Lombard Odier Asset Management USA Corp Takes $1.83 Million Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Lombard Odier Asset Management USA Corp purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 3,702 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,827,000.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of SNPS. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC raised its stake in shares of Synopsys by 11.6% during the 1st quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 760 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $326,000 after buying an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Synopsys by 15.1% in the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 3,010 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,291,000 after buying an additional 395 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Synopsys by 2.3% in the 2nd quarter. Advisors Capital Management LLC now owns 862 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $442,000 after buying an additional 19 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Foundations Investment Advisors LLC grew its stake in Synopsys by 3.8% in the 2nd quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,372 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $704,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Synopsys news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of Synopsys 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. The trade was a 2.05% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total value of $1,685,035.89. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,221,058.34. This trade represents a 17.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. 0.56% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on SNPS shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Citigroup started coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price target on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price objective on shares of Synopsys and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, December 13th. Finally, Piper Sandler reduced their target price on Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” 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 issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Synopsys presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $531.00.

Synopsys Price Performance

NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $425.88 on Tuesday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $365.74 and a 12-month high of $651.73. The firm has a market cap of $81.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 66.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.36 and a beta of 1.15. The company’s 50-day moving average is $460.56 and its two-hundred day moving average is $461.36. The company has a current ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $3.03 earnings per share. 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 expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 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.