Louisiana State Employees Retirement System Acquires New Shares in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Louisiana State Employees Retirement System bought a new position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 22,300 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,842,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Sankala Group LLC bought a new position in Synopsys in the 4th quarter worth about $25,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys during the fourth quarter worth approximately $28,000. Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Synopsys in the 4th quarter worth approximately $32,000. Finally, Osbon Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Synopsys in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

SNPS has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Citigroup boosted their price target on Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Berenberg Bank set a $633.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, May 27th. Robert W. Baird set a $558.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Bank of America raised their target price on shares of Synopsys from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Monday, June 8th. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $570.06.

Synopsys Stock Down 1.9%

SNPS opened at $455.02 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a current ratio of 1.43. The company has a market capitalization of $87.13 billion, a PE ratio of 105.33, a P/E/G ratio of 2.73 and a beta of 1.22. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $483.35 and its 200-day moving average is $462.20. Synopsys, Inc. has a one year low of $376.18 and a one year high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.15 by $0.20. Synopsys had a return on equity of 5.83% and a net margin of 8.91%.The firm had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $3.67 earnings per share. Synopsys’s revenue was up 41.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $450.02, for a total value of $1,527,367.88. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 14,358 shares in the company, valued at $6,461,387.16. The trade was a 19.12% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $458.96, for a total transaction of $6,702,192.88. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 75,020 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $34,431,179.20. This represents a 16.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys 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.