Natixis Advisors LLC Purchases 74,234 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Natixis Advisors LLC raised its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 30.2% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 320,359 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 74,234 shares during the period. Natixis Advisors LLC owned approximately 0.17% of Synopsys worth $150,479,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 1.6% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,464,862 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $8,673,315,000 after purchasing an additional 283,677 shares during the period. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 20.6% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,760,358 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,322,273,000 after purchasing an additional 1,493,912 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,310,846 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,017,256,000 after purchasing an additional 54,329 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 238.8% in the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,824,349 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,393,506,000 after purchasing an additional 1,990,608 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 226.6% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 2,524,512 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,245,533,000 after purchasing an additional 1,751,432 shares during the period. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have weighed in on SNPS. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price target on shares of Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Piper Sandler increased their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $430.00 to $450.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating and issued a $580.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Rosenblatt Securities increased their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $530.00 to $575.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, KeyCorp restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $563.81.

Synopsys Stock Up 3.5%

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $492.29 on Tuesday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $376.18 and a 12 month high of $651.73. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $460.81 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $455.51. The company has a quick ratio of 1.32, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The firm has a market cap of $94.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 113.96, a P/E/G ratio of 3.75 and a beta of 1.22.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.15 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 8.91% and a return on equity of 5.83%. The company’s revenue was up 41.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $3.67 EPS. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.28 EPS for the current fiscal 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.