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.
Synopsys Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
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Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-31).
- Current Liabilities Trend
- The current liabilities have shown a fluctuating but overall increasing trend from January 2019 to January 2025. Starting around $2.0 billion, the figure experiences increments and some volatility but reaches approximately $3.4 billion by early 2025. Notable surges occur towards the end of the timeline, particularly from 2023 onward.
- Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities
- Accounts payable and accrued liabilities increased steadily from about $349 million in early 2019 to above $1.2 billion by late 2024, indicating rising operational obligations or expenditures on credit terms over the period.
- Current Deferred Revenue
- Current deferred revenue reflects growth with some volatility, starting near $1.26 billion in early 2019, peaking above $1.9 billion in early 2023, then showing fluctuations but remaining generally at high levels, implying stronger prepayments for goods or services.
- Short-term Debt
- Short-term debt shows a marked decrease from $415 million in January 2019 to around $22 million in April 2025, indicating a significant reduction in short-term financial obligations or refinancing activities.
- Long-term Liabilities and Debt
- Long-term liabilities, inclusive of operating lease liabilities and long-term debt, exhibit mixed trends:
- Operating Lease Liabilities
- Both current and long-term operating lease liabilities increase noticeably from 2020 onwards, with long-term lease obligations reaching $672 million by late 2024, suggesting growing lease commitments.
- Long-term Debt
- Long-term debt decreases substantially from $127 million in early 2019 to about $14 thousand by early 2025, except for significant spikes reaching $10 billion and $14 billion in April and July 2024, respectively, indicating large borrowings or refinancing during that period.
- Total Liabilities
- Total liabilities have increased from approximately $2.56 billion in early 2019 to over $20.6 billion in late 2024, with the sharpest rise occurring post-2023 chiefly due to outstanding debt and lease obligations.
- Equity and Stockholders’ Trends
- Stockholders’ equity has risen steadily from about $3.78 billion in early 2019 to nearly $27.6 billion by late 2024, denoting sustained growth in retained earnings and capital contributions. Retained earnings growth is notable, almost tripling from $2.8 billion to near $9.9 billion over the period.
- Retained Earnings
- Retained earnings have consistently increased, demonstrating profitability and reinvestment of earnings, growing from roughly $2.82 billion to nearly $9.87 billion.
- Treasury Stock
- Treasury stock shows an initial increase in cost (more negative) until 2022, indicating share repurchases, but marks a reduction in negative value after 2022, reflecting possible share reissuance or retirements.
- Capital in Excess of Par Value and Common Stock
- Capital in excess of par value fluctuates but overall decreases slightly from approximately $1.65 billion to around $18.5 billion with spikes in 2024, driven by equity financing or stock issuances, accompanied by a modest gradual increase in common stock par value issued.
- Comprehensive Loss and Non-controlling Interest
- Accumulated other comprehensive loss fluctuates, reaching deeper negative values particularly after 2021, impacting overall equity negatively. Non-controlling interest remains minimal and stable with some declines toward zero after 2022.
- Summary of Financial Position
- The company demonstrates expansion with growing liabilities, especially lease-related and large-scale long-term debts from 2023-2024, balanced against increasing equity driven by retained earnings growth. The financial structure suggests leveraging through debt while maintaining able equity growth, reflecting investments and operational scaling. Treasury stock activity points to active share repurchase strategies with later adjustments. Deferred revenues maintain substantial balances, indicating ongoing customer prepayments or subscription-based revenue strength.