Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. Acquires 148,507 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Key Points

• Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. boosted its stake in Synopsys by 282.2%, buying an additional 148,507 shares to hold 201,131 shares (about 0.11% of the company) valued at roughly $94.48 million.
• Synopsys beat quarterly estimates, reporting $3.77 EPS versus $3.56 expected and $2.41 billion in revenue (up 65.6% YoY), and set FY2026 guidance of $14.38–$14.46 EPS.
• Analyst sentiment is mixed: several firms cut price targets (e.g., Piper Sandler to $430, Wells Fargo to $450) while Goldman Sachs set a $600 buy target; overall there are 8 Buys, 8 Holds and 1 Sell with an average price target of $531 and an average rating of "Hold."

Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS - Free Report) by 282.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 201,131 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after purchasing an additional 148,507 shares during the period. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. owned about 0.11% of Synopsys worth $94,475,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Empirical Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in Synopsys during the third quarter worth $773,000. Strategic Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Synopsys by 76.3% during the third quarter. Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 7,578 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $3,739,000 after purchasing an additional 3,279 shares during the last quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in Synopsys by 31.8% during the fourth quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 14,810 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $6,957,000 after purchasing an additional 3,575 shares during the last quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd lifted its stake in Synopsys by 24.8% during the third quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 23,970 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $11,827,000 after purchasing an additional 4,759 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 57.7% during the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 412,766 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $203,654,000 after buying an additional 150,973 shares in the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Piper Sandler lowered their price target on shares of Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on shares of Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 26th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price target on shares of Synopsys and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities lowered their price target on shares of Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $531.00.

Synopsys Stock Up 1.0%

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $502.51 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $431.32 and a 200-day moving average of $446.18. The company has a market capitalization of $96.26 billion, a PE ratio of 78.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.06 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a current ratio of 1.36. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $376.18 and a 52-week high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 return on equity of 6.83% and a net margin of 13.76%.Synopsys's quarterly revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business 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. On average, equities analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.3 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.

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