Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. Boosts Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. boosted its holdings in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 67.6% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 45,528 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 18,358 shares during the period. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $22,399,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 20.7% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,181,185 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $8,970,415,000 after purchasing an additional 3,120,401 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its stake in Synopsys by 1.2% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,266,446 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,725,362,000 after buying an additional 85,662 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in Synopsys by 238.8% during the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,824,349 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,393,506,000 after buying an additional 1,990,608 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its holdings in Synopsys by 29.1% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,598,874 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,333,095,000 after buying an additional 585,494 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors increased its position in Synopsys by 226.6% during the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 2,524,512 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,245,533,000 after buying an additional 1,751,432 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on SNPS shares. Wall Street Zen raised Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, December 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price objective on Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Bank of America upgraded Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their price objective for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Morgan Stanley reissued an “equal weight” rating and issued a $480.00 target price (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Finally, KeyCorp raised their price target on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $531.00.

Insider Activity

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total value of $1,685,035.89. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at $8,221,058.34. The trade was a 17.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036 in the last 90 days. 0.56% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Synopsys Trading Down 1.5%

Shares of Synopsys stock opened at $412.63 on Monday. Synopsys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $365.74 and a fifty-two week high of $651.73. The business’s fifty day moving average is $461.93 and its two-hundred day moving average is $462.67. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The firm has a market cap of $79.04 billion, a PE ratio of 64.07, a P/E/G ratio of 3.36 and a beta of 1.15.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 EPS 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%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $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. Analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share 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.