Security National Bank Boosts Stake in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Security National Bank lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 12.2% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 12,245 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,333 shares during the quarter. Security National Bank’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $6,042,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Calamos Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Synopsys in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $10,635,000. Calamos Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Synopsys by 54.3% in the third quarter. Calamos Advisors LLC now owns 86,730 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $42,792,000 after buying an additional 30,516 shares in the last quarter. Sax Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Synopsys during the 3rd quarter worth about $211,000. Smith Salley Wealth Management boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 23.8% during the 3rd quarter. Smith Salley Wealth Management now owns 3,733 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,842,000 after acquiring an additional 718 shares during the period. Finally, Ascent Group LLC boosted its holdings in Synopsys by 67.1% during the 3rd quarter. Ascent Group LLC now owns 2,804 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,384,000 after acquiring an additional 1,126 shares during the period. 85.47% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Synopsys

In related news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total value of $1,685,035.89. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at $8,221,058.34. This represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 0.62% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have recently issued reports on SNPS shares. Mizuho reduced their price target on shares of Synopsys from $700.00 to $600.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, September 11th. Bank of America raised Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price objective for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Zacks Research upgraded Synopsys from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 10th. Piper Sandler reduced their price target on Synopsys from $630.00 to $602.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, December 13th. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $562.13.

Synopsys Trading Down 0.9%

NASDAQ SNPS opened at $474.49 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $438.40 and its 200 day moving average price is $503.48. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $365.74 and a 12 month high of $651.73. 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 company has a market capitalization of $90.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 59.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.99 and a beta of 1.16.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $2.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.25 billion. Synopsys had a return on equity of 7.89% and a net margin of 18.89%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $3.40 earnings per share. 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, sell-side 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.