Synopsys SNPS
Synopsys, Inc. (Synopsys, we, our or us) is the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products. 10-K, Item 1
- Employees
- 28,000
- Headquarters
- Sunnyvale, CA
- CEO
- Sassine Ghazi
- Next results
- around Dec 9, 2026
Where each dollar of revenue went, FY2025
Revenue of $7.1B through the costs to a net profit of $1.3B · income statement of the 10-K
SNPS among Technology peers
Six ratios from the latest 10-K. Each corner is the share of 74 peers the company is above, not a score.
What changed
13 new risk paragraphs and 2 accounting facts worth reading about. 10-K filed Dec 22, 2025 against Dec 19, 2024.
Each row opens the detail with the quote and the filing. A row is a change worth reading, not a verdict.
Accounting checks
11 checks on the latest 10-K. Checks, not verdicts.
2facts worth reading about the other 9 checks found nothing to note
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Receivables growing faster than revenueReceivables +61.1% vs revenue +15.1% (+46.0 pts)
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Critical audit matters changedNew this year: Evaluation of the acquisition-date fair value of certain intangible assets acquired in a business combination (“As described in Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company completed the acquisition of Ansys for aggregate purchase consideration of approximately $34.9 billion on July 17, 2025. The Company accounted for the acquisition using the acquisition method of accounting that requires all”). Same as last year: Evaluation of the Company's analysis of terms and conditions in software and intellectual property license contracts with customers
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Cash from operations $1.5B vs net income $1.3B (FY ending Oct 31, 2025)
8 more checks with nothing to note
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Inventory +0.9% vs revenue +15.1% (-14.2 pts)
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Same auditor in both 10-Ks: KPMG LLP
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No statement of substantial doubt about going concern
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No 8-K item 4.02 in the last 2 years
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No NT 10-K or NT 10-Q in the last 2 years
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No sentence in the 10-K concludes that controls were not effective because of a material weakness
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No 8-K item 2.06 in the last 2 years
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No 8-K item 1.03 in the last 2 years
In their words
13 paragraphs in Risk Factors that were not in the 10-K filed Dec 19, 2024. Quoted as filed.
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Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Dec 19, 2024 10-K, ITEM 1A
We have incurred a substantial amount of debt in connection with the Ansys Merger, including the Senior Notes and the $4.3 billion term loan. Accordingly, as of October 31, 2025, we had approximately $13.5 billion of total debt.
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Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Dec 19, 2024 10-K, ITEM 1A
We or our directors or officers are subject to litigation proceedings, which are expensive, could divert management attention and harm our business.
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Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Dec 19, 2024 10-K, ITEM 1A
For example, we are currently named as a defendant in recently filed securities class action complaints. The stock market in general, and Nasdaq and technological companies in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of companies.…
New risk paragraphs, against peers
Latest 10-K of each, Technology companies closest in revenue
Paragraphs in Risk Factors with nothing like them in the company's 10-K the year before. A count of text, not of risk.
From the same starting line, FY2016 to FY2025
Revenue, net income and free cash flow, each set to 100 in FY2016. What happened, from the 10-Ks. Not a forecast.
Financial performance
Last 4 fiscal years · 10-K XBRL
| Metric | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
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| Revenue | $5.1B | $5.3B | $6.1B | $7.1B |
| Net income | $984.6M | $1.2B | $2.3B | $1.3B |
| Operating cash flow | $1.7B | $1.7B | $1.4B | $1.5B |
| Free cash flow | $1.6B | $1.5B | $1.3B | $1.3B |
Revenue, FY2016 to FY2025
Ten fiscal years, each from its own 10-K · XBRL · USD
$7.1B ▲ 15.1% in FY2025$1.3B ▼ 41.1% in FY2025$1.3B ▲ 6.4% in FY2025
Recent filings
No new filings in the last 30 days · SEC EDGAR
Nothing new. The most recent filings:
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8-KOct 5, 2026Other events 8-K item 8.01
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8-KAug 26, 2026Restructuring or exit costs (amended) 8-K item 2.05
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8-KAug 26, 2026Quarterly results 8-K item 2.02
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10-QAug 26, 2026Quarterly report (10-Q) period ended Jul 31, 2026
About the company
Synopsys, Sunnyvale, CA · from the 10-K filed Dec 22, 2025
Synopsys, Inc. (Synopsys, we, our or us) is the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products. We deliver trusted and comprehensive solutions spanning silicon design, silicon intellectual property (IP), simulation and analysis (S&A) as well as design services. We partner closely with our customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow.
- Headquarters
- Sunnyvale, CA
- Country
- United States
- Reports in
- USD
- Listed on
- Nasdaq
- Fiscal year ends
- October 31
- Last results
- Aug 26, 2026
- Incorporated in
- DE
Employees, at the top of the page: "As of fiscal 2025 year-end, Synopsys had approximately 28,000 employees, with about 23% in the United States and 77% in other locations worldwide" (10-K). Address and exchange: SEC's company file.
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Sources
The 10-K filed Dec 22, 2025 (open at SEC), compared with the 10-K filed Dec 19, 2024. Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks; filings from SEC EDGAR.
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