Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Shares Acquired by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. increased its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 67.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 45,528 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 18,358 shares during the quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $22,399,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its stake in shares of Synopsys by 5.7% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 921 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $447,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC increased its position in 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 purchasing an additional 79 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its position in Synopsys by 15.1% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 3,010 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,291,000 after purchasing an additional 395 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Synopsys by 2.3% in the second quarter. Advisors Capital Management LLC now owns 862 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $442,000 after buying an additional 19 shares during the period. Finally, Foundations Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Synopsys by 3.8% in the second quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,372 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $704,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.47% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have issued reports on SNPS. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “equal weight” rating and set a $480.00 price objective (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Bank of America raised shares of Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their target price for the company from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. HSBC cut shares of Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Eight equities 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’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $531.00.

Synopsys Stock Down 1.5%

Shares of Synopsys stock opened at $412.63 on Monday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $461.93 and a 200-day moving average of $462.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 1.26. The company has a market capitalization 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, Inc. has a 1-year low of $365.74 and a 1-year high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 6.83% and a net margin of 13.76%.The company’s revenue was up 65.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter 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. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In other Synopsys 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 value of $1,685,035.89. Following 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 document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the 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 transaction, the insider owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This trade represents a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036 over the last 90 days. 0.56% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.