Stock Analysis on Net
Stock Analysis on Net

Synopsys Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS)

Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

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Synopsys Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Apr 30, 2026 Jan 31, 2026 Oct 31, 2025 Jul 31, 2025 Apr 30, 2025 Jan 31, 2025 Oct 31, 2024 Jul 31, 2024 Apr 30, 2024 Jan 31, 2024 Oct 31, 2023 Jul 31, 2023 Apr 30, 2023 Jan 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Jul 31, 2022 Apr 30, 2022 Jan 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Jul 31, 2021 Apr 30, 2021 Jan 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Jul 31, 2020 Apr 30, 2020 Jan 31, 2020
Net income 16,868 64,716 448,453 242,277 345,110 297,411 1,095,620 404,894 289,089 446,207 346,495 333,055 269,948 268,627 151,557 219,646 293,892 313,341 201,137 198,392 194,802 162,028 196,555 252,911 109,920 104,061
Amortization and depreciation 456,489 450,688 449,123 114,469 48,904 47,934 114,916 56,263 60,998 62,888 67,087 63,111 59,628 57,294 58,697 57,746 50,277 61,685 52,402 51,208 49,438 50,628 50,830 54,078 52,846 52,232
Reduction of operating lease right-of-use assets 36,410 36,442 36,484 29,061 26,255 25,473 25,077 24,017 23,803 24,376 25,058 24,574 24,170 23,903 23,561 23,568 21,402 21,010 21,725 22,209 21,737 20,974 20,310 23,072 16,312 23,201
Amortization of capitalized costs to obtain revenue contracts 21,881 19,277 14,317 13,515 12,939 12,466 16,516 19,159 19,186 18,726 20,513 22,089 20,738 18,850 18,588 19,864 17,837 16,737 17,725 16,498 15,467 15,008 16,334 16,572 14,517 13,762
Stock-based compensation 222,303 258,724 237,385 267,723 201,723 186,463 152,290 181,539 177,835 180,652 141,343 144,464 143,258 134,227 125,592 127,605 110,061 95,771 96,742 85,162 79,586 83,782 78,429 61,837 56,435 51,883
Allowance for credit losses 6,636 8,206 27,332 7,619 6,021 9,919 5,028 4,709 3,928 6,059 7,995 5,803 2,434 3,700 1,039 (9,794) 5,278 4,702 3,762 2,574 7,477 6,000 4,893 5,121 4,861
(Gain) loss on sale of strategic investments 1,200 2,435 (55,077)
Gain on sale of building (51,385) (1,906)
(Gain) loss on divestitures, net of transaction costs (516,343) 8,299 (868,830)
Amortization of bridge financing costs 1,585 29,943 10,468 15,242 11,350 6,085 1,000
Amortization of debt issuance costs 4,345 12,558 7,057 4,442 2,348
Deferred income taxes (69,269) (51,776) (144,083) (89,440) (98,095) (139,075) (130,809) (105,986) (69,522) (101,332) (44,984) (40,971) (59,595) (65,495) (42,756) (3,101) 20,896 (11,952) (95,467) (16,655) 3,761 (20,222) (37,152) (36,693) (19,987) (17,694)
Other 65 (218) (151) (556) (367) 186 4,341 (1,123) (1,821) (786) 4,646 3,677 437 4,535 (168) 2,877 2,647 4,832 12,076 3,591 3,234 (3,042) 3,569 659 467 (370)
Accounts receivable 363,163 (128,651) (146,151) 46,109 (105,046) 30,948 (162,619) 38,270 140,460 (119,571) (290,943) 103,222 246,649 (237,360) (129,604) 47,999 296,899 (466,684) 12,710 31,359 172,547 (14,910) (147,139) (5,134) 161,831 (246,364)
Inventories (56,450) (29,382) 11,551 5,698 16,086 (55,852) 19,854 (10,785) 365 (60,883) (45,833) (29,271) (40,038) (8,610) 1,202 (7,607) (1,430) 9,155 3,402 (13,143) (541) (37,764) (34,728) 4,941 (19,676) (5,561)
Prepaid and other current assets (39,967) 84,616 (53,430) 260,820 (36,905) (103,567) (59,780) (159,057) (94,679) (96,916) (114,769) (41,064) 49,792 (355) (33,908) (53,658) (2,114) (303) (39,973) (16,229) (33,683) (12,289) 10,052 (15,461) (14,586) 8,697
Other long-term assets (5,647) (81,413) (53,583) (391,735) 7,436 (43,494) (31,096) (32,608) (32,455) (72,096) 15,869 (41,163) (21,128) (54,196) 4,775 (11,357) 3,268 (11,969) (35,115) (20,403) (47,134) (50,385) (5,507) (39,482) (11,275) (27,103)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (77,343) (37,286) (44,871) 273,913 71,122 (313,651) 170,032 159,618 124,618 (266,704) 121,922 211,414 (18,582) (144,258) 12,290 134,652 42,215 (223,223) 73,142 148,789 74,339 (171,137) 69,460 123,302 53,825 (132,814)
Operating lease liabilities (41,821) (32,345) (35,243) (29,743) (25,515) (23,102) (24,712) (23,545) (25,140) (23,569) (20,367) (21,280) (14,005) (17,629) (19,641) (22,224) (24,486) (19,477) (20,915) (20,561) (20,398) (20,707) (20,610) (25,536) (11,453) (20,979)
Income taxes (139,981) 17,561 146,698 (103,477) (123,862) 86,992 168,737 (12,416) (111,738) (117,798) 74,154 29,337 44,171 50,416 62,383 (26,493) (40,801) 6,555 58,269 (21,028) (20,612) 12,226 7,992 4,858 (3,769) 5,039
Deferred revenue (68,748) 265,115 255,193 17,480 59,562 (96,974) 54,917 (98,888) (34,422) 87,034 17,875 (207,475) (4,937) 81,102 159,898 (69,823) (30,812) 354,988 7,997 (31,184) 31,221 152,291 (12,244) (25,394) (10,609) 196,969
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions and dispositions (66,794) 58,215 80,164 79,065 (137,122) (518,700) 135,333 (139,411) (32,991) (670,503) (242,092) 3,720 241,922 (330,890) 57,395 (8,511) 242,739 (350,958) 59,517 57,600 155,739 (142,675) (132,724) 22,094 144,288 (222,116)
Unrealized loss on settlement of interest rate treasury lock (121,643)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 612,066 792,116 191,285 428,683 (69,745) (364,866) (532,802) 50,517 187,501 (533,997) (20,434) 226,467 432,992 (153,876) 241,948 220,048 456,065 (157,597) 169,422 223,375 331,536 11,930 5,596 146,512 269,999 (94,241)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 628,934 856,832 639,738 670,960 275,365 (67,455) 562,818 455,411 476,590 (87,790) 326,061 559,522 702,940 114,751 393,505 439,694 749,957 155,744 370,559 421,767 526,338 173,958 202,151 399,423 379,919 9,820
Proceeds from maturities of short-term investments 7,462 3,718 4,386 18,169 15,777 19,684 28,438 35,106 38,600 24,559 26,296 36,422 36,746 30,971 22,849 27,194 27,216 16,437 11,722 1,128
Proceeds from sales of short-term investments 3,656 8,395 126,794 5,604 16,411 12,058 200
Purchases of short-term investments (9,400) (4,503) (18,150) (10,289) (37,269) (39,640) (31,320) (40,249) (25,612) (28,622) (33,719) (39,909) (28,829) (23,915) (28,172) (27,948) (17,210) (15,650) (146,082)
Proceeds from sales of strategic investments 96 3,470 55,696 1,244 1,513 5,735 582 2,151
Purchases of strategic investments (380) (401) (14) (718) (80) (3,288) (53) (380) (38) (822) (435) (2,000) (5,000) (7,591) (262) (2,500)
Purchases of property and equipment, net (54,198) (35,320) (34,546) (38,605) (55,588) (40,715) (20,728) (40,009) (38,372) (40,391) (53,098) (45,152) (47,868) (43,500) (33,655) (35,567) (25,616) (41,751) (26,807) (22,897) (16,281) (27,779) (34,483) (39,571) (26,058) (54,605)
Proceeds from sale of building 74,279 16,339
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired (16,681,257) (17,390) (71,730) (67,827) (246,368) (10,000) (41,324) (6,051) (307,263) (89,071) (19,989) (131,964) (89,427) 44 (74,670) (49,867) (75,790) (75,388)
Proceeds from business divestiture, net of cash divested 604,004 72,464 46,274 23,808 1,446,578
Capitalization of software development costs (957) (623) (624) (523) (905) (571) (494) (459) (253) (253) (1,011) (1,010) (905) (1,065) (1,065)
Other 246 (611) (600) (600) (800)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (52,860) (36,506) 564,417 (16,499,683) 75,977 (21,980) 1,442,992 (53,793) (111,789) (54,397) (300,548) (53,841) (91,465) (36,247) (41,295) (345,313) (117,990) (68,025) (163,158) (265,122) (17,290) (103,460) (35,493) (88,192) (103,175) (133,558)
Proceeds from debt, net of issuance costs 4,294,876 10,034,464 (1) 80,000 196,490
Repayment of debt (11,059) (3,451,310) (861,058) (1,290) (1,289) (1,304) (1,303) (1,309) (1,294) (900) (75,938) (6,424) (8,443) (7,500) (5,694) (4,661) (105,781) (174,687) (3,750)
Payment of bridge financing and term loan costs (17,550) (6,715) (48,000)
Issuances of common stock 103,394 12,742 90,317 19,793 103,891 14,417 89,064 28,037 105,628 9,483 88,145 32,033 110,470 22,338 76,540 40,706 89,875 30,835 96,743 10,773 88,111 15,092 74,166 24,876 83,379 14,982
Payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards (73,287) (144,597) (62,710) (75,919) (41,906) (124,966) (58,970) (65,994) (65,247) (147,330) (42,439) (82,131) (24,743) (92,095) (24,875) (48,004) (4,341) (96,785) (34,659) (49,627) (5,073) (49,591) (15,240) (49,880) (2,863) (14,242)
Common stock issuance for private placement 2,000,000
Purchase of equity forward contract (37,500) (45,000) 40,000 (40,000) 40,000 (40,000) (35,000) 50,000 (50,000) 20,000 (20,000)
Purchases of treasury stock (262,500) (300,000) (300,000) (300,000) (260,724) (382,734) (217,266) (290,000) (210,000) (214,999) (140,000) (195,211) (202,871) (42,078) (20,000) (100,000) (80,000)
Redemption of redeemable non-controlling interest (30,000)
Other (2,400) (463) (1,096) (122) (704) (2,709) (3,375) (1,000) (1,316)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (280,952) (1,583,165) (835,851) 4,236,997 10,096,449 (141,838) 30,094 (56,811) 32,570 (187,150) (254,294) (351,407) (214,395) (376,775) (291,069) (266,168) (164,466) (394,597) (159,339) (225,672) (70,673) (293,064) 10,870 (130,785) (114,171) 93,480
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (12,679) 3,432 (6,753) 463 17,862 (9,676) 3,339 3,035 (6,897) 9,320 (17,976) (12,711) (7,967) 35,675 (27,141) (18,200) (18,235) (1,720) (616) (3,472) (3,544) 10,001 8,454 13,124 (6,437) 2,013
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 282,443 (759,407) 361,551 (11,591,263) 10,465,653 (240,949) 2,039,243 347,842 390,474 (320,017) (246,757) 141,563 389,113 (262,596) 34,000 (189,987) 449,266 (308,598) 47,446 (72,499) 434,831 (212,565) 185,982 193,570 156,136 (28,245)

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 financial data indicates a period of significant growth in operating performance followed by a massive strategic capital reallocation event between 2024 and 2025. Net income demonstrated a general upward trajectory from 2020 through early 2024, peaking at over 1 billion US$ in October 2024, although subsequent quarters showed increased volatility.

Operating Cash Flow Trends
Net cash provided by operating activities remained generally positive, with a substantial increase in the magnitude of cash generation over the analyzed period. A notable correlation is observed between the rise in net income and the growth of stock-based compensation, which increased from approximately 51 million US$ per quarter in early 2020 to over 250 million US$ by 2026. This suggests a scaling of the workforce and incentive-based compensation. Depreciation and amortization remained stable near 50-60 million US$ until late 2025, where they spiked to over 450 million US$, reflecting the integration of significant new assets.
Strategic Investing Activities
Investing activities were characterized by consistent capital expenditures and a major acquisition event. While the company maintained steady purchases of property and equipment, a massive cash outflow of 16.68 billion US$ for acquisitions occurred in July 2025. This expenditure was partially offset by a significant business divestiture in October 2024, which provided 1.44 billion US$ in cash, and other smaller divestitures throughout 2025.
Financing and Capital Structure
The company shifted from a regime of aggressive share repurchases to massive debt accumulation to fund its expansion. From 2020 to 2023, treasury stock purchases were a primary use of cash, often exceeding 200-300 million US$ per quarter. However, in 2025, the financing strategy pivoted sharply, with proceeds from debt totaling approximately 14.3 billion US$ across April and July 2025, complemented by a 2 billion US$ private placement of common stock. This was followed by aggressive debt repayment, including a 3.45 billion US$ reduction in debt by early 2026.

The overall cash position experienced extreme volatility during the 2024-2025 window due to the timing of the large-scale acquisition and the associated financing. The transition is evident in the shift from organic growth and shareholder returns via buybacks to a debt-leveraged inorganic growth strategy, which subsequently increased the company's non-cash charges through higher amortization expenses.

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