Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Quarterly Data
The balance sheet provides creditors, investors, and analysts with information on company resources (assets) and its sources of capital (its equity and liabilities). It normally also provides information about the future earnings capacity of a company assets as well as an indication of cash flows that may come from receivables and inventories.
Liabilities represents obligations of a company arising from past events, the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow of economic benefits from the entity.
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- Analysis of Profitability Ratios
- Analysis of Short-term (Operating) Activity Ratios
- DuPont Analysis: Disaggregation of ROE, ROA, and Net Profit Margin
- Analysis of Reportable Segments
- Selected Financial Data since 2005
- Current Ratio since 2005
- Debt to Equity since 2005
- Price to Earnings (P/E) since 2005
- Price to Operating Profit (P/OP) since 2005
- Aggregate Accruals
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Synopsys Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
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Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-31).
The balance sheet reflects a period of massive capital expansion and structural transformation between January 2020 and April 2026. Total liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interests, and stockholders' equity grew from approximately $7.2 billion to $46.9 billion, marking a significant increase in the overall scale of the company's financial position.
- Liability Trends and Composition
- Current liabilities exhibited a steady upward trajectory, increasing from $2.06 billion in early 2020 to $3.79 billion by April 2026. A primary driver of this growth was current deferred revenue, which rose from $1.40 billion to $2.42 billion, suggesting a substantial increase in prepaid customer contracts and service obligations.
- A fundamental shift in the long-term debt profile occurred in April 2023. Long-term debt, which had remained relatively low and stable between $10 million and $122 million from 2020 to early 2023, surged to over $10 billion. This indicates a major strategic financing event or a large-scale acquisition. Total liabilities peaked at $20.6 billion in April 2025 before stabilizing around $16.4 billion by April 2026.
- Equity Evolution and Capital Structure
- Stockholders' equity experienced exponential growth, rising from $4.15 billion in January 2020 to $30.48 billion in April 2026. This growth was driven by two distinct mechanisms: consistent organic accumulation and a massive capital infusion.
- Retained earnings demonstrated a linear and consistent increase, growing from $3.27 billion to $10.40 billion over the period, which reflects sustained profitability and the retention of earnings to fund operations.
- Capital in excess of par value remained relatively stable until a dramatic increase occurred between January 2023 ($1.29 billion) and July 2025 ($18.55 billion). This surge, coinciding with the increase in long-term debt, suggests a significant issuance of equity or a complex acquisition accounting adjustment.
- Treasury stock activity showed a reversal in trend; after peaking at a cost of -$1.68 billion in October 2022, the balance reduced to -$242.8 million by April 2026, indicating a decrease in the volume of repurchased shares held by the company.
- Overall Financial Positioning
- The transition from a lean capital structure in 2020 to a highly leveraged and equity-heavy structure by 2026 is evident. The simultaneous spike in long-term debt and capital in excess of par value indicates a transition toward a much larger corporate footprint. Despite the increase in total liabilities, the growth in total stockholders' equity has outpaced the growth in liabilities in the latter half of the period, maintaining a strong equity base to support the expanded balance sheet.