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: 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 Oct 31, 2019 Jul 31, 2019 Apr 30, 2019 Jan 31, 2019
Net income 242,277 345,110 297,411 1,095,620 404,894 289,089 446,207 346,495 333,055 269,948 268,627 151,557 219,646 293,892 313,341 201,137 198,392 194,802 162,028 196,555 252,911 109,920 104,061 160,714 99,929 118,210 153,514
Amortization and depreciation 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 49,543 49,292 51,011 51,830
Reduction of operating lease right-of-use assets 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 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 16,520 17,805 15,632 12,793
Stock-based compensation 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 40,175 39,452 36,914 38,460
Allowance for credit losses 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 2,719 5,000 2,450 1,500
(Gain) loss on sale of strategic investments 1,200 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 1,585 29,943 10,468 15,242 11,350 6,085 1,000
Amortization of debt issuance costs 4,442 2,348
Deferred income taxes (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) (72,956) 13,822 (17,271) (6,215)
Other (556) (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 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) (97,945) 65,892 232,527 (209,049)
Inventories 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) 20,188 10,927 (34,531) (15,827)
Prepaid and other current assets 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 (11,555) (19,677) (8,520) (10,027)
Other long-term assets (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) (10,551) (23,073) (41,868) (49,403)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 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) 25,920 115,292 58,607 (219,099)
Operating lease liabilities (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 (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 26,740 25,096 9,926 (41,985)
Deferred revenue 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 71,737 (28,986) (66,523) 149,489
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions and dispositions 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) 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 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) 60,535 270,534 234,610 (297,533)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 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 9,820 221,249 370,463 352,820 (144,019)
Proceeds from maturities of short-term investments 18,169 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 126,794 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 3,470 55,696 1,244 1,513 5,735 582 2,151 2,185 4,176
Purchases of strategic investments (718) (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 (38,605) (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 (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) (36,605)
Proceeds from business divestiture, net of cash divested 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) (2,014) (754) (754) (737)
Other (611) (600) (600) (800)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (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) (117,635) (51,965) (36,533) (29,744)
Proceeds from debt, net of issuance costs 4,294,876 10,034,464
Proceeds from credit facilities (1) 80,000 196,490 4,137 3,680 185,080
Repayment of debt (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) (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 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 49,010 24,002 76,994 6,358
Payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards (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) (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 (463) (1,096) (122) (704) (2,709) (3,375) (1,000) (1,316) (762)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 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 (59,575) (264,747) (275,656) 38,086
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 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 (2,193) 1,882 (1,789) 4,882
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (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) 41,846 55,633 38,842 (130,795)

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).


Net Income
Net income exhibits significant volatility throughout the periods observed, with sharp increases notably in early 2024 where the figure peaks at over $1 billion. Prior to 2024, the net income fluctuates between approximately $100 million and $450 million, with occasional steep rises in early 2022 and late 2023. The variability reflects periods of exceptional profitability intermixed with more moderate earnings, suggesting cyclical influences or non-recurring items affecting profitability.
Amortization and Depreciation
This expense remains relatively stable with a slight upward trend over the periods, generally ranging between $48 million and $67 million. The most notable increase is observed in early 2024 when amortization and depreciation expenses spike above $114 million, possibly indicating increased capital expenditures or asset acquisitions.
Stock-Based Compensation
Stock-based compensation steadily grows from about $38 million in early 2019 to peaks exceeding $267 million in late 2025. This continuous rise reflects increased share-based payments, likely due to compensation strategy changes or increased headcount, impacting overall operating expenses.
Allowance for Credit Losses
The allowance for credit losses shows irregular movements with both positive and negative values, indicative of adjustments in expected credit losses. Negative values in some periods suggest recoveries or reversals, whereas positive spikes reflect conservative provisioning. The volatility indicates an active credit risk management strategy in response to changing economic conditions.
Deferred Income Taxes
Deferred income taxes alternate widely between positive and negative amounts, with significant negative values observed notably in late 2019, early 2021, and consistently negative trends entering 2024 and 2025, suggesting adjustments in tax liabilities or changes in tax laws impacting deferred tax balances.
Operating Lease Right-of-Use Assets Reduction and Liabilities
Reduction of operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities show steady values with minor fluctuations, indicating relatively stable lease obligations and amortization post-lease accounting standards implementation. Both figures maintain comparable levels, reflecting consistent lease expense recognition.
Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable & Accrued Liabilities
Accounts receivable and accounts payable demonstrate significant volatility with alternating positive and negative values, signaling substantial changes in working capital management. Large swings suggest periods of extended credit terms or delayed payments, impacting cash flow. The erratic patterns in these working capital accounts likely influence fluctuations in cash from operating activities.
Inventories and Prepaid Assets
Inventories fluctuate substantially, including periods of negative and positive changes, reflecting variations in inventory management or demand forecasting. Prepaid and other current assets exhibit similarly erratic movements, indicating possible timing differences in expense recognition or advance payments.
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Operating cash flows are generally positive and demonstrate notable growth especially from 2021 onward, with peaks exceeding $700 million in some quarters. This indicates improved cash generation efficiency despite variable net income and working capital fluctuations, reflecting strong operational performance.
Investing Activities
Investing cash flows consistently show negative values, reflecting ongoing investments in property and equipment and acquisitions. Significant spikes in negative cash flow correspond with periods of heavy capital expenditure and acquisitions, indicating an aggressive growth or expansion strategy. Occasional large inflows from divestitures or sales of investments partially offset outflows.
Financing Activities
Financing cash flows are highly variable, with substantial inflows tied to debt issuances and stock issuances, particularly in 2024 and 2025 where inflows reach multibillion-dollar levels. These movements coincide with repayments and stock repurchases, suggesting active capital structure management. Large treasury stock purchases and payments related to equity awards demonstrate ongoing shareholder returns and equity compensation fulfillment.
Overall Cash Position
Cash and cash equivalent changes reflect the combined effect of operating, investing, and financing transactions, exhibiting large fluctuations, including significant positive changes in early 2024 exceeding $2 billion and notable declines in preceding quarters. The fluctuations reflect active liquidity management amid strategic investments, divestitures, and financing activities.
Summary of Trends and Insights
The financial data reveals a company pursuing substantial growth initiatives characterized by escalating capital expenditures and acquisitions, counterbalanced by active capital raising and equity issuance. Operational cash flows remain strong and generally improve over time, supporting investment needs and financing activities. Earnings, while volatile, show periods of strong profitability that correspond with increased operational cash generation and strategic financial maneuvers. Fluctuations in working capital components indicate dynamic operational cycles and credit terms adaptation, influencing cash flow volatility. Tax-related and non-operating adjustments contribute to net income and deferred tax variability, signaling complexity in income statement reconciliations. Overall, the company demonstrates a proactive approach to balancing growth, capital investment, and shareholder returns in a complex financial environment.