Hills Bank & Trust Co Trims Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Hills Bank & Trust Co trimmed its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 71.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 546 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 1,394 shares during the period. Hills Bank & Trust Co’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $256,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Sowell Financial Services LLC increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 2.0% in the 4th quarter. Sowell Financial Services LLC now owns 1,056 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $496,000 after purchasing an additional 21 shares during the last quarter. Natural Investments LLC increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 4.6% in the 4th quarter. Natural Investments LLC now owns 482 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $226,000 after purchasing an additional 21 shares during the last quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 7.0% in the 4th quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. now owns 335 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $157,000 after purchasing an additional 22 shares during the last quarter. Foronjy Financial LLC increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 5.2% in the 4th quarter. Foronjy Financial LLC now owns 446 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $210,000 after purchasing an additional 22 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Barden Capital Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Synopsys by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Barden Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,868 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $877,000 after purchasing an additional 23 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Rosenblatt Securities dropped their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $560.00 to $530.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Synopsys in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Piper Sandler dropped their price objective on shares of Synopsys from $520.00 to $430.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. HSBC downgraded shares of Synopsys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $455.00 price objective on the stock. in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group set a $600.00 target price on shares of Synopsys and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $536.00.

Synopsys Trading Down 1.5%

NASDAQ SNPS opened at $502.42 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 1.26. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $444.25 and its 200 day moving average price is $449.37. The company has a market capitalization of $96.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 78.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.10 and a beta of 1.25. Synopsys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $376.18 and a 12 month high of $651.73.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The semiconductor company reported $3.77 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $2.41 billion for 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 company’s revenue was up 65.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $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. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.3 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.