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Synopsys, Inc. SNPS
$489.90 -0.13% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $93.81B
Strong growth
Next earnings report: Dec 9, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 18.9% in a year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $9.42B, up 46.3% from a year earlier, accelerating from 39.5% a quarter earlier.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $5.72, down 55.2% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 11%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 18%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 11%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 28%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 15%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 44%
- Gross marginTop 24%
- Operating marginTop 38%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 26%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 33%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 29%
- Interest coverBottom 40%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 49%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 47%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 46%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 22%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 10%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 36%
- 6-month returnBottom 48%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 47%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 18%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 41%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 41%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 10%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 39%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 39%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 15%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 47%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 29%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 39.5% | 46.3% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -68.5% | -55.2% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 79.1% | 72.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 17.2% | 9.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 20.2% | 29.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 46.3% | 39.5% | ↑ | Top 11% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -55.2% | -68.5% | ↑ | Bottom 18% |
| Gross margin | 72.4% | 79.1% | ↓ | Top 24% |
| Operating margin | 9.8% | 17.2% | ↓ | Top 38% |
| Net margin | 11.4% | 31.0% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 29.6% | 20.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 1.7% | — | Bottom 44% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 15.2% | — | Top 28% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.77×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 10.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -51.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.05×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -2.12%
- Shareholder yield
- -2.12%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +18.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +7.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Aug 26, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +5.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $572.54
- Target vs current price
- +16.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 30
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 93%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | +6.5% | +0.3% | +1.5% | +1.0% | — |
| May 27, 2026 | +6.3% | -1.6% | -4.9% | -13.2% | -25.6% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | +5.9% | +1.9% | -3.7% | -5.7% | +13.2% |
| Dec 10, 2025 | +4.3% | +2.1% | -0.5% | +10.4% | -6.1% |
| Sep 9, 2025 | -10.8% | -0.8% | -31.2% | -21.5% | -26.2% |
| May 28, 2025 | +8.3% | -9.6% | -8.9% | -4.8% | +16.9% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | +8.6% | +2.7% | -2.7% | -0.2% | +9.5% |
| Dec 4, 2024 | +3.0% | +3.1% | -11.4% | -15.3% | -21.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | $3.91 | $3.67 | +6.5% | $2.48B |
| May 27, 2026 | $3.35 | $3.15 | +6.3% | $2.28B |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $3.77 | $3.56 | +5.9% | $2.41B |
| Dec 10, 2025 | $2.90 | $2.78 | +4.3% | $2.25B |
| Sep 9, 2025 | $3.39 | $3.80 | -10.8% | $1.74B |
| May 28, 2025 | $3.67 | $3.39 | +8.3% | $1.60B |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $3.03 | $2.79 | +8.6% | $1.46B |
| Dec 4, 2024 | $3.40 | $3.30 | +3.0% | $1.64B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 85.7× | 60.0× | 95th | Top 49% |
| P/E (forward) | 32.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 28.6× | — | — | Top 46% |
| EV / Sales | 10.73× | — | — | Bottom 22% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.97% | — | — | Top 47% |
| Earnings yield | 1.17% | — | — | Top 49% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 33.3× – 120.1× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +0.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -55.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +51.5%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 10
- Days above the 200-day average
- 2
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +20.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +10.1%
- RSI (14)
- 74.1
- Relative volume
- 1.46×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 54.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 95th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.46
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.45
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -8.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -43.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2025 | Sep 15, 2026 | -43.0% | 283 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jul 5, 2024 | Apr 7, 2025 | -38.7% | 189 days | 77 days (Jul 29, 2025) |
| Dec 27, 2021 | May 11, 2022 | -30.6% | 94 days | 62 days (Aug 10, 2022) |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Oct 12, 2022 | -29.3% | 41 days | 150 days (May 18, 2023) |
| Feb 12, 2021 | Mar 8, 2021 | -25.2% | 15 days | 105 days (Aug 5, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $93.81B
- P/E (TTM)
- 85.7
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $5.72
- Revenue (TTM)
- $9.42B
- 52-week range
- $362.55 – $539.48
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.20B | $4.62B | $5.32B | $6.13B | $7.05B |
| Gross profit | $3.34B | $3.72B | $4.29B | $4.88B | $5.43B |
| Operating income | $734.8M | $1.15B | $1.27B | $1.36B | $914.9M |
| Net income | $757.5M | $984.6M | $1.23B | $2.26B | $1.33B |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.81 | $6.29 | $7.92 | $14.51 | $8.04 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.64B | $1.46B | $1.60B | $1.74B | $2.25B | $2.41B | $2.28B | $2.48B |
| Net income | $1.11B | $295.7M | $345.3M | $242.5M | $448.7M | $64.7M | $17.1M | $545.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.14 | $1.89 | $2.24 | $1.50 | $2.39 | $0.40 | $0.09 | $2.84 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.49B | $1.74B | $1.70B | $1.41B | $1.52B |
| Capital expenditure | -$95.7M | -$139.1M | -$191.8M | -$123.2M | -$169.5M |
| Free cash flow | $1.40B | $1.60B | $1.51B | $1.28B | $1.35B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$542.4M | -$862.0M | -$907.7M | $232.2M | $228.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $3.61B
- Total assets
- $47.73B
- Total liabilities
- $16.57B
- Total debt
- $10.84B
- Net debt
- $7.24B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $31.15B
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Aug 26, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,712,575
- Days to cover
- 3.06
- Change vs previous report
- +9.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Sep 24, 2003
- 2-for-1
- Sep 11, 1995
- 2-for-1