Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Shares Purchased by Natixis Advisors LLC

Natixis Advisors LLC raised its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 25.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 246,125 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 49,965 shares during the period. Natixis Advisors LLC owned about 0.13% of Synopsys worth $121,436,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Korea Investment CORP raised its stake in shares of Synopsys by 51.1% during the 3rd quarter. Korea Investment CORP now owns 112,518 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $55,515,000 after buying an additional 38,050 shares during the last quarter. Munich Reinsurance Co Stock Corp in Munich acquired a new stake in Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at about $28,983,000. Hel Ved Capital Management Ltd grew its stake in Synopsys by 126.7% in the 3rd quarter. Hel Ved Capital Management Ltd now owns 11,333 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,592,000 after acquiring an additional 6,333 shares during the last quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. increased its holdings in Synopsys by 109.0% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. now owns 186 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $92,000 after acquiring an additional 97 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Evexia Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Synopsys by 19.1% during the 3rd quarter. Evexia Wealth LLC now owns 1,385 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $683,000 after acquiring an additional 222 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have issued reports on SNPS. Rosenblatt Securities reduced their price target on shares of Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Morgan Stanley reissued an “equal weight” rating and set a $480.00 price objective (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. KeyCorp lifted their price objective on Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Piper Sandler reduced their target price on Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 10th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $531.00.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total value of $1,685,035.89. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. Insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Down 1.1%

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $437.41 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $466.71 and a 200-day simple moving average of $468.77. The stock has a market capitalization of $83.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 67.92, a PEG ratio of 3.56 and a beta of 1.15. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $365.74 and a 1 year high of $651.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a current ratio of 1.36.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. Synopsys’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $3.03 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.380-14.460 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.110-3.170 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Synopsys Company Profile

Synopsys, Inc is a leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and semiconductor intellectual property (IP) used to design, verify and manufacture integrated circuits and complex systems-on-chip (SoCs). Its product portfolio spans tools and technologies for front‑end design and synthesis, simulation and verification, physical implementation and signoff, and design-for-manufacturability, enabling chip designers to move from architecture through tape‑out.

In addition to core EDA offerings, Synopsys supplies a broad set of semiconductor IP building blocks — such as interface, memory and analog/mixed-signal cores — that customers integrate into SoCs to accelerate development.