Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS Stake Boosted by Banque Cantonale Vaudoise

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise grew its stake in shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 15.2% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 8,187 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,079 shares during the period. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $3,845,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

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

Synopsys News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Synopsys this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Investor attention has increased after Synopsys posted strong Q1 FY26 results, including roughly 65% year-over-year revenue growth and higher non-GAAP earnings, reinforcing confidence in the company’s growth momentum and updated guidance.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst coverage remains favorable, with Wall Street’s average brokerage recommendation effectively at “Buy,” which can help support the stock as investors look for confirmation of upside potential.
• Positive Sentiment: Articles highlighting Synopsys as a “trending stock” suggest rising market attention, which can contribute to stronger trading activity and a constructive short-term tone.
• Positive Sentiment: The company’s partnership with Quantinuum adds another growth narrative by tying Synopsys to emerging quantum-computing use cases, expanding the perceived long-term opportunity set.
• Neutral Sentiment: Several recent pieces are mostly valuation and comparison articles, indicating that investors are still debating whether the stock’s premium multiple is justified after its strong run and recent integration progress.
• Negative Sentiment: Some commentary argues Synopsys may be too expensive below $500 and that its AI exposure is not as pure as other semiconductor names, which could cap enthusiasm if valuation concerns return.
• Negative Sentiment: Broader stock-performance commentary noted the shares still underperform the market on a longer horizon, reminding investors that recent gains have not fully erased earlier weakness.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on SNPS. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 26th. HSBC cut shares of Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price objective for the company. in a report on Friday, February 20th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Rosenblatt Securities decreased their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reiterated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $480.00 price objective (down from $550.00) on shares of Synopsys in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $536.00.

Synopsys Stock Up 1.0%

SNPS stock opened at $498.93 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 1.26. Synopsys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $376.18 and a 52-week high of $651.73. The company has a 50-day moving average of $447.74 and a two-hundred day moving average of $450.22. The stock has a market capitalization of $95.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 77.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.03 and a beta of 1.25.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. Synopsys had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 6.83%. The company had revenue of $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.39 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $3.03 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly 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. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.3 EPS 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.