Stock Analysis on Net

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: 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 Oct 31, 2019 Jul 31, 2019 Apr 30, 2019 Jan 31, 2019
Net income 345,110 297,411 1,095,620 404,894 289,089 446,207 346,495 333,055 269,948 268,627 151,557 219,646 293,892 313,341 201,137 198,392 194,802 162,028 196,555 252,911 109,920 104,061 160,714 99,929 118,210 153,514
Amortization and depreciation 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 49,543 49,292 51,011 51,830
Reduction of operating lease right-of-use assets 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 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 16,520 17,805 15,632 12,793
Stock-based compensation 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 40,175 39,452 36,914 38,460
Allowance for credit losses 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 2,719 5,000 2,450 1,500
(Gain) loss on sale of strategic investments 2,435 (55,077)
Gain on sale of building (51,385)
(Gain) loss on divestitures, net of transaction costs 8,299 (868,830)
Amortization of bridge financing costs 29,943 10,468 15,242 11,350 6,085 1,000
Amortization of debt issuance costs 2,348
Deferred income taxes (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) (72,956) 13,822 (17,271) (6,215)
Other (367) 186 2,435 (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) (308) (3,744)
Accounts receivable (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) (97,945) 65,892 232,527 (209,049)
Inventories 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) 20,188 10,927 (34,531) (15,827)
Prepaid and other current assets (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 (11,555) (19,677) (8,520) (10,027)
Other long-term assets 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) (10,551) (23,073) (41,868) (49,403)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 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) 25,920 115,292 58,607 (219,099)
Operating lease liabilities (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 (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 26,740 25,096 9,926 (41,985)
Deferred revenue 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 71,737 (28,986) (66,523) 149,489
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions and dispositions (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) 24,534 145,471 149,618 (395,901)
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 (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) 60,535 270,534 234,610 (297,533)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 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 9,820 221,249 370,463 352,820 (144,019)
Proceeds from maturities of short-term investments 15,777 19,684 40,496 35,306 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 5,604 16,411
Purchases of short-term investments (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 55,696 1,244 1,513 5,735 582 2,151 2,185 4,176
Purchases of strategic investments (80) (3,288) (53) (380) (38) (822) (435) (2,000) (5,000) (7,591) (262) (2,500) (3,245)
Purchases of property and equipment, net (55,588) (40,715) (4,389) (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) (75,771) (53,396) (39,955) (29,007)
Proceeds from sale of building 74,279
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired (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) (36,605)
Proceeds from business divestiture, net of cash divested 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) (2,014) (754) (754) (737)
Other (611) (600) (600) (800)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities 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) (117,635) (51,965) (36,533) (29,744)
Proceeds from debt, net of issuance costs 10,034,464
Proceeds from credit facilities (1) 80,000 196,490 4,137 3,680 185,080
Repayment of debt (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) (3,751) (153,750) (253,750) (112,812)
Payment of bridge financing and term loan costs (17,550) (6,715) (48,000)
Issuances of common stock 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 49,010 24,002 76,994 6,358
Payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards (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) (4,834) (39,136) (2,580) (10,593)
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) 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) (120,000) (100,000) (80,000) (29,185)
Other (1,096) (122) (704) (2,709) (3,375) (1,000) (1,316) (762)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 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 (59,575) (264,747) (275,656) 38,086
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 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 (2,193) 1,882 (1,789) 4,882
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 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) 41,846 55,633 38,842 (130,795)

Based on: 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).


Net Income
The net income exhibits notable volatility with an overall upward trajectory from 2019 into early 2025. Significant growth periods occur around 2020 and again markedly in 2024, reaching the highest values in Jan 2025. Periodic pullbacks are observed, particularly in late 2019 and 2022, suggesting fluctuations likely linked to operational dynamics or one-time events.
Amortization and Depreciation
Amortization and depreciation costs remain relatively stable over the period, with a mild increasing trend after 2020. Peaks near the fourth quarters of multiple years indicate possible seasonal or fiscal year-end accounting impacts.
Stock-based Compensation
This expense shows a clear increasing trend, rising steadily from 2019 through 2024. The growth in stock-based compensation suggests enhanced employee incentives or increasing equity-based pay practices over time.
Allowance for Credit Losses
Allowance figures fluctuate substantially, sometimes turning negative or positive in adjacent quarters. This inconsistency may denote variable credit risk assessment or recoveries in different periods.
Adjustments and Non-recurring Items (Gains and Losses on Sales, Divestitures)
Several large gains and losses occur irregularly, including significant gains on divestitures and sales of buildings in late 2024 and 2025, as well as an extraordinary gain on a divestiture near the end of 2024. These items cause sharp distortions in operating results during those quarters.
Deferred Income Taxes
Deferred income taxes display considerable volatility, with large positive and negative values alternating through the timeline. This indicates complex tax timing differences that impact reported earnings inconsistently across quarters.
Operating Assets and Liabilities
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities tend to be negative overall, with pronounced fluctuations. Large negative spikes in late 2024 and early 2025 suggest operational challenges or working capital adjustments during these periods.
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Operating cash flow is generally positive and exhibits a rising trend, with peaks in 2021 and strong surges again from 2022 through early 2024. However, some quarters, particularly in 2024-2025, register negative values, likely reflective of operational pressures or major working capital swings.
Investing Activities
Cash flows from investing activities are predominantly negative, reflecting ongoing investments in property, equipment, and acquisitions. There are occasional positive inflows linked to sales of investments or divestitures, markedly so in late 2024, suggesting strategic asset dispositions.
Financing Activities
Financing cash flows vary widely, including periods of heavy stock repurchases, debt repayments, and issuances of common stock. Notably, early 2025 reveals a substantial inflow from proceeds of debt, which dramatically contrasts prior periods characterized by net uses of cash in financing. This spike indicates a significant financing event or restructuring.
Liquidity and Cash Position
The net changes in cash and restricted cash are highly volatile. Early 2024 shows large positive changes countered by significant negative changes later that year and into 2025. Overall, these swings imply active cash management amidst varying operating performance and financing activities.
Summary
The financial data reveal a company experiencing growth in core earnings alongside expanding employee compensation costs. There are periodic distortions from large non-recurring transactions, impacting reported income and cash flows. Operating cash generation remains robust on average but with notable quarterly swings. Investing activity focuses on capital expenditures and strategic acquisitions, while financing reflects ongoing capital structure adjustments. The cash position is managed dynamically, responding to both operational needs and financing opportunities or obligations.