BNP Paribas Buys 8,937 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

BNP Paribas lifted its position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 13.7% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 74,063 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,937 shares during the period. Synopsys accounts for about 1.1% of BNP Paribas’ investment portfolio, making the stock its 23rd biggest position. BNP Paribas’ holdings in Synopsys were worth $36,268,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in SNPS. Alpine Bank Wealth Management lifted its position in shares of Synopsys by 89.3% in the 3rd quarter. Alpine Bank Wealth Management now owns 53 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares during the period. TFC Financial Management Inc. boosted its position 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 worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC acquired a new stake in Synopsys in the third quarter worth about $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. purchased a new stake in Synopsys during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys during the third quarter valued at $29,000. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Synopsys

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total transaction of $132,500.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 11,959 shares in the company, valued at $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on SNPS shares. HSBC lowered Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Bank of America upgraded 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. Citigroup initiated coverage on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $580.00 price target on the stock. Piper Sandler cut their price objective on Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, KeyCorp upped their target price on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Eight 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. According to data from MarketBeat, Synopsys currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $531.00.

Synopsys Price Performance

SNPS stock opened at $412.63 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $461.93 and a two-hundred day moving average of $463.65. 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 stock has a market cap of $79.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 64.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.36 and a beta of 1.15. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $365.74 and a 52-week high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $2.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. Synopsys’s revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $3.03 EPS. 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, research 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.