Synopsys has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 8.3%, while the Software industry saw earnings growing at 11.1% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 13.3% per year. Synopsys's return on equity is 2.5%, and it has net margins of 8.9%.
Key information
8.29%
Earnings growth rate
6.79%
EPS growth rate
Software Industry Growth
-1.17%
Revenue growth rate
13.34%
Return on equity
2.53%
Net Margin
8.91%
Last Earnings Update
30 Apr 2026
Recent past performance updates
Recent updates
Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
How Synopsys makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.
Earnings and Revenue History
SET:SYNP03 Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
Date
Revenue
Earnings
G+A Expenses
R&D Expenses
30 Apr 26
8,679
773
2,250
2,787
31 Jan 26
8,008
1,105
2,047
2,641
31 Oct 25
7,054
1,336
1,844
2,479
31 Jul 25
6,435
1,167
1,659
2,287
30 Apr 25
6,221
1,350
1,481
2,171
31 Jan 25
6,072
1,300
1,454
2,110
31 Oct 24
6,127
1,442
1,428
2,082
31 Jul 24
5,959
1,508
1,326
1,993
30 Apr 24
5,787
1,418
1,249
1,969
31 Jan 24
5,596
1,395
1,190
1,936
31 Oct 23
5,318
1,227
1,102
1,850
31 Jul 23
5,135
1,034
1,128
1,846
30 Apr 23
5,028
921
1,133
1,806
31 Jan 23
5,045
941
1,134
1,736
31 Oct 22
4,616
970
956
1,590
31 Jul 22
4,950
1,033
1,104
1,633
30 Apr 22
4,759
1,009
1,069
1,559
31 Jan 22
4,504
909
1,049
1,531
31 Oct 21
4,204
758
1,035
1,505
31 Jul 21
4,077
754
1,005
1,431
30 Apr 21
3,984
808
980
1,382
31 Jan 21
3,821
723
943
1,322
31 Oct 20
3,685
664
917
1,279
31 Jul 20
3,511
628
885
1,230
30 Apr 20
3,400
475
879
1,192
31 Jan 20
3,375
483
886
1,180
31 Oct 19
3,361
532
862
1,137
31 Jul 19
3,305
626
886
1,137
30 Apr 19
3,231
605
878
1,130
31 Jan 19
3,172
590
869
1,092
31 Oct 18
3,121
433
860
1,085
31 Jul 18
3,023
58
841
1,038
30 Apr 18
2,938
95
802
990
31 Jan 18
2,842
46
778
961
31 Oct 17
2,725
137
738
909
31 Jul 17
2,662
329
701
886
30 Apr 17
2,582
277
693
879
31 Jan 17
2,507
293
673
873
31 Oct 16
2,423
267
668
857
31 Jul 16
2,376
244
664
843
30 Apr 16
2,317
235
655
819
31 Jan 16
2,269
221
654
791
31 Oct 15
2,242
226
640
776
31 Jul 15
2,194
239
626
758
Quality Earnings: SYNP03 has a large one-off gain of $313.5M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th April, 2026.
Growing Profit Margin: SYNP03's current net profit margins (8.9%) are lower than last year (21.7%).
Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: SYNP03's earnings have grown by 8.3% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: SYNP03's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: SYNP03 had negative earnings growth (-42.7%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Software industry average (12.1%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: SYNP03's Return on Equity (2.5%) is considered low.
Return on Assets
Return on Capital Employed
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/07/22 03:05
End of Day Share Price
2026/07/22 00:00
Earnings
2026/04/30
Annual Earnings
2025/10/31
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Synopsys, Inc. is covered by 33 analysts. 24 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.