Caisse Des Depots ET Consignations Invests $904,000 in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Caisse Des Depots ET Consignations bought a new stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm bought 1,832 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $904,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. grew its stake in Synopsys by 542.9% in the 3rd quarter. Stanley Laman Group Ltd. now owns 12,877 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $6,353,000 after buying an additional 10,874 shares in the last quarter. Symphony Financial Ltd. Co. boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 4,780.9% in the second quarter. Symphony Financial Ltd. Co. now owns 40,219 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $20,638,000 after acquiring an additional 39,395 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 0.4% in the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,347,887 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $691,035,000 after purchasing an additional 4,815 shares in the last quarter. Waverton Investment Management Ltd raised its stake in shares of Synopsys by 15.0% during the 2nd quarter. Waverton Investment Management Ltd now owns 578,299 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $296,630,000 after purchasing an additional 75,374 shares during the period. Finally, Angeles Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Synopsys during the 2nd quarter worth about $478,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In other news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,338,270. The trade was a 2.05% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total transaction of $1,685,035.89. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,221,058.34. This trade represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036. 0.62% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Piper Sandler cut shares of Synopsys from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $602.00 to $520.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Citigroup assumed coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 target price on the stock. Zacks Research raised shares of Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 10th. Finally, KeyCorp upped their price target on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Synopsys currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $553.57.

Synopsys Price Performance

SNPS stock opened at $438.21 on Thursday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $478.54 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $492.32. The stock has a market cap of $83.84 billion, a PE ratio of 54.84, a P/E/G ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.12. Synopsys, Inc. has a one year low of $365.74 and a one year high of $651.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 1.62 and a quick ratio of 1.52.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.79 by $0.11. Synopsys had a net margin of 18.89% and a return on equity of 7.89%. The company had revenue of $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $3.40 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.320-14.400 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.520-3.580 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.