4,200 Shares in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Purchased by Bailard Inc.

Bailard Inc. bought a new position in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm bought 4,200 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,973,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Millstone Evans Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Synopsys in the 3rd quarter worth about $27,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. bought a new position in Synopsys during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Oakworth Capital Inc. raised its position in Synopsys by 3,700.0% during the 4th quarter. Oakworth Capital Inc. now owns 76 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 74 shares during the last quarter. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp bought a new position in Synopsys during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $38,000. Finally, N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC raised its position in shares of Synopsys by 128.6% in the 4th quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC now owns 80 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 target price on Synopsys and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on Synopsys from $500.00 to $450.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Rosenblatt Securities dropped their price target on Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Piper Sandler decreased their target price on Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 26th. 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’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $531.00.

Synopsys Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of SNPS stock opened at $513.21 on Wednesday. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $376.18 and a 12-month high of $651.73. The company has a current ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $439.42 and its 200-day moving average price is $448.30. The stock has a market capitalization of $98.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 79.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.22 and a beta of 1.25.

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