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Synopsys Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS)

Cash Flow Statement 
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

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

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3 months ended: 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 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 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 36,442 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 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 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 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 12,558 7,057 4,442 2,348
Deferred income taxes (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 (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 (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 (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 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 (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 (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 (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 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 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 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 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 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 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 8,395 126,794 5,604 16,411 12,058 200
Purchases of short-term investments (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 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 (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
Redemption of redeemable non-controlling interest (30,000)
Purchase of equity forward contract (45,000) 40,000 (40,000) 40,000 (40,000) (35,000) 50,000 (50,000) 20,000 (20,000)
Purchases of treasury stock (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)
Other (2,400) (463) (1,096) (122) (704) (2,709) (3,375) (1,000) (1,316)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (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 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 (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: 2026-01-31), 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 statement information reveals significant fluctuations in cash flow patterns over the observed period. Net income demonstrates considerable variability, with notable increases in fiscal year 2021 and 2024, and a substantial surge in the final quarter of 2024. Operating activities generally provide a net cash inflow, though the magnitude varies considerably quarter to quarter. Investing and financing activities exhibit more pronounced volatility, with large swings in both positive and negative cash flows.

Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities generally increased from approximately $10 million in January 2020 to a peak of over $1 billion in October 2024, before declining significantly. The largest contributions to this cash flow stem from adjustments to reconcile net income, including stock-based compensation, amortization, and deferred income taxes. A substantial increase in unrealized loss on settlement of interest rate treasury lock in the final quarter of 2024 also contributed to the cash flow. Fluctuations in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, along with deferred revenue, also significantly impact operating cash flow.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities is consistently negative, indicating ongoing investments. Purchases of property and equipment represent a significant cash outflow throughout the period. Acquisitions, particularly a very large one in the final quarter of 2025, contribute substantially to the negative cash flow. Proceeds from sales of strategic investments and business divestitures provide intermittent positive cash flows, but these are often offset by subsequent purchases. The period between January 2020 and October 2021 shows relatively stable investing cash outflows, while the period from January 2022 to October 2025 demonstrates increased volatility.
Financing Activities
Net cash flow from financing activities is highly variable. Proceeds from debt issuance were significant in early 2020, followed by substantial repayments. Issuances of common stock provide positive cash flow in several periods, while purchases of treasury stock consistently represent a cash outflow. A particularly large influx of cash from common stock issuance occurred in the final quarter of 2025, coinciding with a large redemption of redeemable non-controlling interest. Payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards also represent a notable cash outflow. The financing activities demonstrate a complex pattern influenced by debt management, equity offerings, and stock repurchase programs.
Key Non-Cash Adjustments
Stock-based compensation consistently contributes a significant positive adjustment to operating cash flow, increasing over time. Amortization and depreciation also provide consistent, though smaller, positive adjustments. Deferred income taxes exhibit substantial fluctuations, sometimes positive and sometimes negative, impacting operating cash flow. The allowance for credit losses shows variability, with a significant negative adjustment in April 2022.
Overall Trends
The period demonstrates a trend towards increased cash flow from operating activities, particularly in recent quarters, driven by higher net income and significant non-cash adjustments. Investing activities remain consistently negative, reflecting ongoing capital expenditures and acquisitions. Financing activities are characterized by substantial volatility, influenced by debt management, equity transactions, and stock repurchase programs. The final quarters of 2024 and 2025 show particularly dramatic shifts in cash flow, likely related to significant acquisitions and financing events.

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