Lombard Odier Asset Management Switzerland SA Makes New $2.30 Million Investment in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Lombard Odier Asset Management Switzerland SA acquired a new stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 5,809 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,303,000.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Waverly Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 2.3% during the first quarter. Waverly Advisors LLC now owns 13,662 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $5,417,000 after buying an additional 306 shares during the last quarter. Maplelane Capital LLC increased its stake in shares of Synopsys by 50.9% in the 1st quarter. Maplelane Capital LLC now owns 123,000 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $48,767,000 after acquiring an additional 41,500 shares during the last quarter. Entropy Technologies LP bought a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 1st quarter valued at about $4,258,000. Broadhurst Jeffrey B acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $414,000. Finally, Dai ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 16.6% in the 1st quarter. Dai ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd now owns 10,355 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,106,000 after acquiring an additional 1,475 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Sassine Ghazi sold 14,603 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction on Monday, June 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $458.96, for a total value of $6,702,192.88. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 75,020 shares in the company, valued at approximately $34,431,179.20. This trade represents a 16.29% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 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. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,394 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $450.02, for a total value of $1,527,367.88. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 14,358 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,461,387.16. The trade was a 19.12% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Corporate insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on SNPS. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 30th. Bank of America lifted their price target on shares of Synopsys from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Rosenblatt Securities upped their price objective 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. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Synopsys from $505.00 to $535.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Monday, June 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Synopsys currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $570.06.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of SNPS stock opened at $373.47 on Monday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $456.13 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $454.98. Synopsys, Inc. has a one year low of $366.00 and a one year high of $651.73. The stock has a market cap of $71.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 86.45, a P/E/G ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 1.32.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued 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. The company had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 8.91% and a return on equity of 5.83%. The company’s revenue was up 41.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $3.67 earnings per share. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.720-14.800 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.630-3.690 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.65 EPS for the current 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.