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SNPS
LargeRevenue $9.4B TTM4-quarter TTM
Close · Oct 16, 2026454.63P/E 79.5 · EV $94.7B
EV / revenue10.1×EV / gross profit 13.9×
Rule of 4076growth +46% + FCF +30%
−15% below 5y medianEV / revenue vs. its own five years
Board median EV / revenue10.2×five-year median 11.8× · −14%
Median Rule of 405321 of 24 above the line
Median revenue growth18%a year ago 15% · accelerating
Median SBC / revenue11%FCF margin 30% → 16% ex-SBC
Lights on1 of 3prices Oct 16, 2026 · TTM through Aug 31, 2026

Against the line

growth + FCF margin, in points
line 40score 76
growth 46 ptFCF margin 30 pt

Growth +46% plus FCF margin +30% is 76 points, 36 above the line at 40. Counting the stock as an expense: 66 points.

Where it has traded

quarter-end EV / revenue · 20 quarters · Oct 31, 2021 → Jul 31, 2026
6×10×13×17×20×2021202220232024202520262021-10-31 · 12.2× (close 333.18 · TTM revenue 4.20B)2022-01-31 · 10.7× (close 310.50 · TTM revenue 4.50B)2022-04-30 · 9.2× (close 286.79 · TTM revenue 4.76B)2022-07-31 · 11.4× (close 367.50 · TTM revenue 4.95B)2022-10-31 · 8.8× (close 292.55 · TTM revenue 5.08B)2023-01-31 · 10.5× (close 353.75 · TTM revenue 5.17B)2023-04-30 · 10.9× (close 371.32 · TTM revenue 5.16B)2023-07-31 · 13.1× (close 451.80 · TTM revenue 5.26B)2023-10-31 · 12.9× (close 469.44 · TTM revenue 5.58B)2024-01-31 · 14.4× (close 533.35 · TTM revenue 5.73B)2024-04-30 · 13.8× (close 530.59 · TTM revenue 5.92B)2024-07-31 · 14.1× (close 558.32 · TTM revenue 6.09B)2024-10-31 · 12.5× (close 513.61 · TTM revenue 6.13B)2025-01-31 · 13.0× (close 525.48 · TTM revenue 6.07B)2025-04-30 · 11.0× (close 459.01 · TTM revenue 6.22B)2025-07-31 · 17.9× (close 633.47 · TTM revenue 6.44B)2025-10-31 · 12.0× (close 453.82 · TTM revenue 7.05B)2026-01-31 · 10.5× (close 465.12 · TTM revenue 8.01B)2026-04-30 · 11.6× (close 482.60 · TTM revenue 8.68B)2026-07-31 · 8.7× (close 388.76 · TTM revenue 9.42B)p75 13×med 12×p25 11×now 10.1×
Five-year median 11.8×, middle half 10.6–13.0×, range 8.7–17.9×. Now 10.1×: −15% below its own median, higher than 15% of those quarters.Each quarter at its own close, shares and balance sheet · the band is the 25th–75th percentile

What the cash flow really is

TTM through Jul 31, 2026 · $B
0246810Revenue: 9.4 $B9.4RevenueCost of revenue: −2.6 $B−2.6Cost ofrevenueGross profit: 6.8 $B6.8GrossprofitR&D: −2.9 $B−2.9R&DSales & G&A: −2.3 $B−2.3Sales &G&AOther operating: −0.7 $B−0.7OtheroperatingOperating income: 0.9 $B0.9OperatingincomeAdd back SBC: 1.0 $B1.0Add backSBCD&A & working cap.: 1.1 $B1.1D&A &working cap.Operating cash flow: 3.0 $B3.0Operatingcash flowCapex: −0.2 $B−0.2CapexFCF: 2.8 $B2.8FCFLess SBC: −1.0 $B−1.0LessSBCFCF ex-SBC: 1.8 $B1.8FCFex-SBC
FCF 2.79B − SBC 0.95B = 1.84B ex-SBC · operating income 0.92B is the GAAP figure after SBC

Against its scale group

SNPS (blue) vs. the other Large companies on the board (14), grey
Revenue growth+46% vs. +25%
Gross margin72% vs. 76%
FCF margin+30% vs. +33%
SBC / revenue10% vs. 15%
Rule of 4076 vs. 58
EV / revenue10.1× vs. 19.4×

Group averages are the plain mean of the other companies in the same scale group with a usable window.

Quarter by quarter

8 quarters · Oct 31, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026 · a gap is a dropped quarter
Revenue, $B2.48
Growth YoY, quarter+42%
FCF margin, quarter+30%
SBC / revenue, quarter9%