Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. Takes $18 Million Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. bought a new stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 40,362 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $18,004,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in SNPS. Sankala Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 96.4% during the second quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC now owns 55 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 27 shares during the period. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys in the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. IMG Wealth Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Synopsys in the second quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Synopsys in the fourth quarter worth $32,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Citigroup boosted their price target on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $610.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $530.00 to $575.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on shares of Synopsys from $535.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating and set a $580.00 price target on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $563.59.

Insider Buying and Selling

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 completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer 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 SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $458.96, for a total transaction of $6,702,192.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 75,020 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $34,431,179.20. This trade represents a 16.29% decrease in their position. 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. Company insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of NASDAQ SNPS opened at $401.24 on Thursday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $366.00 and a 12-month high of $615.79. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $422.02 and its 200 day simple moving average is $440.99. 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 company has a market cap of $76.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 92.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 1.23.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 27th. The semiconductor company reported $3.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.20. Synopsys had a net margin of 8.91% and a return on equity of 5.83%. The firm had revenue of $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $3.67 EPS. The company’s quarterly 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, research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.