Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Shares Acquired by BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.

BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. grew its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 23.2% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 66,311 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,477 shares during the period. BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $32,671,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Alpine Bank Wealth Management raised its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 89.3% during the 3rd quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the period. TFC Financial Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 1,250.0% in the 3rd quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 54 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Millstone Evans Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC acquired a new position in Synopsys in the third quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Trading Up 0.0%

SNPS opened at $442.44 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $365.74 and a 12 month high of $651.73. The stock has a market capitalization of $84.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 55.37, a PEG ratio of 3.68 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 1.62 and a quick ratio of 1.52. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $474.32 and a 200 day moving average price of $485.28.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.11. Synopsys had a return on equity of 7.89% and a net margin of 18.89%.The business had revenue of $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $3.40 EPS. The business’s quarterly 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. Sell-side analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have recently commented on SNPS. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Rosenblatt Securities raised shares of Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from $605.00 to $560.00 in a research note on Tuesday, December 9th. Piper Sandler cut shares of Synopsys from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their price target for the company from $602.00 to $520.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective 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. Finally, Citigroup assumed coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price objective for the company. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $553.57.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the business’s 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 sale, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036. Insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

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.