Danske Bank A S Has $43.83 Million Stock Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Danske Bank A S boosted its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 6.9% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 93,318 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,050 shares during the quarter. Danske Bank A S’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $43,833,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of SNPS. Alpine Bank Wealth Management boosted 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 buying an additional 25 shares during the period. TFC Financial Management Inc. grew its stake in 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 last quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC bought a new position in Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at about $27,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. acquired a new stake in Synopsys during the third quarter worth approximately $28,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC acquired a new stake in Synopsys during the third quarter worth approximately $29,000. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the company. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and issued a $480.00 target price (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 price target on Synopsys and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $531.00.

Synopsys Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:SNPS opened at $489.02 on Friday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $376.18 and a 12-month high of $651.73. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $430.07 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $445.72. The firm has a market cap of $93.68 billion, a PE ratio of 75.93, a PEG ratio of 3.94 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. The company had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.39 billion. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period 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. Equities research analysts predict that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.3 earnings per share for the current year.

About Synopsys

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.