Groupama Asset Managment Buys Shares of 1,916 Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Groupama Asset Managment purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 1,916 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $945,000.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 542.9% in the 3rd quarter. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. now owns 12,877 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $6,353,000 after buying an additional 10,874 shares during the period. Empirical Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in Synopsys during the third quarter valued at about $773,000. Strategic Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Synopsys by 76.3% in the third quarter. Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 7,578 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,739,000 after acquiring an additional 3,279 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys in the second quarter valued at about $647,964,000. Finally, OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd boosted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 24.8% in the third quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 23,970 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $11,827,000 after acquiring an additional 4,759 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In related news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Price Performance

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $420.32 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $453.33 and its 200 day moving average is $458.42. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $365.74 and a 12 month high of $651.73. The company has a market capitalization of $80.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 65.27, a P/E/G ratio of 3.49 and a beta of 1.15. The company has a current ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently issued reports on SNPS shares. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Rosenblatt Securities dropped their price target on Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $531.00.

About Synopsys

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.