iA Global Asset Management Inc. Has $11.04 Million Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

iA Global Asset Management Inc. increased its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 7.6% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 23,504 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 1,667 shares during the period. iA Global Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $11,040,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in SNPS. Security National Bank raised its stake in Synopsys by 3.3% during the 4th quarter. Security National Bank now owns 12,647 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $5,941,000 after buying an additional 402 shares during the period. May Hill Capital LLC acquired a new position in Synopsys during the 4th quarter worth approximately $258,000. Canada Post Corp Registered Pension Plan raised its stake in Synopsys by 26.5% during the 4th quarter. Canada Post Corp Registered Pension Plan now owns 4,675 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,196,000 after buying an additional 980 shares during the period. AlphaCore Capital LLC raised its stake in Synopsys by 10.2% during the 4th quarter. AlphaCore Capital LLC now owns 7,174 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,370,000 after buying an additional 665 shares during the period. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC raised its stake in Synopsys by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC now owns 5,936 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,788,000 after buying an additional 38 shares during the period. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Rosenblatt Securities dropped their price target on Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Piper Sandler cut their price target on Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. HSBC downgraded Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price target on Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Synopsys presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $536.00.

Synopsys Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ SNPS opened at $502.42 on Monday. Synopsys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $376.18 and a twelve month high of $651.73. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $444.25 and its 200-day moving average price is $449.26. The company has a market capitalization of $96.24 billion, a PE ratio of 78.02, a PEG ratio of 4.10 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 the consensus estimate of $2.39 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business 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. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.3 EPS for the current 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.