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SYNOPSYS INC Stock $snps

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2019 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000088324119000019 Filed on December 20, 2019

Income Statement

Concept	2019 Q4	2019 Q2	2018 Q4
Revenue	$851.1M	$836.2M	$795.1M
YoY Change	7.04%	7.65%	14.14%
Cost Of Revenue	$182.7M	$190.7M	$190.6M
YoY Change	-4.14%	6.66%	14.2%
Gross Profit	$668.3M	$645.6M	$604.5M
YoY Change	10.55%	7.94%	14.1%
Gross Profit Margin	78.52%	77.2%	76.03%
Selling, General & Admin	$224.6M	$215.0M	$230.4M
YoY Change	-2.52%	4.37%	27.86%
% of Gross Profit	33.61%	33.3%	38.11%
Research & Development	$290.5M	$290.3M	$290.9M
YoY Change	-0.14%	15.14%	18.98%
% of Gross Profit	43.47%	44.97%	48.12%
Depreciation & Amortization	$49.60M	$51.00M	$59.00M
YoY Change	-15.93%	-3.59%	30.24%
% of Gross Profit	7.42%	7.9%	9.76%
Operating Expenses	$525.3M	$530.1M	$532.0M
YoY Change	-1.26%	12.53%	23.01%
Operating Profit	$143.0M	$115.5M	$72.50M
YoY Change	97.24%	-9.06%	-25.49%
Interest Expense	$1.400M	$3.841M	$1.400M
YoY Change	0.0%	-1.01%	75.0%
% of Operating Profit	0.98%	3.33%	1.93%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$2.100M	$18.42M	-$700.0K
YoY Change	200.0%	-338.69%	-800.0%
Pretax Income	$131.6M	$133.9M	$52.20M
YoY Change	152.11%	12.25%	-47.75%
Income Tax	-$29.10M	$15.71M	-$197.1M
% Of Pretax Income	-22.11%	11.73%	-377.59%
Net Earnings	$160.7M	$118.2M	$254.3M
YoY Change	-36.81%	15.36%	-311.74%
Net Earnings / Revenue	18.88%	14.14%	31.98%
Basic Earnings Per Share		$0.79
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.035M	$0.77	$1.649M
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	150.5M shares	149.7M shares	149.5M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		153.9M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2019 Q4	2019 Q2	2018 Q4
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$728.6M	$631.2M	$723.1M
YoY Change	0.76%	10.58%	-31.03%
Cash & Equivalents	$728.6M	$631.2M	$723.1M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$290.1M	$259.9M	$67.50M
YoY Change	329.78%	41.17%	-49.93%
Inventory	$141.5M	$166.3M	$122.4M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$553.9M	$526.7M	$554.2M
Other Receivables	$24.90M	$59.80M	$76.50M
Total Short-Term Assets	$1.739B	$1.644B	$1.544B
YoY Change	12.64%	19.98%	-8.25%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$429.5M	$344.2M	$309.3M
YoY Change	38.87%	21.28%	16.28%
Goodwill	$3.171B	$3.144B	$3.143B
YoY Change	0.89%	-0.11%	16.12%
Intangibles	$279.4M	$306.9M	$360.4M
YoY Change	-22.48%	-27.3%	41.98%
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$380.5M	$380.7M	$246.7M
YoY Change	54.22%	56.37%	10.72%
Total Long-Term Assets	$4.666B	$4.550B	$4.602B
YoY Change	1.39%	5.12%	23.92%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$1.739B	$1.644B	$1.544B
Total Long-Term Assets	$4.666B	$4.550B	$4.602B
Total Assets	$6.405B	$6.194B	$6.146B
YoY Change	4.22%	8.69%	13.89%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$19.82M	$31.22M	$85.05M
YoY Change	-76.7%	-28.2%	326.21%
Accrued Expenses	$482.8M	$324.6M	$470.3M
YoY Change	2.66%	0.19%	-1.47%
Deferred Revenue	$1.212B	$1.194B	$1.153B
YoY Change	5.17%
Short-Term Debt	$17.61M	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$17.60M	$165.7M	$343.8M
YoY Change	-94.88%	-58.24%	3372.73%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$1.752B	$1.733B	$2.102B
YoY Change	-16.65%	-7.92%	30.25%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$120.1M	$126.2M	$125.5M
YoY Change	-4.34%	-1.06%	-6.36%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$323.7M	$324.2M	$265.6M
YoY Change	21.9%	19.26%	5.37%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$443.8M	$450.4M	$391.1M
YoY Change	13.48%	12.77%	1.3%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$1.752B	$1.733B	$2.102B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$443.8M	$450.4M	$391.1M
Total Liabilities	$2.316B	$2.279B	$2.661B
YoY Change	-12.95%	-6.56%	25.71%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$3.164B	$2.913B	$2.544B
YoY Change	24.39%	31.01%	18.65%
Common Stock	$1.503M	$1.500M	$1.493M
YoY Change	0.67%	0.67%	-0.8%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$625.6M	$567.5M	$597.7M
YoY Change	4.68%	-2.99%	40.23%
Treasury Stock Shares	6.930M shares	7.278M shares	7.996M shares
Shareholders Equity	$4.083B	$3.910B	$3.479B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$6.405B	$6.194B	$6.146B
YoY Change	4.22%	8.69%	13.89%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2019 Q4	2019 Q2	2018 Q4
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$160.7M	$118.2M	$254.3M
YoY Change	-36.81%	15.36%	-311.74%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$49.60M	$51.00M	$59.00M
YoY Change	-15.93%	-3.59%	30.24%
Cash From Operating Activities	$221.2M	$352.8M	$130.9M
YoY Change	68.98%	456.47%	-28.39%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$114.4M	-$40.80M	-$34.70M
YoY Change	229.68%	-27.66%	-62.2%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$3.300M	$4.200M	-$3.000M
YoY Change	10.0%	147.06%	-102.03%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$117.7M	-$36.60M	-$37.60M
YoY Change	213.03%	-33.21%	-167.5%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-59.60M	-275.7M	-104.2M
YoY Change	-42.8%	625.53%	-69.99%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	221.2M	352.8M	130.9M
Cash From Investing Activities	-117.7M	-36.60M	-37.60M
Cash From Financing Activities	-59.60M	-275.7M	-104.2M
Net Change In Cash	43.90M	40.50M	-10.90M
YoY Change	-502.75%	-237.76%	-89.97%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$221.2M	$352.8M	$130.9M
Capital Expenditures	-$114.4M	-$40.80M	-$34.70M
Free Cash Flow	$335.6M	$393.6M	$165.6M
YoY Change	102.66%	228.55%	-39.69%

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CY2019	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	Description of Business<div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Synopsys, Inc. (Synopsys or the Company) provides products and services used across the entire silicon to software spectrum, from engineers creating advanced semiconductors to software developers seeking to ensure the security and quality of their code. The Company is a global leader in supplying the electronic design automation (EDA) software that engineers use to design and test integrated circuits (ICs), also known as chips. The Company also offers semiconductor intellectual property (IP) products, which are pre-designed circuits that engineers use as components of larger chip designs rather than designing those circuits themselves. The Company provides software and hardware used to validate the electronic systems that incorporate chips and the software that runs on them. To complement these offerings, the Company provides technical services and support to help its customers develop advanced chips and electronic systems. These products and services are part of the Company’s Semiconductor & System Design segment.</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The Company is also a leading provider of software tools and services that improve the security and quality of software code in a wide variety of industries, including electronics, financial services, media, automotive, medicine, energy and industrials. These tools and services are part of the Company’s Software Integrity segment.</span></div>
CY2019	us-gaap	Fiscal Period FiscalPeriod	<div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Fiscal Year End.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> The Company’s fiscal year generally ends on the Saturday nearest to October 31 and consists of 52 weeks, with the exception that every five or six years, the Company has a 53-week year. When a 53-week year occurs, the Company includes the additional week in the first quarter to realign fiscal quarters with calendar quarters. Fiscal </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2019</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> and fiscal </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2017</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> were 52-week years ending on November 2, 2019 and October 28, 2017, respectively. Fiscal </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2018</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> was a 53-week year and ended on November 3, 2018. For presentation purposes, the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes refer to the closest calendar month end. Fiscal 2020 will be a 52-week year.</span></div>
CY2019	us-gaap	Use Of Estimates UseOfEstimates	<div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Use of Estimates.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> To prepare financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP), management must make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from these estimates and may result in material effects on the Company’s operating results and financial position.</span></div>
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CY2019	us-gaap	Concentration Risk Credit Risk ConcentrationRiskCreditRisk	<div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Concentration of Credit Risk</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">. Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash equivalents, marketable securities, foreign currency contracts, and accounts receivable from trade customers. The Company maintains cash equivalents primarily in highly rated taxable and tax-exempt money market funds located in the U.S. and in various overseas locations.</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The Company sells its products worldwide primarily to customers in the global electronics market. The Company performs on-going credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and does not require collateral. The Company establishes reserves for potential credit losses and such losses have been within management’s expectations and have not been material in any year presented.</span></div>
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CY2018Q4	snps	Accounts Receivable Including Unbilled Ar AccountsReceivableIncludingUnbilledAR	559830000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Receivable Net Current AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	554217000	USD
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CY2018	us-gaap	Cost Of Property Repairs And Maintenance CostOfPropertyRepairsAndMaintenance	45700000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Cost Of Property Repairs And Maintenance CostOfPropertyRepairsAndMaintenance	40600000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Buildings And Improvements Gross BuildingsAndImprovementsGross	68708000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Land Land	18849000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Payable Current AccountsPayableCurrent	85046000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Compensation Liability Classified Noncurrent DeferredCompensationLiabilityClassifiedNoncurrent	212165000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Sundry Liabilities Noncurrent OtherSundryLiabilitiesNoncurrent	73903000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Other Sundry Liabilities Noncurrent OtherSundryLiabilitiesNoncurrent	53395000	USD
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CY2017	us-gaap	Impairment Of Investments ImpairmentOfInvestments	1300000	USD
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CY2017	us-gaap	Lease And Rental Expense LeaseAndRentalExpense	68100000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Four Years OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears	53909000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Five Years OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears	48730000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due Thereafter OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueThereafter	291494000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue	622599000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-92447000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-113177000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Stock Repurchase Program Authorized Amount1 StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1	500000000.0	USD
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CY2017	us-gaap	Treasury Stock Shares Acquired TreasuryStockSharesAcquired	5413000	shares
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CY2017	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares Treasury Stock Reissued StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesTreasuryStockReissued	4404000	shares
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CY2017	snps	Gain Or Loss On Assets Related To Deferred Compensation Plan GainOrLossOnAssetsRelatedToDeferredCompensationPlan	29606000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Foreign Currency Transaction Gain Loss Before Tax ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax	3588000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Foreign Currency Transaction Gain Loss Before Tax ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax	3557000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Foreign Currency Transaction Gain Loss Before Tax ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax	3354000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	-1272000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	5409000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	2637000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Nonoperating Income Expense NonoperatingIncomeExpense	25275000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Nonoperating Income Expense NonoperatingIncomeExpense	3318000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Nonoperating Income Expense NonoperatingIncomeExpense	35535000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Number Of Reportable Segments NumberOfReportableSegments	2	Segment
CY2018	us-gaap	Number Of Reportable Segments NumberOfReportableSegments	1	Segment
CY2019	us-gaap	Number Of Reportable Segments NumberOfReportableSegments	2	Segment
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	429532000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	309310000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	3360694000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	3121058000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	2724880000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	520231000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	360225000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	347563000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	3360694000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	3121058000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	2724880000	USD
CY2019	snps	Number Of Major Customers NumberOfMajorCustomers	1	Customer

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