Bank Hapoalim BM Has $759,000 Stock Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Bank Hapoalim BM grew its holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 262.1% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 1,539 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,114 shares during the quarter. Bank Hapoalim BM’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $759,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Maryland State Retirement & Pension System grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 22.6% during the 3rd quarter. Maryland State Retirement & Pension System now owns 9,194 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $4,536,000 after buying an additional 1,693 shares during the period. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Synopsys by 19.2% in the 3rd quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 10,628 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,244,000 after purchasing an additional 1,713 shares during the period. Evergreen Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 68.3% during the third quarter. Evergreen Capital Management LLC now owns 2,651 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,308,000 after acquiring an additional 1,076 shares during the period. NBT Bank N A NY lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 13.4% in the third quarter. NBT Bank N A NY now owns 279 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $138,000 after purchasing an additional 33 shares in the last quarter. Finally, ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 12.0% during the 3rd quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. now owns 22,621 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $11,161,000 after acquiring an additional 2,419 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently commented on SNPS. Citigroup started coverage on Synopsys in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price target for the company. Wall Street Zen raised Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, December 13th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Bank of America upgraded shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their target price for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Synopsys from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Synopsys currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $553.57.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In other news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the company’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 completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the stock in a transaction on 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 in the company, valued at approximately $6,338,270. The trade was a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,036. Company insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

Synopsys Stock Up 1.6%

Shares of SNPS stock opened at $516.31 on Friday. 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 stock’s fifty day moving average price is $455.35 and its 200 day moving average price is $504.95. Synopsys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $365.74 and a 1-year high of $651.73. The company has a market cap of $98.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 64.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.30 and a beta of 1.12.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.40 EPS. The company’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. On average, research analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 earnings per share 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.