Caisse Des Depots ET Consignations Makes New Investment in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Caisse Des Depots ET Consignations bought a new position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 1,832 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $904,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in Synopsys by 5.7% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 921 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $447,000 after buying an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 11.6% in the 1st quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 760 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $326,000 after acquiring an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 15.1% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 3,010 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,291,000 after acquiring an additional 395 shares in the last quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC grew its position in Synopsys by 13.1% during the 2nd quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,691 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $867,000 after acquiring an additional 196 shares during the last quarter. Finally, CWM LLC increased its holdings in Synopsys by 19.1% in the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 5,874 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,012,000 after purchasing an additional 941 shares in the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Synopsys Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ SNPS opened at $438.21 on Thursday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $478.54 and its 200-day moving average price is $492.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.62. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $365.74 and a 52-week high of $651.73. The company has a market capitalization of $83.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 54.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.12.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently commented on SNPS. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, December 13th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $445.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Needham & Company LLC upped their price target on shares of Synopsys from $550.00 to $580.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Bank of America upgraded shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price target for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a report on Monday, December 8th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Synopsys currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $553.57.

Insider Activity

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total transaction of $1,685,035.89. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the sale, 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 position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. 0.62% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.