Synopsys Inc. (SNPS) Chairman of the Board & CEO Geus Aart De sells 1,060,000 Shares

Chairman of the Board & CEO of Synopsys Inc. (SNPS, Financial) Geus Aart De sells 1,060,000 shares of SNPS on 02/19/2010 at an average price of $21.47 a share.

Synopsys Inc. has a market cap of $3.15 billion; its shares were traded at around $21.35 with a P/E ratio of 16.8 and P/S ratio of 2.4.

SNPS is in the portfolios of Westport Asset Management, RS Investment Management, Third Avenue Management, Dodge & Cox, John Buckingham of Al Frank Asset Management, Inc., David Dreman of Dreman Value Management, George Soros of Soros Fund Management LLC.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

  • Sell:: VP, Controller Esfandiar Naddaf sold 623 shares of SNPS stock on 12/22/2009 at the average price of 22.07, the price of the stock has decreased by 3.26% since.

  • Sell:: VP, Controller Esfandiar Naddaf sold 712 shares of SNPS stock on 12/14/2009 at the average price of 20.59, the price of the stock has increased by 3.69% since.

  • Sell:: Director Sasson Somekh sold 938 shares of SNPS stock on 12/04/2009 at the average price of 21.29, the price of the stock has increased by 0.28% since.

  • Sell:: Director Sasson Somekh sold 469 shares of SNPS stock on 10/01/2009 at the average price of 22.41, the price of the stock has decreased by 4.73% since.

  • Sell:: Pres & COO Chi-foon Chan sold 120,000 shares of SNPS stock on 09/22/2009 at the average price of 22.7, the price of the stock has decreased by 5.95% since.