in CA. The notice filed Aug 31, 2026 has an effective date of Dec 16, 2026. Federal court records list 3 securities suits naming Synopsys filed since Jul 17, 2025. The latest, City of Sterling Heights Police & Fire Retirement System v. Synopsys, Inc., was filed Dec 30, 2025, in the District Court, N.D. California, and closed Jul 21, 2026.

FINRA short interest for SNPS on Sep 30, 2026, was 4,973,135 shares, -12.94% on the previous report, or about 2.41 days of average volume. Synopsys’s fiscal 2025 proxy statement reported total compensation of $19.6M for principal executive officer Sassine Ghazi and an average of $4.84M for the other named executive officers. The proxy statement counts stock and option awards at grant-date value, not what was sold. A Federal Register notice published May 7, 2026 also names the company.

What was happening around the trade date?

SNPS closed at $468.11 on Oct 15, 2026, the last session on or before the trade date. From Sep 15, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026, the close moved from $367.70 to $468.11, a change of +27.3%. The price record is context; the filing does not explain the move.

Finnhub listed the headlines “Can Synopsys' AI-Focused Design IP Strategy Drive Growth?” and “What Would It Take For Synopsys Stock To Move Higher?”, both published by Yahoo on Oct 15, 2026. Finnhub also listed “Is Synopsys Back from the Dead? EDA Leader Inks Deals With Amazon and OpenAI”, published by Yahoo on Oct 10, 2026.

What this does not tell you?

A Form 4 reports a transaction; it does not say why it was made. Many companies let insiders trade only in a window that opens after results, and a sale can also follow an option exercise, a tax bill or a pre-arranged plan. The filing’s footnote mentions a planned or automatic transaction, but the record does not establish which circumstance applies here. OQRO notes a plan only when a filing footnote says so.

Headlines are listed as published by the outlets; OQRO has not checked them and does not summarise the articles. Share price moves are context only; the filing does not explain them, and other news can move a price. A filed suit is a claim, not a finding; securities suits can be dismissed or settled without any finding of fault. Comparisons use only filings OQRO holds. This describes public filings and is not investment advice.