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

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

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 20.7% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,181,185 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $8,970,415,000 after purchasing an additional 3,120,401 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its stake in Synopsys by 20.6% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,760,358 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $4,322,273,000 after buying an additional 1,493,912 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in Synopsys by 238.8% in the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,824,349 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,393,506,000 after buying an additional 1,990,608 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in Synopsys by 29.1% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,598,874 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,333,095,000 after buying an additional 585,494 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors boosted its position in Synopsys by 226.6% during 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 acquiring an additional 1,751,432 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Synopsys news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following 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 sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Trading Down 1.9%

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $420.32 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $80.52 billion, a PE ratio of 65.27, a price-to-earnings-growth 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. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $453.33 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $458.42. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $365.74 and a 12 month high of $651.73.

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 firm had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.39 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $3.03 EPS. The company’s revenue 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. Research analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have weighed in on the company. Bank of America upgraded Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their target price for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a report on Monday, December 8th. KeyCorp increased their price target on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. HSBC downgraded shares of Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities cut their target price on Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target 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.