UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(MARK ONE)
| ☒ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | ||||
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JANUARY 31, 2026
OR
| ☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | ||||
FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM TO
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 000-19807
SYNOPSYS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 56-1546236 | |||||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | |||||||
675 ALMANOR AVE
SUNNYVALE, CA 94085
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(650) 584-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||
Common Stock (par value of $0.01 per share) | SNPS | Nasdaq Global Select Market | ||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ý No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ý | Accelerated Filer | ☐ | |||||||||||||||||
| Non-accelerated filer | ¨ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||||||||||||||||
| Emerging growth company | ☐ | |||||||||||||||||||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ý
As of February 23, 2026, there were 191,562,027 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.
SYNOPSYS, INC.
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
FOR THE FISCAL QUARTER ENDED JANUARY 31, 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| PART I. | ||||||||
| Item 1. | Financial Statements (Unaudited) | |||||||
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| Item 3. | ||||||||
| Item 4. | ||||||||
| PART II. | ||||||||
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| Item 1A. | ||||||||
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
| Item 1. | Financial Statements | |||||||
SYNOPSYS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited, in thousands, except par value amounts)
| January 31, 2026 | October 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
| ASSETS | |||||||||||
| Current assets: | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 2,129,572 | $ | 2,888,030 | |||||||
| Short-term investments | 73,910 | 72,929 | |||||||||
| Total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments | 2,203,482 | 2,960,959 | |||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 1,640,665 | 1,505,427 | |||||||||
| Inventories | 393,221 | 365,190 | |||||||||
| Prepaid and other current assets | 1,088,118 | 1,180,526 | |||||||||
Current assets held for sale | 48,152 | — | |||||||||
| Total current assets | 5,373,638 | 6,012,102 | |||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 676,693 | 696,693 | |||||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets, net | 713,594 | 702,008 | |||||||||
| Goodwill | 26,880,889 | 26,899,215 | |||||||||
| Intangible assets, net | 12,289,529 | 12,679,591 | |||||||||
| Deferred income taxes | 117,386 | 112,159 | |||||||||
| Other long-term assets | 1,186,199 | 1,122,693 | |||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 47,237,928 | $ | 48,224,461 | |||||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | |||||||||||
| Current liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 1,304,688 | $ | 1,326,211 | |||||||
| Operating lease liabilities | 133,098 | 128,205 | |||||||||
| Deferred revenue | 2,459,122 | 2,245,961 | |||||||||
| Short-term debt | 22,117 | 22,117 | |||||||||
Current liabilities held for sale | 23,625 | — | |||||||||
| Total current liabilities | 3,942,650 | 3,722,494 | |||||||||
| Long-term operating lease liabilities | 691,249 | 680,698 | |||||||||
| Long-term deferred revenue | 420,887 | 382,557 | |||||||||
| Long-term debt | 10,022,093 | 13,462,398 | |||||||||
| Other long-term liabilities | 1,613,051 | 1,649,299 | |||||||||
| Total liabilities | 16,689,930 | 19,897,446 | |||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity: | |||||||||||
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value: 2,000 shares authorized; none outstanding | — | — | |||||||||
Common stock, $0.01 par value: 400,000 shares authorized; 191,449 and 185,994 shares outstanding, respectively | 1,915 | 1,860 | |||||||||
| Capital in excess of par value | 20,562,001 | 18,640,947 | |||||||||
| Retained earnings | 10,380,445 | 10,315,487 | |||||||||
Treasury stock, at cost: 589 and 1,222 shares, respectively | (191,851) | (398,278) | |||||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (203,683) | (232,414) | |||||||||
| Total Synopsys stockholders’ equity | 30,548,827 | 28,327,602 | |||||||||
| Non-controlling interest | (829) | (587) | |||||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | 30,547,998 | 28,327,015 | |||||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 47,237,928 | $ | 48,224,461 | |||||||
See the accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited).
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SYNOPSYS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share amounts)
| Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| Revenue: | |||||||||||
| Time-based products | $ | 951,541 | $ | 828,238 | |||||||
| Upfront products | 741,530 | 368,124 | |||||||||
| Total products revenue | 1,693,071 | 1,196,362 | |||||||||
| Maintenance and service | 715,727 | 258,953 | |||||||||
| Total revenue | 2,408,798 | 1,455,315 | |||||||||
| Cost of revenue: | |||||||||||
| Products | 242,402 | 168,842 | |||||||||
| Maintenance and service | 146,738 | 92,537 | |||||||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 248,242 | 8,596 | |||||||||
| Total cost of revenue | 637,382 | 269,975 | |||||||||
| Gross margin | 1,771,416 | 1,185,340 | |||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||
| Research and development | 714,988 | 553,216 | |||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 396,375 | 209,199 | |||||||||
| General and administrative | 182,732 | 167,086 | |||||||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 155,993 | 4,000 | |||||||||
| Restructuring charges | 118,282 | — | |||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 1,568,370 | 933,501 | |||||||||
| Operating income | 203,046 | 251,839 | |||||||||
Interest expense | (162,715) | (11,139) | |||||||||
Other income (expense), net | 38,722 | 50,417 | |||||||||
| Income before income taxes | 79,053 | 291,117 | |||||||||
| Provision (benefit) for income taxes | 14,337 | (6,294) | |||||||||
Net income | 64,716 | 297,411 | |||||||||
Less: Net income (loss) attributed to non-controlling interest and redeemable non-controlling interest | (242) | 1,728 | |||||||||
| Net income attributed to Synopsys | $ | 64,958 | $ | 295,683 | |||||||
Net income per share attributed to Synopsys: | |||||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.34 | $ | 1.91 | |||||||
Diluted | $ | 0.34 | $ | 1.89 | |||||||
| Shares used in computing per share amounts: | |||||||||||
| Basic | 189,593 | 154,408 | |||||||||
| Diluted | 190,762 | 156,189 | |||||||||
See the accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited).
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SYNOPSYS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited, in thousands)
| Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 64,716 | $ | 297,411 | |||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss): | |||||||||||
| Change in foreign currency translation adjustment | 38,533 | (28,637) | |||||||||
Change in unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, net of tax of $0 for periods presented | 74 | (42) | |||||||||
| Cash flow hedges: | |||||||||||
Deferred gains (losses), net of tax of $3,543 and $11,494, respectively | (11,536) | (36,448) | |||||||||
Reclassification adjustment on deferred (gains) losses included in net income, net of tax of $(653) and $(1,403), respectively | 1,660 | 3,588 | |||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax effects | 28,731 | (61,539) | |||||||||
| Comprehensive income | 93,447 | 235,872 | |||||||||
| Less: Net income (loss) attributed to non-controlling interest and redeemable non-controlling interest | (242) | 1,728 | |||||||||
| Comprehensive income attributed to Synopsys | $ | 93,689 | $ | 234,144 | |||||||
See the accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited).
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SYNOPSYS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(Unaudited, in thousands)
| Capital in Excess of Par Value | Retained Earnings | Treasury Stock | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Total Synopsys Stockholders’ Equity | Non-controlling Interest | Total Stockholders’ Equity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at October 31, 2025 | 185,994 | $ | 1,860 | $ | 18,640,947 | $ | 10,315,487 | $ | (398,278) | $ | (232,414) | $ | 28,327,602 | $ | (587) | $ | 28,327,015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | 64,958 | 64,958 | (242) | 64,716 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax effects | 28,731 | 28,731 | 28,731 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common stock issued for private placement | 4,822 | 48 | 1,999,952 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common stock issued for prior acquisition | 1 | 1 | 189 | 478 | 668 | 668 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common stock issued, net of shares withheld for employee taxes | 632 | 6 | (337,811) | 205,949 | (131,856) | (131,856) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | 258,724 | 258,724 | 258,724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at January 31, 2026 | 191,449 | $ | 1,915 | $ | 20,562,001 | $ | 10,380,445 | $ | (191,851) | $ | (203,683) | $ | 30,548,827 | $ | (829) | $ | 30,547,998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital in Excess of Par Value | Retained Earnings | Treasury Stock | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Total Synopsys Stockholders’ Equity | Non-controlling Interest | Total Stockholders’ Equity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at October 31, 2024 | 154,112 | $ | 1,541 | $ | 1,211,206 | $ | 8,984,105 | $ | (1,025,770) | $ | (180,380) | $ | 8,990,702 | $ | 2,504 | $ | 8,993,206 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | 295,683 | 295,683 | 2,566 | 298,249 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax effects | (61,539) | (61,539) | (61,539) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common stock issued, net of shares withheld for employee taxes | 506 | 6 | (275,413) | 164,803 | (110,604) | (110,604) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | 185,754 | 185,754 | 709 | 186,463 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjustments to redeemable non-controlling interest | (838) | (838) | (838) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deconsolidation of non-controlling interest upon the sale of subsidiary | 5,634 | 5,634 | (5,670) | (36) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at January 31, 2025 | 154,618 | $ | 1,547 | $ | 1,127,181 | $ | 9,278,950 | $ | (860,967) | $ | (241,919) | $ | 9,304,792 | $ | 109 | $ | 9,304,901 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See the accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited).
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SYNOPSYS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited, in thousands)
| Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | |||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 64,716 | $ | 297,411 | |||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: | |||||||||||
| Amortization and depreciation | 450,688 | 47,934 | |||||||||
| Reduction of operating lease right-of-use assets | 36,442 | 25,473 | |||||||||
| Amortization of capitalized costs to obtain revenue contracts | 19,277 | 12,466 | |||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | 258,724 | 186,463 | |||||||||
| Allowance for credit losses | 8,206 | 9,919 | |||||||||
Amortization of bridge financing costs | — | 10,468 | |||||||||
Amortization of debt issuance costs | 12,558 | — | |||||||||
| Deferred income taxes | (51,776) | (139,075) | |||||||||
| Other | (218) | 186 | |||||||||
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions and dispositions: | |||||||||||
| Accounts receivable | (128,651) | 30,948 | |||||||||
| Inventories | (29,382) | (55,852) | |||||||||
| Prepaid and other current assets | 84,616 | (103,567) | |||||||||
| Other long-term assets | (81,413) | (43,494) | |||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | (37,286) | (313,651) | |||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities | (32,345) | (23,102) | |||||||||
| Income taxes | 17,561 | 86,992 | |||||||||
| Deferred revenue | 265,115 | (96,974) | |||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | 856,832 | (67,455) | |||||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | |||||||||||
Proceeds from maturities of short-term investments | 3,718 | 19,684 | |||||||||
Proceeds from sales of short-term investments | — | 16,411 | |||||||||
| Purchases of short-term investments | (4,503) | (37,269) | |||||||||
Purchases of strategic investments | (401) | (3,288) | |||||||||
| Purchases of property and equipment, net | (35,320) | (40,715) | |||||||||
Proceeds from business divestiture, net of cash divested | — | 23,808 | |||||||||
| Other | — | (611) | |||||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (36,506) | (21,980) | |||||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | |||||||||||
Repayment of debt | (3,451,310) | (1,289) | |||||||||
| Issuances of common stock | 12,742 | 14,417 | |||||||||
| Payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards | (144,597) | (124,966) | |||||||||
Common stock issuance for private placement | 2,000,000 | — | |||||||||
Redemption of redeemable non-controlling interest | — | (30,000) | |||||||||
Net cash used in financing activities | (1,583,165) | (141,838) | |||||||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 3,432 | (9,676) | |||||||||
| Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | (759,407) | (240,949) | |||||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of year | 2,893,721 | 3,898,729 | |||||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period | $ | 2,134,314 | $ | 3,657,780 | |||||||
See the accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited).
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SYNOPSYS, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Note 1. Description of Business
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.
We are a global leader in supplying the mission-critical electronic design automation (EDA) software that engineers use to design and test integrated circuits (ICs), also known as chips or silicon, and we are pioneering artificial intelligence (AI) driven chip design across the full-stack EDA suite to improve efficiency and accelerate the design, verification testing and manufacturing of advanced digital and analog chips. We provide software and hardware used to validate the electronic systems that incorporate chips and the software that runs on them, including cloud-based digital design flow to boost chip-design development productivity. We also provide technical services and support to help our customers develop advanced chips and electronic systems.
We are the global leader in engineering S&A software. Our Ansys® solutions portfolio is widely used by engineers, designers, researchers and students across a broad spectrum of industries and academia, including high-tech, aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, industrial equipment, materials and chemicals, consumer products, healthcare and construction. These products enable customers to analyze designs on-premises and/or via the cloud, providing a common platform for fast, efficient and cost-conscious product development, from design concept to final-stage testing, validation and deployment. These products and services are part of our Design Automation segment.
We also offer a broad and comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor IP solutions, which are pre-designed circuits that engineers use as components of larger chip designs to reduce development risk and speed time to market. Our high quality, silicon-proven semiconductor IP includes logic libraries, embedded memories, wired interface IP, memory interface IP, security IP, and embedded processors. To accelerate IP integration and silicon bring-up, our IP Accelerated initiative provides architecture design expertise, customized IP subsystems, hardening, and signal and power integrity analysis. These products and services are part of our Design IP segment.
Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation
We have prepared the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Pursuant to these rules and regulations, we have condensed or omitted certain information and footnote disclosures we normally include in our annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP). The condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited but, in management’s opinion, we have made all adjustments (consisting only of normal, recurring adjustments, except as otherwise indicated) necessary for a fair presentation of our quarterly results. Our interim period operating results do not necessarily indicate the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full fiscal year. These financial statements and accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025 as filed with the SEC on December 22, 2025 (our Annual Report).
Use of Estimates. To prepare financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, management must make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from these estimates and could have a material impact on our operating results and financial position.
Principles of Consolidation. The condensed consolidated financial statements include our accounts and the accounts of our wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Fiscal Year and Fiscal Quarter End. Our fiscal year end is October 31 and our fiscal quarters end on January 31, April 30, and July 31 of each year.
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Acquisition of Ansys. On July 17, 2025 (the Acquisition Date), we completed the acquisition of ANSYS, Inc. (Ansys), a provider of broad engineering simulation and analysis software and services for $199.91 in cash and 0.3399 of a share of our common stock in exchange for each ordinary share of Ansys for a total consideration of $34.9 billion.
We accounted for the acquisition of Ansys by applying the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations. See Note 4. Business Combination and Note 10. Senior Notes, Bridge Commitment Letter, Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facilities of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report for additional information.
Significant Accounting Policies. There have been no material changes to our significant accounting policies included in our Annual Report.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which enhances the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures primarily through changes to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. The ASU is effective for our annual reports beginning in fiscal 2026 with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of this ASU on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. The ASU requires the disclosure of additional information related to certain costs and expenses, including amounts of inventory purchases, employee compensation, and depreciation and amortization included in each income statement line item. The ASU also requires disclosure of the total amount of selling expenses and our definition of selling expenses. The ASU will be effective for our annual reports beginning in fiscal 2028, and interim period reports beginning in fiscal 2029 either on a prospective or retrospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this ASU on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets. The ASU allows companies to apply a practical expedient when estimating credit losses on current accounts receivable and contract assets. The ASU will be effective for us beginning in fiscal 2027 and will be applied on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this ASU on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software, which modernizes the accounting for internal-use software costs and clarifies the criteria for capitalization. The ASU will be effective for us beginning in fiscal 2029, either on a prospective, retrospective, or a modified basis. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this ASU on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-11, Interim Reporting (Topic 270) Narrow-Scope Improvements. The ASU is intended to improve the navigability of the guidance in ASC 270, Interim Reporting, and clarify when it applies. Under the amendments, an entity is subject to ASC 270 if it provides interim financial statements and notes in accordance with GAAP. ASU 2025-11 also addresses the form and content of such financial statements, interim disclosures requirements, and establishes a principle under which an entity must disclose events since the end of the last annual reporting period that have a material impact on the entity. The ASU will be effective for us beginning in fiscal 2029, either on a prospective or retrospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this ASU on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-12, Codification Improvements. The ASU addresses suggestions received from stakeholders regarding the Accounting Standards Codification and makes other incremental improvements to U.S. GAAP. The update represents changes to the Codification that clarify, correct errors in or make other improvements to a variety of topics that are intended to make it easier to understand and apply. ASU 2025-12 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim periods within those fiscal years. Entities are required to apply the amendments to ASC 260 retrospectively. All other amendments may be applied prospectively or retrospectively. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this ASU on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
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Note 3. Acquisition of Ansys
On July 17, 2025, we completed the acquisition of Ansys (the Ansys Merger) for approximately $34.9 billion, consisting of cash of $17.6 billion (the Cash Consideration), Synopsys Common Stock with a fair value of $17.1 billion, and the balance related to the assumption of certain outstanding Ansys equity awards and the settlement of pre-existing relationships. We acquired Ansys to combine Synopsys’ semiconductor electronic design automation expertise with Ansys’ S&A capabilities to address the growing demand for integrated design and simulation tools across various industries.
We funded the Cash Consideration in the Ansys Merger through a combination of cash on hand, the net proceeds from the issuance of the Senior Notes, and the borrowings under the Term Loan Agreement, each as defined and discussed in Note 10. Senior Notes, Bridge Commitment Letter, Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facilities of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
We allocated the purchase price to tangible and identified intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their preliminary estimated fair values, which were determined using generally accepted valuation techniques based on estimates and assumptions made by management at the time of acquisition. These estimates and assumptions are believed to be reasonable, but they are inherently uncertain and may be subject to material change as additional information becomes available during the respective measurement period, which will not exceed 12 months from applicable acquisition date. The primary areas that are preliminary relate to the fair values of goodwill, intangible assets, certain tangible assets and liabilities, and income taxes.
Transaction Costs
Transaction costs for acquisitions, primarily related to the Ansys Merger, were $10.5 million and $56.8 million during the three months ended January 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. These costs mainly consisted of professional fees, administrative costs for closed and pending acquisitions, as well as the Bridge Commitment financing costs, and were expensed as incurred in our condensed consolidated statements of income.
Supplemental Pro Forma Information (Unaudited)
The following unaudited pro forma financial information presents combined results of operations for the period presented, as if Ansys had been acquired as of the beginning of fiscal year 2024.
Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||
2025 | |||||
| (in thousands) | |||||
Pro forma total revenue | $ | 2,217,683 | |||
Pro forma net income | $ | 56,366 | |||
This information is provided for informational purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of our consolidated results of operations of the combined business had the acquisition actually occurred at the beginning of fiscal year 2024, or of the results of our future operations of the combined business.
Note 4. Revenue
Disaggregated Revenue
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The following table shows the percentage of revenue by product groups:
| Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| EDA | 45.6 | % | 67.3 | % | |||||||
| Design IP | 16.9 | % | 29.9 | % | |||||||
| Ansys | 36.8 | % | — | % | |||||||
| Other | 0.7 | % | 2.8 | % | |||||||
| Total | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | |||||||
Contract Balances
The timing of revenue recognition may differ from the timing of invoicing customers, resulting in receivables, contract assets, or contract liabilities (deferred revenue) in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. For specific software, hardware, and IP agreements with payment plans, we record an unbilled receivable associated with revenue recognized upon transfer of control, as it holds an unconditional right to invoice and receive payment in the future for those transferred products or services. Unbilled receivables are presented as accounts receivable, net, in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
A contract asset is recorded when revenue is recognized before we have the unconditional right to invoice or retain performance risk concerning that performance obligation. These contract assets transition to receivables when the rights become unconditional, generally upon the completion of a milestone. The contract assets listed below are included in prepaid and other current assets and other long-term assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Contract balances are as follows:
| As of | |||||||||||
| January 31, 2026 | October 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Contract assets, net | $ | 1,141,522 | $ | 1,222,029 | |||||||
| Unbilled receivables | $ | 43,124 | $ | 45,528 | |||||||
| Deferred revenue | $ | 2,880,009 | $ | 2,628,518 | |||||||
Long-term contract assets were $365.9 million and $336.4 million as of January 31, 2026 and October 31, 2025, respectively.
During the three months ended January 31, 2026, we recognized revenue of $1.1 billion that was included in the deferred revenue balance as of October 31, 2025, including previously unfulfilled contracts that have expired and are no longer subject to an implied promise to provide future services.
Contracted but unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied performance obligations (backlog) were approximately $11.3 billion as of January 31, 2026, which includes $1.9 billion in non-cancellable Flexible Spending Account (FSA) commitments from customers where actual product selection and quantities of specific products or services are to be determined by customers at a later date. We have elected to exclude future sales-based royalty payments from the remaining performance obligations. Approximately 47% of the backlog as of January 31, 2026, excluding non-cancellable FSA, is expected to be recognized as revenue over the next 12 months, with the remainder to be recognized thereafter. The majority of the remaining backlog is expected to be recognized in the following three years.
During the three months ended January 31, 2026 and 2025, we recognized $33.8 million and $25.0 million from performance obligations satisfied from sales-based royalties earned during the periods.
Costs of Obtaining a Contract with Customer
Capitalized commission costs, net of accumulated amortization, as of January 31, 2026 were $115.7 million, of which $27.7 million are included in prepaid and other current assets, and $88.0 million in other long-term assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. Amortization of these assets were $19.3 million and $12.5 million
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during the three months ended January 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and are included in sales and marketing expense in our condensed consolidated statements of income.
Note 5. Goodwill and Intangible Assets
Goodwill
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the three months ended January 31, 2026 are as follows:
| (in thousands) | |||||
Balance at October 31, 2025 | $ | 26,899,215 | |||
| Adjustments | (39,616) | ||||
| Effect of foreign currency translation | 21,290 | ||||
Balance at January 31, 2026 | $ | 26,880,889 | |||
Intangible Assets
Intangible assets as of January 31, 2026 consist of the following:
| Gross Carrying Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net Carrying Amount | |||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||
| Core/developed technology | $ | 7,236,330 | $ | 1,040,891 | $ | 6,195,439 | |||||||||||
| Customer relationships | 5,398,388 | 553,408 | 4,844,980 | ||||||||||||||
| Contract rights intangible | 596,819 | 275,391 | 321,428 | ||||||||||||||
| Trademarks and trade names | 962,325 | 34,643 | 927,682 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 14,193,862 | $ | 1,904,333 | $ | 12,289,529 | |||||||||||
Intangible assets as of October 31, 2025 consist of the following:
| Gross Carrying Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net Carrying Amount | |||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||
| Core/developed technology | $ | 7,309,753 | $ | 929,901 | $ | 6,379,852 | |||||||||||
| Customer relationships | 5,415,558 | 428,377 | 4,987,181 | ||||||||||||||
| Contract rights intangible | 614,358 | 239,808 | 374,550 | ||||||||||||||
| Trademarks and trade names | 962,925 | 24,917 | 938,008 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 14,302,594 | $ | 1,623,003 | $ | 12,679,591 | |||||||||||
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Amortization expense related to intangible assets consists of the following:
| Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Core/developed technology | $ | 193,523 | $ | 8,189 | |||||||
| Customer relationships | 145,667 | 3,996 | |||||||||
| Contract rights intangible | 54,719 | 407 | |||||||||
| Trademarks and trade names | 10,326 | 4 | |||||||||
| Total | $ | 404,235 | $ | 12,596 | |||||||
The following table presents the estimated future amortization of acquired intangible assets as of January 31, 2026:
| Fiscal year | (in thousands) | ||||
| Remainder of fiscal 2026 | $ | 1,211,259 | |||
| 2027 | 1,547,378 | ||||
| 2028 | 1,385,619 | ||||
| 2029 | 1,382,920 | ||||
| 2030 | 1,376,990 | ||||
| 2031 and thereafter | 5,385,363 | ||||
| Total | $ | 12,289,529 | |||
Note 6. Balance Sheet Components
| As of | |||||||||||
| January 31, 2026 | October 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Payroll and related benefits | $ | 685,566 | $ | 822,575 | |||||||
Interest payable | 170,480 | 49,826 | |||||||||
| Accounts payable | 113,263 | 164,766 | |||||||||
| Accrued income taxes | 111,560 | 94,664 | |||||||||
| Other accrued liabilities | 223,819 | 194,380 | |||||||||
| Total | $ | 1,304,688 | $ | 1,326,211 | |||||||
| Other long-term liabilities: | |||||||||||
Deferred tax liability | $ | 954,115 | $ | 1,001,070 | |||||||
| Deferred compensation plan liabilities | 464,876 | 447,232 | |||||||||
| Other | 194,060 | 200,997 | |||||||||
| Total | $ | 1,613,051 | $ | 1,649,299 | |||||||
Assets Held For Sale
On January 14, 2026, we entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of our Processor IP Solutions (Processor IP) business to GlobalFoundries Inc. as part of our reallocation of resources to the highest growth opportunities in our Design IP segment.
The Processor IP business is part of the Design IP segment and we have determined that we met the criteria to classify the assets and liabilities of this business as held for sale. The divestiture does not represent a strategic shift in operations that would have a major effect on our business and is also not material to our business and therefore does not meet the criteria to be classified as discontinued operations.
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The sale is expected to be completed in the second half of calendar year 2026, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including the receipt of required regulatory approvals.
The following table presents the major classes of assets and liabilities classified as held for sale as of January 31, 2026:
| (in thousands) | |||||
| Assets: | |||||
Prepaid and other assets | $ | 6,154 | |||
| Property and equipment, net | 2,082 | ||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets, net | 1,870 | ||||
| Goodwill | 38,046 | ||||
| Total current assets held for sale | $ | 48,152 | |||
| Liabilities: | |||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 1,384 | |||
| Operating lease liabilities | 1,850 | ||||
| Deferred revenue | 20,391 | ||||
| Total current liabilities held for sale | $ | 23,625 | |||
Note 7. Financial Assets and Liabilities
Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments
As of January 31, 2026, the balances of our cash equivalents and short-term investments are as follows:
| Amortized Cost | Gross Unrealized Gains | Gross Unrealized Losses Less Than 12 Continuous Months | Gross Unrealized Losses 12 Continuous Months or Longer | Estimated Fair Value(1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash equivalents: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Money market funds | $ | 40,825 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 40,825 | |||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury, agency & T-bills | 2,280 | — | — | — | 2,280 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total: | $ | 43,105 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 43,105 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Short-term investments: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury, agency & T-bills | $ | 5,014 | $ | 20 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 5,034 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Municipal bonds | 22,903 | 79 | (2) | — | 22,980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | 45,538 | 179 | (1) | — | 45,716 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 180 | — | — | — | 180 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total: | $ | 73,635 | $ | 278 | $ | (3) | $ | — | $ | 73,910 | |||||||||||||||||||
(1)See Note 8. Fair Value Measurements for further discussion on fair values.
The contractual maturities of our available-for-sale debt securities as of January 31, 2026 are as follows:
| Amortized Cost | Fair Value | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
1 year or less | $ | 29,693 | $ | 29,784 | |||||||
| 1-5 years | 43,942 | 44,126 | |||||||||
| Total | $ | 73,635 | $ | 73,910 | |||||||
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As of October 31, 2025, the balances of our cash equivalents and short-term investments are as follows:
| Amortized Cost | Gross Unrealized Gains | Gross Unrealized Losses Less Than 12 Continuous Months | Gross Unrealized Losses 12 Continuous Months or Longer | Estimated Fair Value(1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash equivalents: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Money market funds | $ | 52,978 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 52,978 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total: | $ | 52,978 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 52,978 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Short-term investments: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury, agency & T-bills | $ | 6,661 | $ | 19 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 6,680 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Municipal bonds | 22,004 | 61 | — | — | 22,065 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | 43,878 | 139 | (18) | — | 43,999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 185 | — | — | — | 185 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total: | $ | 72,728 | $ | 219 | $ | (18) | $ | — | $ | 72,929 | |||||||||||||||||||
(1)See Note 8. Fair Value Measurements for further discussion on fair values.
Restricted cash. We include amounts generally described as restricted cash in cash and cash equivalents when reconciling beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. Restricted cash is primarily associated with deposits for office leases and employee loan programs.
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows:
| As of | |||||||||||
| January 31, 2026 | October 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 2,129,572 | $ | 2,888,030 | |||||||
| Restricted cash included in prepaid and other current assets | 3,708 | 4,680 | |||||||||
| Restricted cash included in other long-term assets | 1,034 | 1,011 | |||||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | 2,134,314 | $ | 2,893,721 | |||||||
Non-marketable equity securities. Our portfolio of non-marketable equity securities consists of strategic investments in privately held companies. There were no impairments of non-marketable equity securities during the three months ended January 31, 2026 and 2025.
Derivatives
We recognize derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets at fair value and provide qualitative and quantitative disclosures about such derivatives. We operate internationally and are exposed to potentially adverse movements in foreign currency exchange and interest rates. We enter into hedges in the form of foreign currency forward contracts to reduce our exposure to foreign currency rate changes on non-functional currency denominated forecasted transactions and balance sheet positions including: (1) certain assets and liabilities, (2) shipments forecasted to occur within approximately one month, (3) future billings and revenue on previously shipped orders, and (4) certain future intercompany invoices denominated in foreign currencies.
The majority of the forward contracts are short-term with maturity of up to 30 months at inception. We do not use foreign currency forward contracts for speculative or trading purposes. We enter into foreign exchange forward contracts with high credit quality financial institutions that are rated "A" or above and to date have not experienced nonperformance by counterparties. In addition, we mitigate credit risk in derivative transactions by permitting net settlement of transactions with the same counterparty and anticipate continued performance by all counterparties to such agreements.
The assets or liabilities associated with the forward contracts are recorded at fair value in other current assets or accrued liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The accounting for gains and losses resulting from changes in fair value depends on the use of the foreign currency forward contract and whether it is designated and
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qualifies for hedge accounting. The cash flow impact upon settlement of the derivative contracts is included in net cash provided by (used in) operating activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.
Additionally, in order to manage interest rate exposure related to anticipated debt transactions, in the first quarter of fiscal 2025, we entered into treasury rate lock agreements to hedge against unfavorable interest rate changes. The accounting for gains and losses resulting from changes in fair value depends on whether these are designated and qualify for hedge accounting. The assets or liabilities associated with these derivatives are recorded at fair value in other current assets or accrued liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The cash flow impact upon settlement of these derivative contracts is included in net cash provided by (used in) operating activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.
Cash Flow Hedging Activities
Certain foreign exchange forward contracts are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges. These contracts have durations of up to 30 months or less. Certain forward contracts are rolled over periodically to capture the full length of exposure to our foreign currency risk, which can be up to three years. To receive hedge accounting treatment, all hedging relationships are formally documented at the inception of the hedge, and the hedges must be highly effective in offsetting changes to future cash flows on the hedged transactions. The related gains or losses resulting from changes in fair value of these hedges is initially reported, net of tax, as a component of other comprehensive income (loss) (OCI) in stockholders’ equity and reclassified into revenue or operating expenses, as appropriate, at the time the hedged transactions affect earnings. We expect a majority of the hedge balance in OCI to be reclassified to the statements of income after the next 12 months.
We did not record any gains or losses related to discontinuation of foreign exchange forward contracts cash flow hedges during the three months ended January 31, 2026 and 2025.
During the first quarter of fiscal 2025, we entered into 6-month interest rate hedge contracts (the 2025 Rate Lock Agreements) with notional value of $2.0 billion to manage the variability in cash flows due to changes in benchmark interest rate rated to the Senior Notes (as defined in Note 10. Senior Notes, Bridge Commitment Letter, Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facilities of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements). These derivatives were designated as cash flow hedges with unrealized gains and losses deferred in OCI. The 2025 Rate Lock Agreements terminated and settled in the second quarter of fiscal 2025, and we recorded the fair value of $121.6 million as a loss within OCI. The unrealized loss of $121.6 million is being amortized to interest expense over the life of the related debt. We expect $7.0 million of the unrealized loss to be amortized to interest expense over the next 12 months. As of January 31, 2026, the unamortized portion of the fair value of the 2025 Rate Lock Agreements was $115.3 million. We had no interest rate hedge contracts outstanding as of January 31, 2026.
During the second quarter of fiscal 2025, we entered into a deferred payment agreement with the counterparty bank to defer the cash settlement of 2025 Rate Lock Agreements over a period of 5.5 years with installments due semi-annually. The implied interest rate is 3.45%. This liability is recognized in our condensed consolidated balance sheets as short-term debt for the portion due within the next 12 months and as long-term debt for the remaining portion. There were no debt covenants applicable to the deferred payment agreement.
Non-designated Hedging Activities
Our foreign exchange forward contracts that are used to hedge non-functional currency denominated balance sheet assets and liabilities are not designated as hedging instruments. Accordingly, any gains or losses from changes in the fair value of the forward contracts are recorded in other income (expense), net. The gains and losses on these forward contracts generally offset the gains and losses associated with the underlying assets and liabilities, which are also recorded in other income (expense), net. The duration of the forward contracts for hedging our balance sheet exposure is approximately one month.
We also have certain foreign exchange forward contracts for hedging certain international revenues and expenses that are not designated as hedging instruments. Accordingly, any gains or losses from changes in the fair value of these forward contracts are recorded in other income (expense), net. The gains and losses on these forward contracts generally offset the gains and losses associated with the foreign currency in operating income. The duration of these forward contracts is usually less than one year. The overall goal of our hedging program is to minimize the impact of currency fluctuations on the net income over the fiscal year.
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The effects of the non-designated foreign currency derivative instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of income are summarized as follows:
| Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
Gains (losses) recorded in other income (expense), net | $ | (4,297) | $ | (4,421) | |||||||
The notional amounts in the table below for foreign currency derivative instruments provide one measure of the transaction volume outstanding:
| As of | |||||||||||
| January 31, 2026 | October 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Total gross notional amounts | $ | 1,734,610 | $ | 1,587,863 | |||||||
| Net fair value | $ | (16,088) | $ | (1,234) | |||||||
Our exposure to the market gains or losses will vary over time as a function of currency exchange rates. The amounts ultimately realized upon settlement of these financial instruments, together with the gains and losses on the underlying exposures, will depend on actual market conditions during the remaining life of the instruments.
The following table represents the condensed consolidated balance sheets location and amount of foreign currency derivative instrument fair values segregated between designated and non-designated hedge instruments:
| Fair values of derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments | Fair values of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
Balance at January 31, 2026 | |||||||||||
| Other current assets | $ | 11,625 | $ | 163 | |||||||
| Accrued liabilities | $ | 27,754 | $ | 122 | |||||||
Balance at October 31, 2025 | |||||||||||
| Other current assets | $ | 8,598 | $ | 265 | |||||||
| Accrued liabilities | $ | 9,504 | $ | 593 | |||||||
The following table represents the location of the amount of gains and losses on derivative instrument fair values for designated hedge instruments, net of tax in the condensed consolidated statements of income:
| Location of gains (losses) recognized in OCI on derivatives | Amount of gains (losses) recognized in OCI on derivatives (effective portion) | Location of gains (losses) reclassified from OCI | Amount of gains (losses) reclassified from OCI (effective portion) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Three months ended January 31, 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign exchange contracts | Revenue | $ | 2,927 | Revenue | $ | 1,190 | |||||||||||||||||
| Foreign exchange contracts | Operating expenses | (14,463) | Operating expenses | (1,518) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Interest rate contracts | Interest expense | — | Interest expenses | (1,332) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | (11,536) | $ | (1,660) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Three months ended January 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign exchange contracts | Revenue | $ | 513 | Revenue | $ | (1,002) | |||||||||||||||||
| Foreign exchange contracts | Operating expenses | (16,891) | Operating expenses | (2,586) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | (16,378) | $ | (3,588) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Note 8. Fair Value Measurements
ASC 820-10, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, defines fair value, establishes guidelines and enhances disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. The accounting guidance requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The accounting guidance also establishes a fair value hierarchy based on the independence of the source and objective evidence of the inputs used. There are three fair value hierarchies based upon the level of inputs that are significant to fair value measurement:
Level 1—Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets;
Level 2—Observable inputs other than quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets, quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in inactive markets, and model-driven valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets; and
Level 3—Unobservable inputs derived from fair valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.
On a recurring basis, we measure the fair value of certain assets and liabilities, which include cash equivalents, short-term investments, marketable securities, non-qualified deferred compensation plan assets, contingent consideration receivable, and foreign currency derivative contracts.
Our cash equivalents, short-term investments and marketable securities are classified within Level 1 or Level 2 because they are valued using quoted market prices in an active market or alternative independent pricing sources and models utilizing market observable inputs.
Our non-qualified deferred compensation plan assets consist of money market and mutual funds invested in domestic and international marketable securities that are directly observable in active markets and are therefore classified within Level 1.
Our foreign currency derivative contracts are classified within Level 2 because these contracts are not actively traded, and the valuation inputs are based on quoted prices and market observable data of similar instruments.
Our borrowings under our Credit and Term Loan facilities are classified within Level 2 because these borrowings are not actively traded and have a variable interest rate structure based upon market rates currently available to us for debt with similar terms and maturities. See Note 10. Senior Notes, Bridge Commitment Letter, Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facilities of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information on these borrowings.
Our contingent consideration receivable, which was recorded in connection with the Software Integrity Divestiture, was classified within Level 3 because it was estimated using significant inputs that were not observable in the market.
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Assets/Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below as of January 31, 2026:
| Fair Value Measurement Using | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Total | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |||||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assets | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash equivalents: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Money market funds | $ | 40,825 | $ | 40,825 | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury, agency & T-bills | 2,280 | — | 2,280 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Short-term investments: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury, agency & T-bills | 5,034 | — | 5,034 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Municipal bonds | 22,980 | — | 22,980 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | 45,716 | — | 45,716 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 180 | — | 180 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prepaid and other current assets: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency derivative contracts | 11,788 | — | 11,788 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Contingent consideration receivable | 22,202 | — | — | 22,202 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other long-term assets: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deferred compensation plan assets | 464,876 | 464,876 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Marketable equity securities | 865 | 865 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 616,746 | $ | 506,566 | $ | 87,978 | $ | 22,202 | |||||||||||||||
| Liabilities | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency derivative contracts | $ | 27,876 | $ | — | $ | 27,876 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||
| Other long-term liabilities: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deferred compensation plan liabilities | 464,876 | 464,876 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | $ | 492,752 | $ | 464,876 | $ | 27,876 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||
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Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below as of October 31, 2025:
| Fair Value Measurement Using | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Total | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |||||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assets | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash equivalents: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Money market funds | $ | 52,978 | $ | 52,978 | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||||
| Short-term investments: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury, agency & T-bills | 6,680 | — | 6,680 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Municipal bonds | 22,065 | — | 22,065 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | 43,999 | — | 43,999 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 185 | — | 185 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prepaid and other current assets: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency derivative contracts | 8,863 | — | 8,863 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Contingent consideration receivable | 22,202 | — | — | 22,202 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other long-term assets: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deferred compensation plan assets | 447,232 | 447,232 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Marketable equity securities | 785 | 785 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 604,989 | $ | 500,995 | $ | 81,792 | $ | 22,202 | |||||||||||||||
| Liabilities | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency derivative contracts | $ | 10,097 | $ | — | $ | 10,097 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||
| Other long-term liabilities: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deferred compensation plan liabilities | 447,232 | 447,232 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | $ | 457,329 | $ | 447,232 | $ | 10,097 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||
Assets/Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis
Non-Marketable Equity Securities
Non-marketable equity securities are classified within Level 3 as they are valued using a combination of observable transaction price and unobservable inputs or data in an inactive market due to the absence of market price and inherent lack of liquidity.
Note 9. Restructuring Charges
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, we initiated a restructuring plan for involuntary employee terminations as part of a business reorganization (the 2026 Plan). Total charges under the 2026 Plan are expected to be in the range of $300.0 million and $350.0 million, and consist primarily of severance costs and other one-time termination benefits. The 2026 Plan is anticipated to be completed by the end of fiscal 2027, with majority of the workforce reduction in fiscal 2026.
During the first quarter of fiscal 2026, we recorded restructuring charges of $118.3 million, and made payments of $86.1 million under the 2026 Plan. As of January 31, 2026, the outstanding restructuring related liabilities were $32.2 million and recorded in accounts payable and accrued liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Note 10. Senior Notes, Bridge Commitment Letter, Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facilities
The following table summarizes our borrowings as of January 31, 2026:
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| Effective Interest Rate | Amount (in thousands) | |||||||||||||
Fixed-rate 4.550% Senior Notes due on April 1, 2027 | 4.840 | % | $ | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||
Fixed-rate 4.650% Senior Notes due on April 1, 2028 | 4.850 | % | 1,000,000 | |||||||||||
Fixed-rate 4.850% Senior Notes due on April 1, 2030 | 4.980 | % | 2,000,000 | |||||||||||
Fixed-rate 5.000% Senior Notes due on April 1, 2032 | 5.150 | % | 1,500,000 | |||||||||||
Fixed-rate 5.150% Senior Notes due on April 1, 2035 | 5.270 | % | 2,400,000 | |||||||||||
Fixed-rate 5.700% Senior Notes due on April 1, 2055 | 5.800 | % | 2,100,000 | |||||||||||
| Total | 10,000,000 | |||||||||||||
Unamortized discount and issuance costs | (78,336) | |||||||||||||
Total Senior Notes | 9,921,664 | |||||||||||||
Deferred payment on settlement of interest rate treasury lock | 110,585 | |||||||||||||
Other borrowings | 11,961 | |||||||||||||
Total | $ | 10,044,210 | ||||||||||||
Reported as: | ||||||||||||||
Short-term debt | $ | 22,117 | ||||||||||||
| Long-term debt | 10,022,093 | |||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 10,044,210 | ||||||||||||
Senior Notes:
On March 17, 2025, we issued $10.0 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior, unsecured and unsubordinated long-term notes, which mature on various dates from April 1, 2027 to April 1, 2055 (collectively, the Senior Notes). Our total proceeds were approximately $9.9 billion, net of original issuance discount of $17.0 million and total issuance costs of $70.2 million. Interest on the Senior Notes is payable semi-annually on April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning on October 1, 2025. The discount and issuance costs on our Senior Notes are amortized to interest expense over the terms of the respective notes using the effective interest method. The effective rates for the Senior Notes include the interest on the notes, the accretion of the discount and the amortization of issuance costs.
The Senior Notes were issued under an indenture, dated as of March 17, 2025 (the Base Indenture), as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture, dated as of March 17, 2025 (the Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture), each between Synopsys and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee.
The net proceeds of the Senior Notes were used to fund a portion of the Cash Consideration in the Ansys Merger and pay related transaction fees and expenses.
The Indenture contains provisions for early redemption of the Senior Notes and also contains covenants limiting Synopsys’ ability to create certain liens and enter into certain sale and leaseback transactions. These covenants are subject to important limitations and exceptions as set forth in the Indenture.
Based on the trading prices of the Senior Notes, the fair value of our Senior Notes was $10.1 billion as of January 31, 2026. While the Senior Notes are recorded at cost, the fair value of long-term debt was determined based on observable market prices in less active markets and categorized as Level 2 for purposes of the fair value measurement hierarchy.
As of January 31, 2026, we were in compliance with all of our covenants under the Indenture.
During the first quarter of fiscal 2025, we entered into 6-month interest rate hedge contracts with an aggregate notional amount of $2.0 billion to manage the variability in cash flows due to changes in benchmark interest rates related to the Senior Notes. These interest rate hedge contracts were terminated and settled during the second quarter of fiscal 2025, and we entered into a deferred payment agreement with the counterparty bank to defer the cash settlement. See Note 7. Financial Assets and Liabilities of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information on these cash flow hedging activities.
Bridge Commitment:
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On January 15, 2024, we entered into the Bridge Commitment Letter with certain financial institutions that committed to provide, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, the bridge commitment (the Bridge Commitment) for the purpose of financing a portion of the aggregate Cash Consideration in the Ansys Merger and paying related fees and expenses in connection with the Ansys Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
On October 3, 2024, we reduced the Bridge Commitment by $1.1 billion to $10.6 billion following the closing of the Software Integrity Divestiture. On March 17, 2025, we further reduced the Bridge Commitment by $9.9 billion following the issuance of the Senior Notes. On the Acquisition Date, we terminated the approximately $690.0 million in remaining Bridge Commitment, reducing the Bridge Commitment to $0.
Term Loan:
On February 13, 2024, we entered into a term loan facility credit agreement (the Term Loan Agreement) in connection with the financing of the Ansys Merger. On July 17, 2025, we borrowed the full $4.3 billion available under the Term Loan Agreement to fund a portion of the Cash Consideration in the Ansys Merger and to pay transaction fees, premiums and expenses related to the Ansys Merger.
The Term Loan Agreement provides for two tranches of senior unsecured term loans: a $1.45 billion tranche (Tranche 1) that matures on July 17, 2027 and a $2.85 billion tranche (Tranche 2) that matures on July 17, 2028. On October 17, 2025, we made an early repayment of $850.0 million on the Tranche 1 Term Loan. During the first quarter of fiscal 2026, we paid off the remaining $3.5 billion, and the Term Loans were terminated upon repayment.
Under the Term Loan Agreement, borrowings bear interest on the principal amount outstanding at a floating rate based on, at Synopsys’ election, (i) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) plus an applicable margin based on the credit ratings of Synopsys ranging from 0.875% to 1.375% (in the case of Tranche 1) or 1.000% to 1.500% (in the case of Tranche 2) or (ii) the ABR (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) plus an applicable margin based on the credit ratings of Synopsys ranging from 0.000% to 0.375% (in the case of Tranche 1) or 0.000% to 0.500% (in the case of Tranche 2).
The Term Loan Agreement contains a financial covenant requiring that Synopsys maintain a maximum consolidated leverage ratio, as well as certain other non-financial covenants. As of January 31, 2026, the Term Loans were fully paid off and terminated.
Revolving Credit Facilities:
On February 13, 2024, we entered into a Sixth Amendment Agreement (the Sixth Amendment), which amended and restated our previous revolving credit agreement, dated as of December 14, 2022 (as amended and restated, the Revolving Credit Agreement).
The Revolving Credit Agreement provides an unsecured $850.0 million committed multicurrency revolving credit facility and an unsecured uncommitted incremental revolving loan facility of up to $150.0 million. The maturity date of the revolving credit facility is December 14, 2027, which may be extended at our option.
Under the Sixth Amendment, certain amendments became effective on February 13, 2024 and certain additional amendments became effective on the Acquisition Date. The Sixth Amendment amended the financial covenant to allow netting of the cash proceeds of certain debt incurred to finance the Ansys Merger as well as certain other modifications set forth therein. The Sixth Amendment, among other things, also amended: (i) the applicable margin used to determine the interest that accrues on loans and the facility fee payable under the revolving credit facility to be based on our credit ratings, (ii) the financial covenant thresholds under the financial covenant in the Revolving Credit Agreement requiring us to maintain a maximum consolidated leverage ratio and (iii) certain conditions to borrowing, other non-financial covenants and events of default.
The Revolving Credit Agreement contains a financial covenant requiring us to maintain a maximum consolidated leverage ratio, as well as other non-financial covenants. As of January 31, 2026, we were in compliance with the financial covenant as well as the other covenants.
Interest under the Revolving Credit Agreement accrues on dollar-denominated loans at a floating rate based on, at Synopsys’ election, (i) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) plus an applicable margin based on our credit ratings ranging from 0.795% to 1.200% or (ii) the ABR (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) plus an applicable margin based on our credit ratings ranging from 0.000% to 0.200%. In addition to the interest on any outstanding loans, Synopsys is also required to pay a facility fee on the entire
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portion of the revolving credit facility ranging from 0.080% to 0.175% based on the credit ratings of Synopsys on the daily amount of the revolving commitment.
There was no outstanding balance under the Revolving Credit Agreement as of January 31, 2026 and October 31, 2025.
Other Borrowings:
In July 2018, we entered into a 12-year 220.0 million Renminbi (approximately $33.0 million) credit agreement with a lender in China to support our facilities expansion. Borrowings bear interest at a floating rate based on the 5-year Loan Prime Rate plus 0.74%. As of January 31, 2026, we had $12.0 million outstanding balance under the agreement.
The carrying amount of the short-term and long-term debt approximates the estimated fair value.
The future principal payments of debt as of January 31, 2026 are as follows:
Principal Payments | |||||
| Fiscal year | (in thousands) | ||||
| Remainder of fiscal 2026 | $ | 23,446 | |||
| 2027 | 1,024,775 | ||||
| 2028 | 1,024,775 | ||||
| 2029 | 24,775 | ||||
| 2030 | 2,024,775 | ||||
| 2031 and thereafter | 6,000,000 | ||||
| Total | $ | 10,122,546 | |||
Note 11. Leases
We have operating lease arrangements for office space, data center, equipment and other corporate assets. These leases have various expiration dates through December 31, 2042, some of which include options to extend the leases for up to 15 years. We consider the lease renewal options in determining the lease term and include associated potential option payments in lease payments when it is reasonably certain that the renewal options will be exercised.
The components of our lease expense during the period presented are as follows:
| Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
Operating lease expense (1) | $ | 37,206 | $ | 25,052 | |||||||
Variable lease expense (2) | 10,517 | 6,760 | |||||||||
| Total lease expense | $ | 47,723 | $ | 31,812 | |||||||
(1) Operating lease expense includes immaterial amounts of short-term leases, net of sublease income.
(2) Variable lease expense includes payments to lessors that are not fixed or determinable at lease commencement date. These payments primarily consist of maintenance, property taxes, insurance and variable indexed based payments.
Supplemental cash flow information during the period presented is as follows:
| Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities | $ | 34,010 | $ | 24,925 | |||||||
| ROU assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities | $ | 49,323 | $ | 8,848 | |||||||
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Lease term and discount rate information related to our operating leases as of the end of the period presented are as follows:
| As of | |||||||||||
| January 31, 2026 | October 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
| Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years) | 6.70 | 6.88 | |||||||||
| Weighted-average discount rate | 3.34 | % | 3.40 | % | |||||||
The following table represents the maturities of our future lease payments due under operating leases as of January 31, 2026:
| Lease Payments | |||||
| Fiscal year | (in thousands) | ||||
| Remainder of fiscal 2026 | $ | 117,512 | |||
| 2027 | 160,939 | ||||
| 2028 | 148,556 | ||||
| 2029 | 139,066 | ||||
| 2030 | 109,836 | ||||
| 2031 and thereafter | 251,209 | ||||
Total future minimum lease payments | 927,118 | ||||
| Less: Imputed interest | 102,771 | ||||
Total lease liabilities | $ | 824,347 | |||
In addition, the sublease income from facilities leased by us, due to us as of January 31, 2026 are as follows:
| Lease Receipts | |||||
| Fiscal year | (in thousands) | ||||
| Remainder of fiscal 2026 | $ | 14,162 | |||
| 2027 | 19,689 | ||||
| 2028 | 20,280 | ||||
| 2029 | 20,888 | ||||
| 2030 | 17,867 | ||||
| 2031 and thereafter | — | ||||
| Total | $ | 92,886 | |||
Note 12. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), on an after-tax basis where applicable, are as follows:
| As of | |||||||||||
| January 31, 2026 | October 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Cumulative currency translation adjustments | $ | (98,924) | $ | (137,457) | |||||||
| Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments, net of taxes | (105,034) | (95,158) | |||||||||
| Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, net of taxes | 275 | 201 | |||||||||
| Total | $ | (203,683) | $ | (232,414) | |||||||
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The effect of amounts reclassified out of each component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) into net income is as follows:
| Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Reclassifications: | |||||||||||
| Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of taxes | |||||||||||
| Revenues | $ | 1,190 | $ | (1,002) | |||||||
| Operating expenses | (1,518) | (2,586) | |||||||||
Interest expense | (1,332) | — | |||||||||
| Total | $ | (1,660) | $ | (3,588) | |||||||
Amounts reclassified during the three months ended January 31, 2026 and 2025 primarily consisted of gains (losses) from our cash flow hedging activities. See Note 7. Financial Assets and Liabilities of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Note 13. Stock Repurchase Program
In fiscal 2022, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program (the Program) with authorization to purchase up to $1.5 billion of our common stock. As of January 31, 2026, $194.3 million remained available for future repurchases under the Program. In February 2026, the Board approved a replenishment of the Program with authorization to purchase up to $2.0 billion.
The reissuance of treasury stock for employee stock-based compensation purposes are as follows:
| Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Reissuance of treasury stock | 633 | 506 | |||||||||
Note 14. Stock-Based Compensation
The compensation cost recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of income for our stock compensation arrangements is as follows:
| Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Cost of products | $ | 19,973 | $ | 20,477 | |||||||
| Cost of maintenance and service | 13,140 | 8,991 | |||||||||
| Research and development expense | 123,215 | 102,696 | |||||||||
| Sales and marketing expense | 60,567 | 34,950 | |||||||||
| General and administrative expense | 41,829 | 19,349 | |||||||||
Stock-based compensation expense before taxes | 258,724 | 186,463 | |||||||||
| Income tax benefit | (40,749) | (30,655) | |||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense after taxes | $ | 217,975 | $ | 155,808 | |||||||
During the three months ended January 31, 2026 and 2025, we recognized stock-based compensation expense relating to RSUs granted to senior executives with certain market, performance and service conditions (market-based RSUs). The grant date fair value of the market-based RSUs and the assumptions used in the Monte Carlo simulation model to determine the grant date fair value during the periods are as follows:
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| Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| Expected life (in years) | 2.87 | 2.79 | |||||||||
| Risk-free interest rate | 3.48% | 4.39% | |||||||||
| Volatility | 44.90% | 34.72% | |||||||||
Weighted average grant date fair value per share | $537.83 | $464.17 | |||||||||
As of January 31, 2026, we had $1.3 billion of total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense relating to options, RSUs and restricted stock awards, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.8 years. As of January 31, 2026, we had $53.3 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense relating to our Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which is expected to be recognized over a period of approximately 2.0 years.
The intrinsic values of equity awards exercised during the periods are as follows:
| Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Intrinsic value of awards exercised | $ | 10,362 | $ | 20,359 | |||||||
Note 15. Net Income Per Share
We compute basic net income per share by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share reflects the dilution from potential common shares outstanding such as stock options and unvested RSUs and awards during the period using the treasury stock method.
The table below reconciles the weighted average common shares used to calculate basic net income per share with the weighted average common shares used to calculate diluted net income per share:
| Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands, except per share amounts) | |||||||||||
| Numerator: | |||||||||||
| Net income attributed to Synopsys | $ | 64,958 | $ | 295,683 | |||||||
| Denominator: | |||||||||||
| Weighted average common shares for basic net income per share | 189,593 | 154,408 | |||||||||
| Dilutive effect of common share equivalents from equity-based compensation | 1,169 | 1,781 | |||||||||
| Weighted average common shares for diluted net income per share | 190,762 | 156,189 | |||||||||
Net income per share attributed to Synopsys: | |||||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.34 | $ | 1.91 | |||||||
Diluted | $ | 0.34 | $ | 1.89 | |||||||
| Anti-dilutive employee stock-based awards excluded | 984 | 352 | |||||||||
Private Placement
In December 2025, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with NVIDIA Corporation, pursuant to which we sold an aggregate of approximately 4.8 million shares of our common stock in a private placement at a price of $414.79 per share for net proceeds of $2.0 billion.
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Note 16. Segment Disclosure
Segment reporting is based upon the “management approach,” i.e., how management organizes our operating segments for which separate financial information is (1) available and (2) evaluated regularly by the CODM in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. Our CODM is our CEO.
We have two reportable segments: (1) Design Automation, which includes our advanced silicon design, verification products and services, Ansys products, system integration products and services, digital, custom and field programmable gate array (FPGA) IC design software, verification software and hardware products, manufacturing software products and other; and (2) Design IP, which includes our logic libraries, embedded memories, wired interface IP, memory interface IP, security IP, and embedded processors.
The financial information provided to and used by the CODM to assist in making operational decisions, allocating resources, and assessing performance includes consolidated financial information as well as revenue, adjusted operating income, and adjusted operating margin information for the Design Automation and Design IP segments, accompanied by disaggregated information relating to revenue by geographic region.
Information by reportable segment is as follows:
| Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Total Segments: | |||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 2,408,798 | $ | 1,455,315 | |||||||
Cost of revenue and operating expenses | 1,395,146 | 924,098 | |||||||||
| Adjusted operating income | 1,013,652 | 531,217 | |||||||||
| Adjusted operating margin | 42 | % | 37 | % | |||||||
| Design Automation: | |||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 2,001,818 | $ | 1,020,216 | |||||||
Cost of revenue and operating expenses | 1,054,286 | 615,546 | |||||||||
| Adjusted operating income | 947,532 | 404,670 | |||||||||
| Adjusted operating margin | 47 | % | 40 | % | |||||||
| Design IP: | |||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 406,980 | $ | 435,099 | |||||||
Cost of revenue and operating expenses | 340,860 | 308,552 | |||||||||
| Adjusted operating income | 66,120 | 126,547 | |||||||||
| Adjusted operating margin | 16 | % | 29 | % | |||||||
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Certain operating expenses are not allocated to the segments and are managed at a consolidated level. The unallocated expenses managed at a consolidated level, including amortization of acquired intangible assets, stock-based compensation, changes in the fair value of deferred compensation plan, restructuring charges, and acquisition/divestiture related items, are presented in the table below to provide a reconciliation of the total adjusted operating income from segments to our consolidated operating income:
| Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Total segment adjusted operating income | $ | 1,013,652 | $ | 531,217 | |||||||
| Reconciling items: | |||||||||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets | (404,235) | (12,596) | |||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | (258,724) | (186,463) | |||||||||
| Deferred compensation plan | (13,773) | (19,638) | |||||||||
| Restructuring charges | (118,282) | — | |||||||||
Acquisition/divestiture related items | (15,592) | (60,681) | |||||||||
| Total operating income | $ | 203,046 | $ | 251,839 | |||||||
The CODM does not use total assets by segment to evaluate segment performance or allocate resources. As a result, total assets by segment are not disclosed.
In allocating revenue to particular geographic areas, the CODM considers where individual “seats” or licenses to our products are located. Revenue is defined as revenue from external customers. Revenue related to operations in the United States and other geographic areas are:
| Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Revenue: | |||||||||||
| United States | $ | 1,096,085 | $ | 610,710 | |||||||
| Europe | 467,033 | 153,671 | |||||||||
| China | 211,083 | 173,948 | |||||||||
| Korea | 246,616 | 250,385 | |||||||||
| Other | 387,981 | 266,601 | |||||||||
| Consolidated | $ | 2,408,798 | $ | 1,455,315 | |||||||
Geographic revenue data for multi-regional, multi-product transactions reflect internal allocations and are therefore subject to certain assumptions and to our allocation methodology.
Note 17. Other Income (Expense), Net
The following table presents the components of other income (expense), net:
| Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Interest income | $ | 17,433 | $ | 35,721 | |||||||
Gains on assets related to deferred compensation plan | 13,773 | 19,638 | |||||||||
| Foreign currency exchange gains (losses) | (5,828) | 63 | |||||||||
| Other, net | 13,344 | (5,005) | |||||||||
| Total | $ | 38,722 | $ | 50,417 | |||||||
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Note 18. Income Taxes
Effective Tax Rate
We estimate our annual effective tax rate at the end of each fiscal quarter. The effective tax rate reflects our estimations of annual pre-tax income, the geographic mix of pre-tax income, interpretations of applicable tax laws and the potential outcomes of audits.
The following table presents the provision for income taxes and the effective tax rates:
| Three Months Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | $ | 79,053 | $ | 291,117 | |||||||
| Provision (benefit) for income taxes | $ | 14,337 | $ | (6,294) | |||||||
| Effective tax rate | 18.1 | % | (2.2) | % | |||||||
Our effective tax rate increased in the three months ended January 31, 2026, as compared to the same period in fiscal 2025, primarily due to the reduced benefit from stock-based compensation and foreign-derived intangible income deduction. The capital loss on the sale of our ownership in OpenLight was included in the first quarter of 2025.
Our effective tax rate for the three months ended January 31, 2026, is lower than the statutory federal corporate tax rate of 21% primarily due to U.S. federal research tax credits, foreign-derived intangible income deduction, and U.S. foreign tax credits, partially offset by the effect of non-deductible stock-based compensation.
The timing of the resolution of income tax examinations, and the amounts and timing of various tax payments that are part of the settlement process, are highly uncertain. Variations in such amounts and/or timing could cause large fluctuations in the balance sheet classification of current and non-current assets and liabilities. During the next 12 months, it is reasonably possible that certain audits and ongoing tax litigation will be resolved, or that the statute of limitations on certain state and foreign income and withholding taxes will expire, or both. Given the uncertainty as to ultimate settlement terms, the timing of payment and the impact of such settlements on other uncertain tax positions, we estimate a potential decrease in underlying unrecognized tax benefits to be between $0 and $28.0 million.
Non-U.S. Examinations
One of our Korean subsidiaries, Ansys Korea, is currently involved in various stages of Tax Tribunal and Korea's High Court appeals regarding Korea's National Tax Service assessments of withholding taxes against Ansys Korea for calendar tax years 2017 to 2023. In connection with this matter, we have recorded the net impact of the unrecognized tax benefit and offsetting foreign tax credit.
We are under examinations by tax authorities in certain jurisdictions. No material assessments have been proposed in connection with these examinations.
Legislative Developments
On July 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) into law. The legislation includes corporate income tax changes, including the restoration of immediate expensing for domestic research and experimental expenditures effective beginning in our fiscal 2026, resulting in a decrease to our current cash tax liabilities. Immediate expensing of research and development expenditures also results in a corresponding increase to our effective tax rate due to decreasing the foreign-derived intangible income deduction. The most significant effects begin in our fiscal 2026, with certain provisions extending into fiscal 2027.
Effective in fiscal 2024, we are subject to the new 15% corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT) enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IR Act). We do not expect to be subject to CAMT in fiscal 2026, due to our regular tax liability exceeding CAMT. The details of the computation will be subject to final regulations issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. We will monitor regulatory developments and will continue to evaluate the impact, if any, of the CAMT.
On June 27, 2024, California enacted SB-167, which suspends the use of California net operating loss and limits the use of California research tax credits to $5 million for our fiscal 2025-2027. On June 29, 2024, California
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enacted SB-175, which provides a refund mechanism effective beginning in our fiscal 2025 for the incremental tax that was paid as a result of SB-167.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (the OECD) has model rules for a global minimum tax framework, which is a two-pillar solution to address tax challenges arising from digitalization of the economy. This two-pillar solution includes the Pillar Two Model Rules (Pillar 2), which define global minimum tax rules and imposes a 15% minimum tax rate. Various countries have started to enact new laws related to Pillar 2, including certain new laws effective beginning in fiscal 2025. As of January 31, 2026, the impact of Pillar 2 is not material.
Note 19. Contingencies
Legal Proceedings
We are subject to routine legal proceedings, as well as demands, claims and threatened litigation that arise in the normal course of our business. For more detail on currently pending legal proceedings, see Part II, Item 1, Legal Proceedings. The ultimate outcome of any litigation is often uncertain and unfavorable outcomes could have a negative impact on our results of operations and financial condition. We regularly review the status of each significant matter and assess its potential financial exposure. If the potential loss from any claim or legal proceeding is considered probable and the amount is estimable, we accrue a liability for the estimated loss. Legal proceedings are inherently uncertain and as circumstances change, it is possible that the amount of any accrued liability may increase, decrease or be eliminated.
We have determined that no disclosure of estimated loss is required for a claim against us because: (1) there is not a reasonable possibility that a loss exceeding amounts already recognized (if any) may be incurred with respect to such claim; (2) a reasonably possible loss or range of loss cannot be estimated; or (3) such estimate is immaterial.
Tax Matters
We undergo examination from time to time by U.S. and foreign authorities for non-income based taxes, such as sales, use and value-added taxes, and are currently under examination by tax authorities in certain jurisdictions. If the potential loss from such examinations is considered probable and the amount or the range of loss could be estimated, we would accrue a liability for the estimated expense.
In addition to the foregoing, we are, from time to time, party to various other claims and legal proceedings in the ordinary course of our business, including with tax and other governmental authorities. For a description of certain of these other matters, see Note 18. Income Taxes of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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| Item 2. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | |||||||
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this Quarterly Report) includes forward-looking statements, which involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause Synopsys, Inc.'s (Synopsys, we, our or us) actual results, time frames or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures regarding these risks and uncertainties made in this Quarterly Report, including those identified below in Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors, and in other documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Forward-looking statements include any statements that are not statements of historical fact and include, but are not limited to, statements concerning strategies related to our products, technology and services; our acquisition of ANSYS, Inc. (Ansys), and its expected impact; business and market outlook, strategies, technological trends, such as artificial intelligence (AI), and initiatives and opportunities, including, among other things, our reallocation of resources in our Design IP segment to higher growth opportunities; the potential impact of the uncertain macroeconomic environment and global economic conditions on our financial results; the impact of current and future U.S. and foreign trade regulations, government actions and regulatory changes, such as export control restrictions and tariffs, including the anticipated impact of China export control restrictions; planned acquisitions or divestitures, and their anticipated impact; customer concentration, demand and market expansion; our planned product releases and capabilities, including the creation of joint solutions as a result of the Ansys Merger; industry growth rates; the expected realization of our contracted but unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied performance obligations (backlog); planned stock repurchases; our expected tax rate; and the status, expected outcome or expected impact of litigation and/or regulatory investigations. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words including, but not limited to, “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “can,” “should,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “continue,” “forecast,” "likely," "potential," "seek," or the negatives of such terms and similar expressions. The information included herein represents our estimates and assumptions as of the date of this filing. Unless required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to Synopsys or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.
The following summary and overview of our financial condition and results of operations are qualified in their entirety by the more complete discussions and should be read together with our condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto contained in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report, the risk factors set forth in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report, and with our audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025, as filed with the SEC on December 22, 2025 (our Annual Report).
Overview
Financial Performance Summary
For the first quarter of fiscal 2026, our results reflect continued, strong execution and the resiliency of our business, including 66% revenue growth compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2025, primarily due to revenue growth across a majority of product groups and geographies and Ansys' contribution of $885.6 million in revenue. We saw overall strength in our Design Automation segment, partially offset by weakness in our Design IP segment. We are taking actions to sharpen our execution and reallocate resources to the highest growth opportunities but continue to expect to see muted growth in our Design IP segment in fiscal 2026.
The following table sets forth some of our key quarterly unaudited financial information:
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Revenue | $ | 2,408.8 | $ | 1,455.3 | |||||||
Cost of revenue | $ | 637.4 | $ | 270.0 | |||||||
Operating expenses | $ | 1,568.4 | $ | 933.5 | |||||||
Operating income | $ | 203.0 | $ | 251.8 | |||||||
Net income attributed to Synopsys | $ | 65.0 | $ | 295.7 | |||||||
| Diluted net income per share attributed to Synopsys: | $ | 0.34 | $ | 1.89 | |||||||
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Financial performance summary for the three months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the same period of fiscal 2025:
•Revenues were $2.4 billion, an increase of $953.5 million or 66%, which includes revenues from Ansys of $885.6 million. The remaining growth came organically across a majority of products and geographies, offset by weakness in our Design IP segment.
•Total cost of revenue and operating expenses was $2.2 billion, an increase of $1.0 billion or 83%, reflecting $394.1 million of amortization expense related to intangible assets acquired from the Ansys Merger, as well as an increase of $350.2 million in employee-related costs primarily due to the headcount increases as a result of the Ansys Merger.
Business Summary
Synopsys delivers industry-leading silicon design, simulation and analysis (S&A) and IP solutions 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. For more information about our business segments and product groups, see Part I, Item 1, Business in our Annual Report.
We have consistently grown our revenue since 2005, despite periods of global economic uncertainty. We achieved these results because of our solid execution, leading technologies and strong customer relationships, and because we generally recognize our revenue for software licenses over the arrangement period, which typically approximates two to three years. See Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report for a discussion on our revenue recognition policy. The revenue we recognize in a particular period generally results from selling efforts in prior periods rather than the current period. As a result, decreases as well as increases in customer spending do not immediately affect our revenue in a significant way.
Our growth strategy is focused on expanding our total addressable market by maximizing the capabilities of R&D teams across industries spanning semiconductor, high-tech, industrial, aerospace, and more with engineering solutions from silicon to systems. Our priorities are to maintain and expand our technology leadership, drive sustainable growth and efficiently scale to accelerate our strategy. Our revenue growth from period to period is expected to vary based on the mix of our time-based and upfront products. Our upfront products have grown at a faster rate than our time-based products in recent periods, which has resulted in, and may in the future result in, increased fluctuation in our business, operating results and overall financial position on a quarterly basis. Such fluctuation may be more pronounced depending on demand from our larger customers. See Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors, "Our operating results may fluctuate in the future, which may adversely affect our stock price" of this Quarterly Report for further discussion on potential fluctuations in our operating results. Based on our leading technologies, customer relationships, business model, diligent expense management, and acquisition strategy, we believe that we will continue to execute our strategies successfully.
Acquisition of Ansys
On July 17, 2025 (the Acquisition Date), we completed our acquisition of ANSYS, Inc. (Ansys) pursuant to the terms of the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 15, 2024 (the Merger Agreement) by and among Synopsys, Ansys and ALTA Acquisition Corp. (Merger Sub), a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Synopsys (the Ansys Merger). See Note 3. Acquisition of Ansys of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information on the Ansys Merger.
See Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors for more on risks related to the Ansys Merger.
Impact of the Current Macroeconomic Environment
The current macroeconomic environment reflects the effects of, among other things, changes in U.S. and global trade policy, including the tariffs enacted beginning in 2025 by the U.S. and other governments and subsequent tariff and trade policy revisions, sustained global inflationary pressures and elevated interest rates, potential economic slowdowns or recessions, supply chain disruptions, geopolitical pressures, and fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. This uncertain macroeconomic environment has resulted in increased volatility in global markets. While we have seen continued strength in the artificial intelligence and high-performance computing sectors, certain industries such as industrial, automotive and consumer electronics have recovered more slowly from recent macroeconomic uncertainty. The current uncertain macroeconomic environment has led some of our customers to
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postpone their decision-making, delay their drawdowns under non-cancellable commitments, decrease their spending and/or delay their payments to us.
We expect growth across most geographies in fiscal 2026; however, we are expecting a challenging near-term environment, including in China, due to macroeconomic factors and Trade Restrictions (as defined below). See the discussion below under the heading "Impact of Global Trade Policy and the Current Geopolitical Environment" and in Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors, "We are subject to governmental export and import requirements that could subject us to liability and restrict our ability to sell our products and services, which could impair our ability to compete in international markets" for further discussion of the impact of Trade Restrictions, including export control regulations and geopolitical events, on Synopsys.
While our time-based model provides stability to our business, operating results and overall financial position, the broader implications of these macroeconomic or geopolitical events, particularly in the long term, remain uncertain. Further, the negative impact of these events or disruptions may be deferred due to our business model. See Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors, “Uncertainty in the macroeconomic environment, and its potential impact on the semiconductor and electronics industries, may negatively affect our business, operating results and financial condition” and "Our operating results may fluctuate in the future, which may adversely affect our stock price" for further discussion of the impact of global economic uncertainty on our business, operations and financial condition and potential fluctuations in our operating results, respectively.
See Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors for further discussion of the impact of global economic and geopolitical uncertainty on our business, operations and financial condition.
Impact of Global Trade Policy and the Current Geopolitical Environment
We are actively monitoring changes to global trade policy, such as changes to U.S. Export Regulations (as defined below) and developments related to the tariffs enacted by the U.S. government. Beginning in fiscal 2025, the U.S. government has imposed a number of new and higher U.S. tariffs on imports from countries around the world. Certain countries have responded to the U.S. tariffs by imposing or threatening retaliatory tariffs. There may be additional changes to tariffs or new tariffs and other aspects of global trade policy in fiscal 2026 in the U.S. and other countries due to global trade negotiations and other factors. These changes in global trade policy have not had a material impact on our business, operating results or financial condition to date.
The Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce (BIS) has continued to publish changes to U.S. export control regulations (the U.S. Export Regulations), including, among other things, the inclusion of certain Chinese technology companies on the Entity List, restrictions on the export of electronic computer-aided design (ECAD) software specially designed for the development of certain ICs, as well as controls on ECAD software for advanced semiconductor packaging involving multiple chips or chiplets, and certain other restrictions on China’s access to certain semiconductor and advanced computing technology. U.S.-China relations remain fluid, in particular with respect to trade policy and export restrictions relating to dual-use technologies. China export control restrictions, including certain BIS restrictions that were imposed in the third quarter of 2025 and subsequently rescinded as disclosed in our prior filings, negatively impacted our business in China, including in our Design IP segment, and may continue to impact design starts or other aspects of our business in China in the future. The evolving nature of U.S. Export Regulations, including the potential for new and expanded license requirements of this or similar nature, creates uncertainty regarding the current and future impacts on our business. We anticipate additional changes to the U.S. Export Regulations or other U.S. or non-U.S. export, sanctions, or similar trade requirements (collectively, the Trade Restrictions) in the future, but we cannot forecast the scope or timing of such changes, nor the impact on our business. We will continue to monitor such developments, including potential additional Trade Restrictions, new or expanded license requirements, and other regulatory or policy changes by the U.S. and foreign governments.
For more on risks related to government export and import restrictions such as the U.S. government’s Entity List and other U.S. Export Regulations, see Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors, “We are subject to governmental export and import requirements that could subject us to liability and restrict our ability to sell our products and services, which could impair our ability to compete in international markets.”
We are also monitoring other geopolitical pressures around the world, including, among others, changes in China-Taiwan and U.S.-China relations, the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East and other regional or global military conflicts or instability. Any significant disruption caused by these or other geopolitical pressures or conflicts could materially affect our employees, business, operating results, financial condition or customers in those regions of the
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world. For example, Synopsys has employees, operations, customers and strategic partners in the Middle East. While we are actively monitoring the ongoing conflicts, at this time they have not had a material impact on our business, operating results or financial condition to date.
Business Segments
Design Automation. This segment includes our advanced silicon design, verification products and services, and Ansys products, and system integration products and services. This segment also includes digital, custom and field programmable gate array (FPGA) integrated circuit (IC) design software, verification software and hardware products, and manufacturing software products. Designers use our EDA products to accelerate and automate the chip design process, reduce errors and enable more powerful and robust designs, with improved productivity for faster time to market. Engineers use our S&A solutions to virtually test and optimize designs across various physics domains, such as structural analysis, thermal analysis, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
Design IP. This segment includes our logic libraries, embedded memories, wired interface IP, memory interface IP, security IP, and embedded processors that serve companies primarily in the semiconductor and electronics industries. We are a leading provider of high-quality, silicon-proven IP solutions for system-on-chips (SoCs). This includes IP that has been optimized to address specific application requirements for the mobile, automotive, digital home, Internet of Things and AI/data center markets, enabling designers to quickly develop SoCs in these areas.
Critical Accounting Estimates
A critical accounting estimate is defined as one that has a material impact on our financial condition and results of operations and requires us to make difficult, complex or subjective judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain. Where applicable, we base these estimates and assumptions on historical experience and evaluate them on an ongoing basis to ensure that they remain reasonable under current conditions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
We believe the critical accounting policies that reflect more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements regarding critical accounting estimates are Revenue Recognition and Business Combinations. There have been no material changes in our critical accounting estimates during the three months ended January 31, 2026 since our Annual Report for fiscal 2025.
Results of Operations
Our results of operations for the three months ended January 31, 2026 reflect the inclusion of Ansys' results of operations. As discussed above, we completed the Ansys Merger on July 17, 2025 and therefore our results of operations for the three months ended January 31, 2025 do not include Ansys' results of operations for such time period, impacting the period comparisons discussed below.
Revenue
Our revenues are generated from two business segments: the Design Automation segment and the Design IP segment. See Note 16. Segment Disclosure of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report for more information about our reportable segments and revenue by geographic regions.
Further disaggregation of the revenues into various products and services within these two segments is summarized as follows:
Design Automation Segment
•EDA solutions include digital, custom and FPGA IC design software, verification software and hardware products, Ansys semiconductor products, system integration products and services, and obligations to provide unspecified updates and support services. EDA products and services are typically sold through Technology Subscription License (TSL) arrangements that grant customers the right to access and use all of the licensed products at the outset of an arrangement; software updates are generally made available throughout the entire term of the arrangement. The duration of our TSL contracts is generally two to three years, though it may vary for specific arrangements. We have concluded that the software licenses in TSL contracts are not distinct from the obligation to provide unspecified software updates to the licensed software throughout the license term, because the multiple software licenses and support represent inputs to a single, combined offering, and timely, relevant software updates are integral to
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maintaining the utility of the software licenses. We recognize revenue for the combined performance obligation under TSL contracts ratably over the term of the license.
•In the case of arrangements involving the sale of hardware products, we generally have two performance obligations. The first performance obligation is to transfer the hardware product, which includes software integral to the functionality of the hardware product. The second performance obligation is to provide maintenance on the hardware and its embedded software, which includes rights to technical support, hardware repairs and software updates that are all provided over the same term and have the same time-based pattern of transfer to the customer. The portion of the transaction price allocated to the hardware product is generally recognized as revenue at the time of shipment because the customer obtains control of the product at that point in time. We have concluded that control generally transfers at that point in time because the customer has the ability to direct the use of the asset and an obligation to pay for the hardware. The portion of the transaction price allocated to the maintenance obligation is recognized as revenue ratably over the maintenance term.
•S&A solutions allow engineers to virtually test and optimize designs across various physics domains, such as structural analysis, thermal analysis, and CFD. S&A software solutions are offered as subscription solutions and also as perpetual licenses. Software subscription arrangements include bundles of time-based software licenses with support services, which includes rights to technical support and software updates that are provided over the support term and are transferred to the customer over time. In such subscription arrangements, the updates to time-based software licenses are not considered integral to maintaining the utility of the software. We consider the license and support services as separate performance obligations. In these instances, we allocate the total consideration received for the revenue arrangement to the separate performance obligations based on the standalone selling prices of the time-based software license and support service. The time-based software license revenue is presented as upfront products revenue, recognized at a point of time upon the later of the delivery date or the beginning of the license period, and the revenue related to the support service is presented as maintenance and service revenue and is recognized over the term of the arrangement. Perpetual license arrangements typically include a perpetual license sold with support services, which includes a stand-ready obligation to provide technical support and software updates over the support term. We allocate the total consideration received for the bundled perpetual and support service arrangements based on the standalone selling prices of the perpetual license and support service. Revenue from perpetual licenses is presented as upfront product revenue and is recognized at a point in time upon the later of the delivery date or the beginning of the license period. Revenue from support service is classified as maintenance and service revenue and is recognized ratably over the term of the contract, as we satisfy the support service performance obligation.
•Revenue from professional service contracts is recognized over time, generally using costs incurred or hours expended to measure progress. We have a history of reasonably estimating project status and the costs necessary to complete projects. A number of internal and external factors can affect these estimates, including labor rates, utilization and efficiency variances and specification and testing requirement changes.
Design IP Segment
•Design IP includes our logic libraries, embedded memories, wired interface IP, memory interface IP, security IP, and embedded processors. These arrangements generally have two performance obligations which consist of transferring of the licensed IP and providing related support, which includes rights to technical support and software updates that are provided over the support term and are transferred to the customer over time. Revenue allocated to the IP licenses is recognized at a point in time upon the later of the delivery date or the beginning of the license period, and revenue allocated to support is recognized over the support term. Royalties are recognized as revenue in the quarter in which the applicable customer sells its products that incorporate our IP. Payments for IP contracts are generally received upon delivery of the IP. Revenue related to the customization of certain IP is recognized over time, generally using costs incurred or hours expended to measure progress.
Our customer arrangements can involve multiple products and various license rights, and our customers negotiate with us over many aspects of these arrangements. For example, they generally request a broader portfolio of solutions, support and services and seek more favorable terms such as expanded license usage, future purchase rights and other unique rights at an overall lower total cost. No single factor typically drives our customers’ buying
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decisions, and we compete on all fronts to serve customers in highly competitive markets. Customers generally negotiate the total value of the arrangement rather than just unit pricing or volumes.
Total Revenue
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| Design Automation | $ | 2,001.8 | $ | 1,020.2 | $ | 981.6 | 96 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Design IP | 407.0 | 435.1 | (28.1) | (6) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 2,408.8 | $ | 1,455.3 | $ | 953.5 | 66 | % | |||||||||||||||
Our revenues are subject to fluctuations, primarily due to customer requirements including customer demand, timing requirements and the value of contract renewals. For example, we experience fluctuations in our revenues due to factors such as the timing of IP product sales, Flexible Spending Account (FSA) drawdowns, royalties, and hardware products sales. As revenues from sales of IP products, hardware products and S&A product licenses are recognized upfront, customer demand and timing requirements for such IP products, hardware products and S&A product licenses could result in increased variability of our total revenues.
Contracted but unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied performance obligations (backlog) were $11.3 billion as of January 31, 2026, which includes $1.9 billion in non-cancellable FSA commitments from customers where actual product selection and quantities of specific products or services are to be determined by customers at a later date. We have elected to exclude future sales-based royalty payments from the remaining performance obligations. Approximately 47% of the backlog as of January 31, 2026, excluding non-cancellable FSA, is expected to be recognized as revenue over the next 12 months, with the remainder recognized thereafter. The majority of the remaining backlog is expected to be recognized in the following three years.
The amount and composition of unsatisfied performance obligations will fluctuate period to period. We do not believe the amount of unsatisfied performance obligations is indicative of future sales or revenue, or that such obligations at the end of any given period correlates with actual sales performance of a particular geography or particular products and services. For more information regarding our revenue during the three months ended January 31, 2026, including our contract balances as of such date, see Note 4. Revenue of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report.
The increase in total revenues for the three months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the same period in fiscal 2025 was primarily due to Ansys' contribution of $885.6 million in revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2026, and revenue growth of our business across a majority of product groups and geographies, offset by weakness in our Design IP segment as we take actions to sharpen our execution and reallocate resources to the highest growth opportunities.
For a discussion of revenue by geographic areas, see Note 16. Segment Disclosure of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report.
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Time-Based Products Revenue
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| Three months ended | $ | 951.5 | $ | 828.2 | $ | 123.3 | 15 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Percentage of total revenue | 39 | % | 57 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
The increase in time-based products revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the same period in fiscal 2025 was primarily attributable to Ansys' contribution of $78.4 million in time-based products revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2026, and an increase in TSL license revenue from arrangements booked in prior periods.
Upfront Products Revenue
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| Three months ended | $ | 741.5 | $ | 368.1 | $ | 373.4 | 101 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Percentage of total revenue | 31 | % | 25 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
Changes in upfront products revenue are generally attributable to normal fluctuations in the extent and timing of customer requirements, which can drive the amount of upfront orders and revenue in any particular period.
The increase in upfront products revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the same period in fiscal 2025 was primarily due to Ansys' contribution of $383.0 million in upfront products revenue and an increase in the sale of hardware products driven by higher demand from customers, offset by a decrease in license revenue due to timing of customer requirements for IP products and the Optical Solutions Group divestiture, for the three months ended January 31, 2026.
Upfront products revenue as a percentage of total revenue will likely fluctuate based on the timing of IP, hardware and S&A product sales. Such fluctuations will continue to be impacted by the timing of shipments and FSA drawdowns due to customer requirements.
Maintenance and Service Revenue
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| Maintenance revenue | $ | 537.7 | $ | 117.2 | $ | 420.5 | 359 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Professional service and other revenue | 178.0 | 141.8 | 36.2 | 26 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 715.7 | $ | 259.0 | $ | 456.7 | 176 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Percentage of total revenue | 30 | % | 18 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
The increase in maintenance revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the same period in fiscal 2025 was primarily due to an increase in the volume of arrangements that include maintenance largely due to Ansys' contribution of $404.4 million in maintenance revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2026.
The increase in professional service and other revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the same period in fiscal 2025 was primarily due to Ansys' contribution of $19.8 million in professional service and other revenue and the timing of IP customization projects.
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Cost of Revenue
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| Cost of products revenue | $ | 242.4 | $ | 168.9 | $ | 73.5 | 44 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Cost of maintenance and service revenue | 146.7 | 92.5 | 54.2 | 59 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 248.2 | 8.6 | 239.6 | 2,786 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 637.3 | $ | 270.0 | $ | 367.3 | 136 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Percentage of total revenue | 26 | % | 19 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
Our cost of revenue is comprised of three categories: cost of products revenue, cost of maintenance and service revenue, and amortization of acquired intangible assets.
Cost of products revenue. Cost of products revenue includes costs related to products sold and software licensed, hardware-related costs including inventory provisions, allocated operating costs related to product support and distribution, and royalties paid to third-party vendors.
Cost of maintenance and service revenue. Cost of maintenance and service revenue includes costs to deliver our maintenance services, such as hotline and on-site support, production services and documentation of maintenance updates.
Amortization of acquired intangible assets. Amortization of acquired intangible assets, included in cost of revenue, consists of the amortization of core/developed technology and certain contract rights intangible assets related to acquisitions.
The increase in costs of products revenue and costs of maintenance and service revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the same period in fiscal 2025 was primarily due to increases in employee-related costs as a result of headcount increases from the Ansys Merger, which contributed $28.7 million, and organic growth, which contributed $5.5 million, $23.9 million in hardware-related costs including inventory provisions, $14.9 million in costs to fulfill IP consulting arrangements, and $12.1 million in IT and facility costs. The increase in amortization of acquired intangible assets for the three months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the same period in fiscal 2025 was primarily due to an increase of $242.1 million in connection with the Ansys Merger.
Operating Expenses
Research and Development
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| Three months ended | $ | 715.0 | $ | 553.2 | $ | 161.8 | 29 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Percentage of total revenue | 30 | % | 38 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
The increase in research and development expenses for the three months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the same period in fiscal 2025 was primarily due to increases of $127.0 million in employee-related costs due to headcount increases from the Ansys Merger and $37.6 million in IT and facility costs, partially offset by a decrease of $4.8 million in the change in the fair value of our executive deferred compensation plan assets.
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Sales and Marketing
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| Three months ended | $ | 396.4 | $ | 209.2 | $ | 187.2 | 89 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Percentage of total revenue | 16 | % | 14 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
The increase in sales and marketing expenses for the three months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the same period in fiscal 2025 was primarily due to increases of $143.8 million in employee-related costs due to headcount increases from the Ansys Merger and $19.3 million in IT and facility costs.
General and Administrative
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| Three months ended | $ | 182.7 | $ | 167.1 | $ | 15.6 | 9 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Percentage of total revenue | 8 | % | 11 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
The increase in general and administrative expenses for the three months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the same period in fiscal 2025 was primarily due to increases of $47.2 million in employee-related costs due to headcount increases from the Ansys Merger, which contributed $39.7 million, and organic growth, which contributed $7.5 million, $3.4 million in depreciation and maintenance expense and $2.0 million in IT and facility costs, partially offset by a decrease of $41.9 million in consulting and other professional fees.
Amortization of Acquired Intangible Assets
Amortization of acquired intangible assets, included in operating expenses, consists of the amortization of trademarks, trade names and customer relationships intangible assets related to acquisitions.
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| Three months ended | 156.0 | 4.0 | 152.0 | 3,800 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Percentage of total revenue | 6 | % | — | % | |||||||||||||||||||
The increase in amortization of acquired intangible assets for the three months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the same period in fiscal 2025 was primarily due to amortization expense related to intangible assets acquired from the Ansys Merger. See Note 5. Goodwill and Intangible Assets of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report for a schedule of future amortization amounts.
Restructuring Charges
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, we initiated a restructuring plan for involuntary employee terminations as part of a business reorganization (the 2026 Plan). Total charges under the 2026 Plan are expected to be in the range of $300.0 million to $350.0 million, and consist primarily of severance costs, other one-time termination benefits and facility exit costs. The 2026 Plan is anticipated to be completed by the end of fiscal 2027, with majority of the workforce reduction in fiscal 2026. We recorded restructuring charges of $118.3 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2026. See Note 9. Restructuring Charges of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report for more information.
Interest Expense
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| Three months ended | (162.7) | $ | (11.1) | $ | (151.6) | 1,366 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Percentage of total revenue | (7) | % | (1) | % | |||||||||||||||||||
The increase in interest expense for the three months ended January 31, 2026 as compared to the same period in fiscal 2025 was primarily due to interest on the Senior Notes issued in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 and the borrowing under the Term Loan Agreement in the third quarter of fiscal 2025 in connection with the Ansys Merger. See Note 10. Senior Notes, Bridge Commitment Letter, Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facilities of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report for further detail on our debt obligations.
Other Income (Expense), Net
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| Interest income | $ | 17.4 | $ | 35.7 | $ | (18.3) | (51) | % | |||||||||||||||
| Gains (losses) on assets related to deferred compensation plan | 13.8 | 19.6 | (5.8) | (30) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency exchange gains (losses) | (5.8) | 0.1 | (5.9) | (5,900) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other, net | 13.3 | (5.0) | 18.3 | (366) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 38.7 | $ | 50.4 | $ | (11.7) | (23) | % | |||||||||||||||
The decrease in other income (expense) for the three months ended January 31, 2026 as compared to the same period in fiscal 2025 was primarily due to lower interest income as a result of lower average cash balances and a decrease in the change in fair value of our executive deferred compensation plan assets.
Segment Operating Results
We do not allocate certain operating expenses managed at a consolidated level to our reportable segments. These unallocated expenses consist primarily of amortization of acquired intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense, changes in the fair value of deferred compensation plan, restructuring charges, and acquisition/divestiture related items. See Note 16. Segment Disclosure of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report for more information.
Design Automation Segment
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| Adjusted operating income | $ | 947.5 | $ | 404.7 | $ | 542.8 | 134 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Adjusted operating margin | 47 | % | 40 | % | 7 | % | 18 | % | |||||||||||||||
The increase in adjusted operating income for the three months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the same period in fiscal 2025 was primarily due to an increase in revenue from arrangements booked in prior periods.
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Design IP Segment
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| Adjusted operating income | $ | 66.1 | $ | 126.5 | $ | (60.4) | (48) | % | |||||||||||||||
| Adjusted operating margin | 16 | % | 29 | % | (13) | % | (45) | % | |||||||||||||||
The decrease in adjusted operating income for the three months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the same period in fiscal 2025 was primarily due to lower revenue as we take actions to sharpen our execution and reallocate resources to the highest growth opportunities.
Income Taxes
Our effective tax rate increased in the three months ended January 31, 2026, as compared to the same period in fiscal 2025, primarily due to the reduced benefit from stock-based compensation and foreign-derived intangible income deduction. The capital loss on the sale of our ownership in OpenLight was included in the first quarter of 2025.
See Note 18. Income Taxes of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report for further discussion.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our principal sources of liquidity are funds generated from our business operations and funds that may be drawn down under our revolving credit and term loan facilities.
As of January 31, 2026, we held $2.2 billion in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments. We also held $4.7 million in restricted cash primarily associated with deposits for office leases and employee loan programs. Our cash equivalents consisted primarily of taxable money market mutual funds, time deposits and highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less. Our short-term investments include U.S. government and municipal obligations, and investment-grade available-for-sale debt with an overall weighted-average credit rating of approximately AA.
As of January 31, 2026, approximately $1.3 billion of our cash and cash equivalents were domiciled in various foreign jurisdictions. We have provided for foreign withholding taxes on the undistributed earnings of certain of our foreign subsidiaries to the extent such earnings are no longer considered to be indefinitely reinvested in the operations of those subsidiaries.
Our debt and liquidity needs increased as a result of completing the Ansys Merger. We funded the Cash Consideration in the Ansys Merger from the issuance of the Senior Notes and the borrowings under the Term Loan Agreement. See Note 10. Senior Notes, Bridge Commitment Letter, Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facilities of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report for further discussion.
As of January 31, 2026, $194.3 million remained available for future stock repurchases under our stock repurchase program (the Program). In February 2026, the Board approved a replenishment of the Program with authorization to purchase up to $2.0 billion.
During the second quarter of fiscal 2025, we entered into a deferred payment agreement to defer the cash settlement of the 2025 Rate Lock Agreements over a period of 5.5 years. As of January 31, 2026, we had $110.6 million outstanding balance under the deferred payment agreement related to the 2025 Rate Lock agreements. See Note 7. Financial Assets and Liabilities of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report for further discussion.
There were no other significant changes to our material cash requirements, including contractual and other obligations, as presented in Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report.
Based on past performance and current expectations, we believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments and sources of liquidity, as well as the debt financing, will be sufficient to satisfy our cash
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requirements, including repayment of outstanding debt, over the next twelve-month period and beyond. Our future cash requirements will depend on many factors, including our rate of revenue growth, the expansion of our sales and marketing activities, the timing and extent of our spending to support our research and development efforts, and our investments in or acquisitions of businesses, applications or technologies.
The following sections discuss changes in our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows and other commitments of our liquidity and capital resources during the three months ended January 31, 2026.
Cash Flows
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| Cash provided by (used in) operating activities | $ | 856.8 | $ | (67.5) | $ | 924.3 | |||||||||||
Cash used in investing activities | (36.5) | (22.0) | (14.5) | ||||||||||||||
Cash used in financing activities | (1,583.2) | (141.8) | (1,441.4) | ||||||||||||||
Cash Provided by (Used In) Operating Activities
We expect cash from our operating activities to fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, including the timing of billings and collections, operating results, and the timing and amount of tax and other liability payments. Cash provided by operations is dependent primarily upon the payment terms of our license agreements. We generally receive cash from upfront arrangements much sooner than from time-based products revenue, in which the license fee is typically paid either quarterly or annually over the term of the license.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $856.8 million for the three months ended January 31, 2026 compared to net cash used in operating activities of $67.5 million for the same period in fiscal 2025. The increase in cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to contributions from Ansys, organic growth in our business (excluding Ansys), and higher accounts receivable collections, partially offset by higher disbursements for operations, including vendor and tax payments, and lower net income of $232.7 million.
Cash Used in Investing Activities
The increase in net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the same period in fiscal 2025 was driven by the non-recurring net cash proceeds of $23.8 million mainly from deferred consideration received in connection with the Software Integrity Divestiture in the first quarter of fiscal 2025, partially offset by a decrease in the purchases of property and equipment of $5.4 million and lower cash outflows from the net proceeds of $3.3 million from the purchases, sales and maturities of investments.
Cash Used in Financing Activities
The increase in net cash used in financing activities for the three months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the same period in fiscal 2025 was primarily due to the repayment of the remaining $3.5 billion of the Term Loans, partially offset by net proceeds of $2.0 billion from the sale of our common stock pursuant to a securities purchase agreement with NVIDIA Corporation.
Bridge Commitment Letter, Term Loan, Revolving Credit Facilities and Senior Notes
On January 15, 2024, we entered into the Bridge Commitment Letter with certain financial institutions that committed to provide, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, the bridge commitment (the Bridge Commitment) for the purpose of financing a portion of the aggregate Cash Consideration in the Ansys Merger and paying related fees and expenses in connection with the Ansys Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
On October 3, 2024, we reduced the Bridge Commitment by $1.1 billion to $10.6 billion following the closing of the Software Integrity Divestiture. On March 17, 2025, we further reduced the Bridge Commitment by $9.9 billion following the issuance of the Senior Notes. On the Acquisition Date, we terminated the approximately $690.0 million in remaining Bridge Commitment, reducing total Bridge Commitment to $0.
On February 13, 2024, we entered into a term loan facility credit agreement (the Term Loan Agreement) in connection with the financing of the Ansys Merger. On July 17, 2025, we borrowed the full $4.3 billion available
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under the Term Loan Agreement to fund a portion of the Cash Consideration in the Ansys Merger and to pay transaction fees, premiums and expenses related to the Ansys Merger.
The Term Loan Agreement provides for two tranches of senior unsecured term loans: a $1.45 billion tranche (Tranche 1) that matures on July 17, 2027 and a $2.85 billion tranche (Tranche 2) that matures on July 17, 2028. On October 17, 2025, we made early repayment of $850.0 million on the Tranche 1 Term Loan. During the first quarter of fiscal 2026, we paid off the remaining $3.5 billion, and the Term Loans were terminated upon repayment.
Under the Term Loan Agreement, borrowings bear interest on the principal amount outstanding at a floating rate based on, at Synopsys’ election, (i) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) plus an applicable margin based on the credit ratings of Synopsys ranging from 0.875% to 1.375% (in the case of Tranche 1) or 1.000% to 1.500% (in the case of Tranche 2) or (ii) the ABR (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) plus an applicable margin based on the credit ratings of Synopsys ranging from 0.000% to 0.375% (in the case of Tranche 1) or 0.000% to 0.500% (in the case of Tranche 2).
The Term Loan Agreement contains a financial covenant requiring that Synopsys maintain a maximum consolidated leverage ratio, as well as certain other non-financial covenants. As of January 31, 2026, the Term Loans were fully paid off and terminated.
In March 2025, we issued $10.0 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior notes (the Senior Notes). Our total proceeds were approximately $9.9 billion, net of original issuance discount of $17.0 million and total issuance costs of $70.2 million. The net proceeds of the Senior Notes were used to fund a portion of the Cash Consideration in the Ansys Merger and pay related transaction fees and expenses.
On February 13, 2024, we entered into a Sixth Amendment Agreement (the Sixth Amendment), which amended and restated our previous revolving credit agreement, dated as of December 14, 2022 (as amended and restated, the Revolving Credit Agreement).
Under the Sixth Amendment, certain amendments became effective on February 13, 2024 and certain additional amendments became effective on the Acquisition Date. The Sixth Amendment amended the financial covenant to allow netting of the cash proceeds of certain debt incurred to finance the Ansys Merger as well as certain other modifications set forth therein. The Sixth Amendment, among other things, also amended: (i) the applicable margin used to determine the interest that accrues on loans and the facility fee payable under the revolving credit facility to be based on our credit ratings, (ii) the financial covenant thresholds under the financial covenant in the Revolving Credit Agreement requiring us to maintain a maximum consolidated leverage ratio and (iii) certain conditions to borrowing, other non-financial covenants and events of default.
The Revolving Credit Agreement provides an unsecured $850.0 million committed multicurrency revolving credit facility and an unsecured uncommitted incremental revolving loan facility of up to $150.0 million. The maturity date of the revolving credit facility is December 14, 2027, which may be extended at our option. There was no outstanding balance under the Revolving Credit Agreement as of January 31, 2026.
Interest under the Revolving Credit Agreement accrues on dollar-denominated loans at a floating rate based on, at Synopsys’ election, (i) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) plus an applicable margin based on our credit ratings ranging from 0.795% to 1.200% or (ii) the ABR (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) plus an applicable margin based on our credit ratings ranging from 0.000% to 0.200%. In addition to the interest on any outstanding loans, Synopsys is also required to pay a facility fee on the entire portion of the revolving credit facility ranging from 0.080% to 0.175% based on the credit ratings of Synopsys on the daily amount of the revolving commitment.
The Revolving Credit Agreement contains a financial covenant requiring us to maintain a maximum consolidated leverage ratio, as well as other non-financial covenants. As of January 31, 2026, we were in compliance with the financial covenant as well as the other covenants.
In July 2018, we entered into a 12-year 220.0 million Renminbi (approximately $33.0 million) credit agreement with a lender in China to support our facilities expansion. Borrowings bear interest at a floating rate based on the 5 year Loan Prime Rate plus 0.74%. As of January 31, 2026, we had $12.0 million outstanding balance under the agreement.
See Note 10. Senior Notes, Bridge Commitment Letter, Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facilities of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report for further discussion.
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| Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | |||||||
See Note 10. Senior Notes, Bridge Commitment Letter, Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facilities of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Item 2, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in Part I of this Quarterly Report regarding borrowings under our Term Loan Agreement and Revolving Credit Agreement.
As of January 31, 2026, our exposure to market risk had not changed materially since October 31, 2025.
As of January 31, 2026, we had approximately $9.9 billion of Senior Notes, net of unamortized discount and issuance costs, outstanding. The Senior Notes have fixed annual interest rates, and therefore we do not have economic interest rate exposure on these debt obligations. However, the fair values of the Senior Notes are exposed to interest rate risk. Generally, the fair values of the Senior Notes will increase as interest rates fall and decrease as interest rates rise.
For more information on financial market risks related to changes in interest rates and foreign currency rates, reference is made to Item 7A, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk contained in Part II of our Annual Report.
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| Item 4. | Controls and Procedures | |||||||
(a)Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. As of January 31, 2026, Synopsys carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of Synopsys’ management, including the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of Synopsys’ disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)). Regardless of how well designed and operated, there are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and procedures can only provide reasonable, not absolute, assurance of achieving their control objectives. Our compliance programs and compliance training for employees may not prevent our employees or contractors from breaching or circumventing our policies or violating applicable laws and regulations. Our CEO and CFO have concluded that, as of January 31, 2026, Synopsys’ disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports Synopsys files and submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to Synopsys’ management, including the CEO and CFO, to allow timely decisions regarding its required disclosure.
(b)Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting. There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rules 13a-15(d) and 15d-15(d) of the Exchange Act that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. We are currently in the process of integrating the Ansys operations, control processes and information systems into our systems and control environment. We believe that we have taken the necessary steps to monitor and maintain appropriate internal controls over financial reporting during this integration.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
| Item 1. | Legal Proceedings | |||||||
We are subject to routine legal proceedings, as well as demands, claims and threatened litigation that arise in the normal course of our business. On October 31, 2025, a shareholder class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California captioned Kim v. Synopsys, Inc., et al. (Case No. 25-cv-09410) against us and certain of our officers (the Kim Action). The complaint brings claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and alleges that certain material misstatements or omissions related to the performance of our Design IP segment were made in violation of federal securities laws. On November 25, 2025, a shareholder class action complaint was filed in the same court captioned New England Teamsters Pension Fund v. Synopsys, Inc., et al. (Case No. 25-cv-10201) against us and certain of our directors and officers (the New England Teamsters Action). The complaint raises similar allegations to the Kim Action but also brings claims under Sections 11, 12(a)(2), and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) on behalf of stockholders who received our stock in exchange for their shares of common stock of Ansys, Inc. as part of our acquisition of that company. On December 30, 2025, a shareholder class action was filed in the same court captioned City of Sterling Heights Police & Fire Retirement System v. Synopsys, Inc., et al. (Case No. 5:25-cv-11059) against us and certain of our directors and officers (the City of Sterling Heights Action and together with the Kim Action and New England Teamsters Action, the Class Actions). The complaint raises similar allegations to the Kim Action and the New England Teamsters Action and brings claims under Sections 11, 12(a)(2), and 15 of the Securities Act on behalf of stockholders who received our stock in exchange for their shares of common stock of Ansys, Inc. as part of our acquisition of that company. The plaintiffs in the Class Actions are seeking unspecified monetary damages and an award of costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expert fees. In addition, on December 22, 2025, a shareholder derivative action was filed in the same court captioned Brian Taylor v. Aart De Geus, et al. (Case No. 5:25-cv-10878) against certain of our directors and officers (the Taylor Action). The complaint raises similar allegations to the Class Actions and brings claims of breach of fiduciary duty against certain of our directors and officers, gross mismanagement, waste of corporate assets, unjust enrichment against certain of our officers, and a violation of Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act against certain of our directors. The plaintiffs in the Taylor Action are seeking unspecified monetary damages, equitable relief, restitution, and an award of costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expert fees. The parties have stipulated that the Class Actions are related cases and the Taylor Action has been stayed as of January 16, 2026 pending resolution of any motion to dismiss that will be filed in the related Class Actions. We believe these claims are without merit, and we intend to defend the matters vigorously. However, the ultimate outcome of any litigation is often uncertain and unfavorable outcomes could have a negative impact on our results of operations and financial condition. Regardless of outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on Synopsys because of the defense costs, diversion of management resources and other factors. As we are unable to determine at this time whether any loss ultimately will occur or to estimate the range of such loss, no amount of loss has been accrued by us in our financial statements as of and for the fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2026.
We regularly review the status of each significant matter and assess its potential financial exposure. If the potential loss from any claim or legal proceeding is considered probable and the amount is estimable, we accrue a liability for the estimated loss. Legal proceedings are inherently uncertain and as circumstances change, it is possible that the amount of any accrued liability may increase, decrease or be eliminated.
We are not aware of any other legal proceedings that would materially impact our business, operating results or financial condition.
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| Item 1A. | Risk Factors | |||||||
Factors that May Affect Future Results
Descriptions of risks associated with our business are set forth below. Some of these risks are highlighted in the following discussion and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Legal Proceedings, Controls and Procedures and Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk of this Quarterly Report. The occurrence of any of these risks or additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently believe to be immaterial could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results and stock price. These risks and uncertainties could cause our actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report. Investors should carefully consider all relevant risks before investing in our common stock.
Industry Risks
Uncertainty in the macroeconomic environment, and its potential impact on the semiconductor and electronics industries, may negatively affect our business, operating results and financial condition.
The macroeconomic environment reflects the effects of, among other things, changes in U.S. and global trade policy, including the tariffs enacted in 2025 by the U.S. and other governments and subsequent tariff and trade policy revisions, sustained global inflationary pressures and elevated interest rates, potential economic slowdowns or recessions, supply chain disruptions, geopolitical pressures, and fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. This uncertain macroeconomic environment has resulted in volatility in credit, equity and foreign currency markets and has led some of our customers to postpone their decision-making, delay their drawdowns under non-cancellable commitments, decrease their spending and/or delay their payments to us. Such caution by customers has, among other things, limited our ability to maintain or increase our sales or recognize revenue from committed contracts.
If these macroeconomic uncertainties persist or if economic conditions deteriorate, then the global economy, including the semiconductor and electronics industries that are the core customers for our Design Automation and Design IP segments, could see their growth slow or fail to grow at all. Additionally, uncertain macroeconomic conditions could also have the effect of increasing other risks and uncertainties facing our business, which could have a material adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition.
Adverse economic conditions affect demand for devices that our products help create, such as the ICs incorporated in personal computers, smartphones, automobiles, servers and more. Longer-term reduced demand for these or other products could result in reduced demand for design solutions and significant decreases in our average selling prices and product sales over time. In addition, if our customers or distributors build elevated inventory levels, we could experience a decrease in demand for our products. If any of these events or disruptions were to occur, the demand for our products and services could be adversely affected along with our business, operating results and financial condition. Additionally, due to our business model, the negative impact of these events or disruptions may not be immediately realized.
Further economic uncertainty could also adversely affect the banking and financial services industry and result in bank failures or credit downgrades of the banks we rely on for foreign currency forward contracts, credit and banking transactions, and deposit services, or cause them to default on their obligations. A deterioration of conditions in worldwide credit markets could limit our ability to obtain external financing to fund our operations, capital expenditures or pending acquisitions. In addition, difficult economic conditions may also result in a higher rate of losses on our accounts receivable due to credit defaults. Any of the foregoing could cause adverse effects on our business, operating results and financial condition, and could cause our stock price to decline.
The growth of our business depends primarily on the semiconductor and electronics industries.
The growth of the EDA industry as a whole and our sales in our Design Automation and Design IP segments are primarily dependent on the semiconductor and electronics industries. A substantial portion of our business and revenue depends upon the commencement of new design projects by semiconductor manufacturers, systems companies and their customers. The increasing complexity of designs of SoCs, ICs, electronic systems and customers’ concerns about managing costs have previously led to, and in the future could lead to, a decrease in design starts and design activity in general. If growth in the semiconductor and electronics industries or certain sectors within these industries slows or stalls, including, among other things, due to the factors creating an uncertain macroeconomic environment as discussed above, then demand for our products and services could
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decrease and our business, operating results and financial condition could be adversely affected. For example, while we have seen continued strength in the artificial intelligence and high-performance computing sectors, certain industries such as industrial, automotive, and consumer electronics have recovered more slowly from recent macroeconomic uncertainty, which has affected our business and operating results.
Furthermore, the semiconductor and electronics industries have become increasingly complex and interconnected ecosystems. Many of our customers outsource the manufacturing of their semiconductor designs to foundries. Our customers also frequently incorporate third-party IP, whether provided by us or other vendors, into their designs to improve the efficiency of their design process. We work closely with major foundries to ensure that our EDA, IP and manufacturing solutions are compatible with their manufacturing processes. Similarly, we work closely with other major providers of semiconductor IP, particularly microprocessor IP, to optimize our EDA tools for use with their IP designs and to ensure that their IP and our own IP products work effectively together, as we may each provide for the design of separate components on the same chip. If we fail to optimize our EDA and IP solutions for use with major foundries’ manufacturing processes or major IP providers’ products, or if our access to such foundry processes or third-party IP products is hampered, then our solutions may become less desirable to our customers, resulting in an adverse effect on our business and financial condition.
We operate in highly competitive industries, and if we do not continue to meet our customers’ demand for innovative technology at lower costs, our products may not be competitive or may become obsolete.
In our Design Automation segment, we compete against a variety of different EDA vendors, including publicly-traded companies that offer a variety of products and services as well as other EDA vendors, including new entrants to the market, that offer products focused on one or more discrete phases of the IC design process. Moreover, some of our customers internally develop design tools and capabilities that compete with our products. For our Ansys S&A software solutions, our competitors include publicly-traded companies, small geographically-focused firms, startups, and solutions produced in-house by end users. In our Design IP segment, we compete against silicon IP providers as well as our customers’ internally developed IP.
The industries in which we operate are highly competitive, with new competitors entering these markets both domestically and internationally. For example, China has implemented national policies favoring Chinese companies and has formed government-backed investment funds as it seeks to build independent EDA capabilities and compete internationally in the semiconductor industry. The demand for our products and services is dynamic and depends on a number of factors, including, among other things, demand for our customers’ products, design starts and our customers’ budgetary constraints.
Technology in these industries evolves rapidly and is characterized by frequent product introductions and improvements as well as changes in industry standards and customer requirements. The adoption of AI technologies has brought new demands and also challenges in terms of disruption to both our business models and existing technology offerings. For example, in response to recent market trends and underperformance of our Design IP segment, we are in the process of reallocating resources in our IP business to certain higher growth opportunities. Our efforts in reallocating these resources and developing such new technology solutions may not succeed or generate expected returns, which may result in an adverse impact on our business and financial results. Semiconductor device functionality requirements continually increase while feature widths decrease, which substantially increases the complexity, cost and risk of chip design and manufacturing. At the same time, our customers and potential customers continue to demand a lower total cost of design, which can lead to the consolidation of their purchases from one vendor or displacement of their purchases by internal development. In order to succeed in this environment, we must successfully meet our customers’ technology requirements and increase the value of our products, while also striving to reduce their overall costs and our own operating costs.
We compete principally on the basis of technology, product quality and features, license or usage terms, post-contract customer support, interoperability among products, and price and payment terms. Specifically, we believe the following competitive factors affect our success:
•Our ability to anticipate and lead critical development cycles and technological shifts, innovate rapidly and efficiently, improve our existing software and hardware products, and successfully develop or acquire such new products;
•Our ability to offer products that provide both a high level of integration into a comprehensive platform and a high level of individual product performance;
•Our ability to enhance the value of our offerings through more favorable terms;
•Our ability to manage an efficient supply chain to ensure hardware product availability;
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•Our ability to compete on the basis of payment terms; and
•Our ability to provide engineering and design consulting for our products.
If we fail to successfully manage any of these competitive factors, fail to successfully balance the conflicting demands for innovative technology and lower overall costs, or fail to address new competitive forces, our business, operating results and financial condition may be adversely affected.
We are subject to governmental export and import requirements that could subject us to liability and restrict our ability to sell our products and services, which could impair our ability to compete in international markets.
We are subject to export controls, laws and regulations that restrict selling, shipping or transmitting certain of our products and services and transferring certain of our technology outside the United States. We are also subject to certain requirements for enhanced denied party screening processes, which have led to, and in the future may continue to lead to, elongated transaction cycles with certain customers. These requirements also restrict domestic release of software and technology to certain foreign nationals. In addition, we are subject to customs and other import requirements that regulate imports that may be important for our business.
Any failure to comply with the U.S. Export Regulations or other U.S. or non-U.S. export, sanctions, or similar trade requirements (collectively, the Trade Restrictions) could subject us to substantial civil and criminal penalties, including fines and the possible loss of the ability to engage in exporting and other international transactions. Due to the nature of our business and technology, governmental agencies from time to time review certain transactions for compliance with applicable Trade Restrictions. For example, we have received administrative subpoenas from BIS requesting production of information and documentation relating to transactions with certain Chinese entities.
The Trade Restrictions have evolved significantly and may continue to evolve in ways that may adversely impact our business or the business of our customers. In particular, the United States has published significant changes to Trade Restrictions and we anticipate additional changes to Trade Restrictions in the future. For example, the United States government has implemented controls on advanced computing ICs, computer commodities that contain such ICs, and certain semiconductor manufacturing items, as well as controls on transactions involving items for supercomputer and semiconductor manufacturing end-users. These controls expand the scope of foreign-produced items subject to license requirements for certain entities on the Entity List maintained by the BIS. Future changes to the Trade Restrictions, including changes in the enforcement and scope of such regulations, or the implementation of new or expanded license requirements, may create delays in the introduction of our products or services in international markets or could prevent our customers with international operations from deploying our products or services globally. In some cases, such changes also could prevent the export or import of our products to certain destinations or persons. Trade Restrictions also may encourage customers or other parties to substitute or develop alternative products that are not subject to such restrictions.
Consolidation among our customers and within the industries in which we operate, as well as our dependence on a relatively small number of large customers, may negatively impact our operating results.
A number of business combinations and strategic partnerships among our customers in the semiconductor, electronics and S&A-targeted industries have occurred over the last several years, and more could occur in the future. Consolidation among our customers could lead to fewer customers or the loss of customers, increased customer bargaining power or reduced customer spending on products and services. Further, we depend on a relatively small number of large customers for a large portion of our revenues. For example, challenges with a major foundry customer negatively impacted our financial results for fiscal year 2025. Consolidation among our customers, particularly our large customers, could also reduce demand for our products and services if customers streamline research and development or operations, or reduce or delay purchasing decisions. Our customers operate in highly competitive industries due to, among other factors, continued pressure from current and new competitors and technological change in their industries. Failure by our customers to successfully manage these competitive factors could adversely affect their business, operating results and financial condition, which could result in reduced spending on our products or services. Reduced customer spending or the loss of customers, particularly our large customers, could adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.
In addition, we and our competitors may acquire businesses and technologies to complement and expand our respective product offerings. Consolidated competitors could have considerable financial resources and channel influence as well as broad geographic reach, which may enable them to be more competitive in, among other
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things, product differentiation, breadth of technology portfolio, pricing, marketing, services or support. Such consolidations or acquisitions could negatively impact our business, operating results and financial condition.
Business Operations Risks
The global nature of our operations exposes us to increased risks and compliance obligations.
We derive roughly half of our revenue from sales outside the United States, and we expect our orders and revenue to continue to depend on sales to customers outside the U.S. We have also continually expanded our non-U.S. operations. This strategy requires us to recruit and retain qualified technical and managerial employees, manage multiple remote locations performing complex software development projects, and ensure intellectual property protection outside of the U.S. Our international operations and sales subject us to a number of increased risks, including, among others:
•Economic slowdowns, recessions or uncertainty in financial markets;
•Uncertain economic, legal and political conditions in China, Europe, the Middle East and other regions where we do business;
•Government trade restrictions, including tariffs, export controls, economic sanctions or other trade barriers, and changes to existing trade arrangements;
•Ineffective or weaker legal protection of intellectual property rights;
•Difficulties in adapting to cultural differences in the conduct of business, which may include business practices in which we are prohibited from engaging by the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or other anti-corruption laws; and
•Financial risks such as longer payment cycles, changes in currency exchange rates and difficulty in collecting accounts receivable.
Furthermore, if any of the foreign economies in which we do business deteriorate or if we fail to effectively manage our global operations, our business and operating results will be harmed. There is inherent risk, based on the complex relationships between certain Asian countries such as China and the United States, that political, diplomatic or military events could result in trade disruptions, including tariffs, trade embargoes, export restrictions and other trade barriers. A significant trade disruption, export restriction, or the establishment or increase of any trade barrier in any area where we do business could reduce customer demand and cause customers to search for substitute products and services, make our products and services more expensive or unavailable for customers, increase the cost of our products and services, have a negative impact on customer confidence and spending, make our products less competitive, or otherwise have an adverse impact on our backlog, future revenue and profits and our customers’ and suppliers’ business, operating results and financial condition. For example and as described above, the ongoing geopolitical and economic uncertainty between the U.S. and China, the unknown impact of current and future U.S. and Chinese trade regulations, including tariffs, and other geopolitical risks with respect to China and Taiwan may cause disruptions in the markets and industries we serve and our supply chain, decreased demand from customers for products using our solutions or other disruptions, which could, directly or indirectly, materially harm our business, operating results and financial condition.
In response to the U.S. imposing tariffs and trade barriers or taking other actions, other countries, such as China, have in the past and may in the future impose tariffs and trade barriers that could limit our ability to offer our products and services in such jurisdictions. Current and potential customers who are concerned or affected by such tariffs or restrictions may respond by developing their own products or replacing our solutions, including seeking alternatives from foreign competitors or open-source solutions not subject to these restrictions, which would have an adverse effect on our business. In addition, government or customer efforts, attitudes, laws or policies regarding technology independence may lead to non-U.S. customers favoring their domestic technology solutions that could compete with or replace our products, which would also have an adverse effect on our business.
Our global operations are subject to numerous U.S. and foreign laws and regulations such as those related to anti-corruption, tax, corporate governance, imports and exports, government contracts, economic sanctions, financial and other disclosures, privacy and labor relations. These laws and regulations are complex and may have differing or conflicting legal standards, making compliance difficult and costly. In addition, there is uncertainty regarding how proposed, contemplated or future changes to these complex laws and regulations could affect our business. We may incur substantial expense in complying with the new obligations to be imposed by these laws and regulations, and we may be required to make significant changes in our business operations, all of which may adversely affect our revenues and our business overall. Any violation of these laws and regulations could subject us to, among other
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things, investigations, fines, enforcement actions, disgorgement of profits, damages, civil or criminal penalties, or injunctions, and may result in our inability to conduct business in one or more countries. Furthermore, any violation individually or in the aggregate could have a material adverse effect on our operations and financial condition.
Our Ansys business distributes its products through a global network of independent channel partners. Difficulties in
ongoing relationships with channel partners, such as failure to meet performance criteria, differences in handling
customer relationships or the loss of a major channel partner, could adversely affect the performance of our Ansys
business. Channel partners may also result in additional compliance burdens for us and any failure by them to
comply with various U.S. and foreign laws could subject us to, among other things, investigations, fines,
enforcement actions, civil or criminal penalties or injunctions.
Our financial results are also affected by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. A weakening U.S. dollar relative to other currencies increases expenses of our foreign subsidiaries when they are translated into U.S. dollars in our consolidated statements of income. Likewise, a strengthening U.S. dollar relative to other currencies, including the renminbi or Yen, reduces revenue of our foreign subsidiaries upon translation and consolidation. Exchange rates are subject to significant and rapid fluctuations due to a number of factors, including interest rate changes and political and economic uncertainty. Therefore, we cannot predict the prospective impact of exchange rate fluctuations. We may be unable to hedge all of our foreign currency risk, which could have a negative impact on our operating results.
Our operating results may fluctuate in the future, which may adversely affect our stock price.
Our operating results are subject to quarterly and annual fluctuations, which may adversely affect our stock price. Our historical results should not be viewed as indicative of our future performance due to these periodic fluctuations.
Many factors have in the past and may in the future cause our backlog, revenue or earnings to fluctuate, including, among other things:
•Changes in demand for our products and services—especially products, such as hardware and IP, generating upfront revenue—due to fluctuations in demand for our customers’ products and due to constraints in our customers’ budgets for research and development as well as EDA, IP and S&A products and services;
•Product competition in the EDA, IP, semiconductor or S&A-targeted industries;
•Our ability to innovate and introduce new products and services or effectively reallocate resources across our businesses to target the highest growth opportunities and meet customer demand;
•Failures or delays in completing sales due to our lengthy sales cycle, which often includes a substantial customer evaluation and approval process because of the complexity of our products and services;
•Our ability to implement effective cost control measures and business transformation initiatives, including those related to our workforce;
•Our dependence on a relatively small number of large customers for a large portion of our revenue, and the impact of timing requirements and the value of contract renewals;
•Such key customers continuing to renew licenses and purchase additional products from us;
•Changes to the amount, composition and valuation of, and any impairments to or write-offs of, our assets or strategic investments;
•Changes in the mix of our products sold, as increased sales of our products with lower gross margins, such as our hardware products, may reduce our overall margins;
•Natural variability in the timing of IP drawdowns, which can be difficult to predict; and
•Expenses related to our acquisition and integration of businesses and technologies, including those related to the Ansys Merger.
The timing of revenue recognition may also cause our revenue and earnings to fluctuate. The timing of revenue recognition is affected by factors including:
•Cancellations or changes in levels of orders or the mix between upfront products revenue and time-based products revenue;
•Delay of one or more orders for a particular period, particularly orders generating upfront products revenue, such as hardware;
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•Delay in the completion of professional services projects that require significant modification or customization and are accounted for using the percentage of completion method;
•Delay in the completion and delivery of IP products in development as to which customers have paid for early access;
•Customer contract amendments or renewals that provide discounts or defer revenue to later periods; and
•The levels of our hardware and IP revenues, which are generally recognized upfront and are primarily dependent upon our ability to provide the latest technology and meet customer requirements.
These factors, or any other factors or risks discussed herein, could negatively impact our backlog, revenue or earnings and cause our stock price to decline. Additionally, our results may fail to meet or exceed the expectations of securities analysts and investors, or such analysts may change their recommendation regarding our stock, which could cause our stock price to decline. Our stock price has been, and may continue to be, volatile, which may make it more difficult for our stockholders to sell their shares at a time or a price that is favorable to them.
We may not realize the potential financial or strategic benefits of the transactions we complete, including the Ansys Merger, or find suitable target businesses and technology to acquire.
Acquisitions and strategic investments are an important part of our growth strategy. We have completed a significant number of acquisitions in recent years, including the Ansys Merger, which was completed in July 2025. We expect to make additional acquisitions and strategic investments in the future, but we may not find suitable acquisition or investment targets, or we may not be able to consummate desired acquisitions or investments due to, among other things, financial constraints, unfavorable credit markets, commercially unacceptable terms, failure to obtain regulatory approvals, competitive bid dynamics, outbound investment restrictions or other risks, which could harm our operating results.
Any acquisitions and strategic investments we may undertake, including the Ansys Merger, are difficult, time-consuming, and pose a number of risks, including, but not limited to:
•Potential negative impact on our net income resulting from acquisition or investment-related costs or on our earnings per share;
•Failure of acquired products to achieve projected sales or problems in integrating the acquired products with our products or in creating new joint solutions;
•Difficulties entering into new markets in which we are inexperienced or our competitors have stronger positions;
•Potential downward pressure on operating margins due to lower operating margins of acquired businesses, increased headcount costs, and other expenses associated with adding and supporting new products;
•Difficulties in retaining and integrating key employees;
•Substantial reductions of our cash resources and/or the incurrence of debt, which may be at higher than anticipated interest rates;
•Failure to realize expected synergies or cost savings, including within the anticipated time frames;
•Difficulties in integrating or expanding sales, marketing and distribution functions and administrative systems, including IT and human resources systems;
•Dilution of our current stockholders through the issuance of common stock as a part of transaction consideration;
•Difficulties in negotiating, governing and realizing value from strategic investments;
•Assumption of unknown liabilities, including tax, litigation, cybersecurity and commercial-related risks, and the related expenses and diversion of resources;
•Incurrence of costs and use of additional resources to remedy issues identified prior to or after an acquisition;
•Disruption of ongoing business operations, including diversion of management’s attention and uncertainty for employees and customers, particularly during the post-acquisition integration process;
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•Potential negative impacts on our relationships with customers, distributors, business partners and channel partners;
•Exposure to new operational risks, regulations and business customs to the extent acquired businesses are located in regions where we are not currently conducting business;
•The need to implement controls, processes and policies appropriate for a public company at acquired companies that may have previously lacked such controls, processes and policies in areas such as cybersecurity, IT, privacy and more; and
•Requirements imposed by government regulators in connection with their review of an acquisition, including required divestitures or restrictions on the conduct of our business or the acquired business.
Furthermore, the anticipated benefits we expect from the Ansys Merger are based on projections and assumptions about our combined business with Ansys, which may not materialize as expected or which may prove to be inaccurate.
In the case of the Ansys Merger, the foregoing risks may be magnified due to the scale of the merger. In addition, current and future changes to the U.S. and foreign regulatory approval processes and requirements related to acquisitions or divestitures may cause approvals to take longer than anticipated, not be forthcoming or contain burdensome conditions, which may prevent our planned transactions or jeopardize, delay or reduce the anticipated benefits of such transactions and impede the integration of such acquisitions and execution of our business strategy.
We have also divested and may in the future divest certain product lines or technologies that no longer fit our long-term strategies. Divestitures may adversely impact our business, operating results and financial condition if we are unable to achieve the anticipated benefits or cost savings from such divestitures, or if we are unable to offset impacts from the loss of revenue associated with the divested product lines or technologies. For example, if we sell or otherwise dispose of certain product lines or assets, we may be unable to do so on satisfactory terms within our anticipated timeframe or at all. Further, whether such divestitures are ultimately consummated or not, their pendency could have a number of negative effects on our current business, including disrupting our regular operations, diverting the attention of our workforce and management team and increasing undesired workforce turnover. It could also disrupt existing business relationships, make it harder to develop new business relationships, or otherwise negatively impact the way that we operate our business.
If we do not manage the foregoing risks, the transactions that we complete or are unable to complete may have an adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.
Cybersecurity threats or other security breaches could compromise sensitive information belonging to us or our customers and could harm our business and our reputation.
We store sensitive data, including intellectual property, our proprietary business information and that of our customers, and personal information, in our data centers, on our networks or on the cloud. In addition, our operations depend upon our information technology (IT) systems. We maintain a variety of information security policies, procedures, and controls to protect our business and proprietary information, prevent data loss and other security breaches and incidents, keep our IT systems operational and reduce the impact of a security breach or incident, but these security measures cannot provide and have not provided absolute security. In the normal course of business, our systems are and have been the target of malicious cyberattack attempts and have been and may be subject to compromise due to employee error, malfeasance or other disruptions that have and could result in unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information. To date, we have not identified material cyber security incidents or incurred any material expenses with any incidents. However, any breach or compromise could adversely impact our business and operations, expose us or our customers to litigation, investigations, loss of data, increase costs, or result in loss of customer confidence and damage to our reputation, any of which could adversely affect our business and our ability to sell our products and services.
Industry incidences of cyberattacks and other cybersecurity breaches have increased and are likely to continue to increase. We are using an increasing number of third-party software solutions, including cloud-based solutions, which increase potential threat vectors, such as by exploitation of misconfigurations or vulnerabilities. We also use third-party vendors that provide software or hardware, have access to our network, and/or store sensitive data, and these third parties are subject to their own cybersecurity threats. Our standard vendor terms and conditions include provisions requiring the use of appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized use or disclosure of our data, as well as other safeguards. Despite these measures, there is no guarantee that a compromise of our third-party
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vendors will not occur and in turn result in a compromise of our own IT systems or data. In addition, if we select a vendor that uses cloud storage as part of their service or product offerings, or if we are selected as a vendor for our cloud-based solutions, our proprietary information could be misappropriated by third parties despite our attempts to validate the security of such services. Many employees continue to work remotely based on a hybrid work model, which magnifies the importance of maintaining the integrity of our remote access security measures. We also periodically acquire new businesses with less mature security programs, and it takes significant time, effort and expense to align security practices to meet our information security policies, procedures and controls. During this time, we may also experience increased incidences of cyberattacks or other security breaches.
The techniques used to obtain unauthorized access to networks or to sabotage systems of companies such as ours change frequently, increasingly leverage technologies such as AI, and generally are not recognized until launched against a target. We may be unable to anticipate these emerging techniques, react in a timely manner, or implement adequate preventative measures, or we may not have sufficient logging available to fully investigate the incident. Our security measures vary in maturity across the business and may be and have been circumvented. For example, we have identified instances where employees have used non-approved applications for business purposes, some of which do not meet our security standards. In addition, we discovered unauthorized third-party access to our products and product license files hosted on our SolvNet Plus customer license and product delivery system in 2015. Any security breach of our own or a third-party vendor’s systems could cause us to be non-compliant with applicable laws or regulations, subject us to legal claims or proceedings, disrupt our operations, damage our reputation, and cause a loss of confidence in our products and services, any of which could adversely affect our business and our ability to sell our products and services.
Our software products and hosted solutions are also targeted by hackers and may be compromised by, among other things, phishing, exploits of our code or our system configurations, malicious code such as viruses and worms, distributed denial-of-service attacks, sophisticated attacks conducted or sponsored by nation-states, advanced persistent threat intrusions, ransomware and other malware. We leverage many security best practices throughout the software development lifecycle, but our security development practices vary in maturity across the business and may not be effective against all cybersecurity threats. Furthermore, due to geopolitical incidents, including regional military conflicts, state-supported and geopolitical-related cybersecurity incidents against companies such as ours may increase. Attacks on our products could potentially disrupt the proper functioning of our software, cause errors in the output of our customers’ work, allow unauthorized access to our or our customers’ proprietary information or cause other destructive outcomes.
If we fail to protect our proprietary technology, our business will be harmed.
Our success depends in part upon protecting our proprietary technology. Our efforts to protect our technology may be costly and unsuccessful. We rely on agreements with customers, employees and other third parties as well as intellectual property laws worldwide to protect our proprietary technology. These agreements may be breached, and we may not have adequate remedies for any breach. Additionally, despite our measures to prevent piracy, other parties may illegally copy or use our products, which could result in lost revenue. Some foreign countries do not currently provide effective legal protection for intellectual property and our ability to prevent the unauthorized use of our products in those countries is therefore limited. Our trade secrets may also be stolen, otherwise become known, or be independently developed by competitors.
From time to time, we may need to commence litigation or other legal proceedings in order to assert claims of infringement of our intellectual property, defend our products from piracy, protect our trade secrets or know-how, or determine the enforceability, scope and validity of the propriety rights of others. Intellectual property litigation is lengthy, expensive and uncertain. Legal fees related to such litigation will increase our operating expenses and may
reduce our net income.
If we do not obtain or maintain appropriate patent, copyright or trade secret protection for any reason, or cannot fully defend our intellectual property rights in certain jurisdictions, our business and operating results would be harmed.
We may not be successful in our AI initiatives, which could adversely affect our business, operating results or financial condition.
We have incorporated, and are continuing to develop and deploy, AI into our products and the operations of our business. While these AI initiatives can present significant benefits, the AI landscape is rapidly evolving and may create risks and challenges for our business. If we fail to develop and timely offer products with AI features, if such products fail to meet our customers’ demands, if these products fail to operate as expected, or if our competitors incorporate AI into their products more quickly or more successfully than we do, we may experience brand or
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reputational harm and lose our competitive position, our products may become obsolete, and our business, operating results or financial condition could be adversely affected.
While AI technology may drive future growth in the semiconductor and electronics industries as well as our business, worldwide markets for AI-enabled products may not develop in the manner or time periods we anticipate, or at all. If domestic or global economies worsen, overall spending on the development of AI-related products may decrease, which would adversely impact demand for our products in these markets. Even if the demand for AI-enabled products develops in the manner or in the time periods we anticipate, if we do not have timely, competitively priced, market-accepted products available to meet our customers’ needs to develop products for the AI markets, we may miss a significant opportunity and our business, operating results and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected. In addition, because the markets for AI-related products are still emerging, demand for these products may be unpredictable and may vary significantly from one period to another.
The technologies underlying AI and its uses are expected to be subject to new laws and regulations or new applications of existing laws and regulations, including in the areas of intellectual property, privacy, data protection and cybersecurity, among others. In addition, unfavorable developments with evolving laws and regulations affecting AI-related products may limit global adoption, impede our strategy and negatively impact our long-term expectations in this area. For example, there is significant uncertainty in the U.S. courts as to how AI technologies affect IP ownership, including copyright protections, and the use of AI-related technology in the development of our products or implementation of AI features in our products could expose us or our customers to claims of copyright infringement or misappropriation. We may not be able to anticipate how to respond to or comply with these rapidly evolving frameworks, and we may need to expend resources to adjust our offerings in certain jurisdictions if the legal frameworks are inconsistent across jurisdictions. The cost of complying with such frameworks could be significant and may increase our operating expenses. Because AI technology is highly complex and rapidly developing, it is not possible to predict all legal, operational or technological risks that may arise relating to the use of AI.
If we fail to timely recruit and/or retain senior management and key employees globally, our business may be harmed.
We depend in large part upon the services of our senior management team and key employees to drive our future success, and certain of these personnel depart our company from time to time, with the frequency and number of such departures varying widely. For example, we have experienced significant changes to our executive leadership team due to planned succession and other departures. The departure of key employees could result in significant disruptions to our operations, including, among other things, adversely affecting the timeliness of our product releases, the successful implementation and completion of our initiatives, the adequacy of our internal control over financial reporting, and our business, operating results and financial condition.
To be successful, we must also attract senior management and key employees who join us organically and through acquisitions, such as the Ansys Merger. There are a limited number of qualified engineers. Competition for these individuals and other qualified employees is intense and has increased globally, including in major markets such as Asia. Our employees are often recruited aggressively by our competitors and our customers worldwide. Any failure to recruit and/or retain senior management and key employees could harm our business, operating results and financial condition. Additionally, efforts to recruit and/or retain such employees could be costly and negatively impact our operating expenses.
We issue equity awards from employee equity plans as a key component of our overall compensation. We face pressure to limit the use of such equity-based compensation due to dilutive effects on stockholders. If we are unable to offer attractive compensation packages in the future, it could limit our ability to attract and retain senior management and key employees.
We may pursue new product and technology initiatives or expand into adjacent markets, and if we fail to successfully carry out these initiatives, we could be adversely impacted.
As part of the evolution of our business, we have made substantial investments to develop new products and enhancements to existing products through our acquisitions and research and development efforts. If we are unable to anticipate technological changes in our industry by introducing new or enhanced products in a timely and cost-effective manner, or if we fail to introduce products that meet market demand, we may lose our competitive position, our products may become obsolete, and our business, operating results or financial condition could be adversely affected.
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Additionally, we have in the past and may in the future invest in efforts to expand into adjacent markets. These efforts may not be successful due to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, our ability to:
•Attract a new customer base, including in industries in which we have less experience;
•Successfully develop new sales and marketing strategies to meet customer requirements;
•Accurately predict, prepare for and promptly respond to technological developments in new fields;
•Compete with new and existing competitors;
•Balance our investment in adjacent markets with investment in our existing products and services; and
•Attract and retain employees with expertise in new fields.
Difficulties in any of our new product development efforts or our efforts to enter adjacent markets, including as a result of delays or disruptions, or export control or other trade and investment restrictions, could adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.
We may have to invest more resources in research and development than anticipated, which could increase our operating expenses and negatively affect our operating results.
We devote substantial resources to research and development. We may be required to invest significantly greater resources than anticipated due to certain competitive factors, including, among others, the emergence of new competitors, technological advances in the semiconductor industry or by competitors, our acquisitions or our entry into new markets. If we are required to invest significantly greater resources than anticipated without a corresponding increase in revenue, our operating results could decline. If customers reduce or slow the need to upgrade or enhance their product offerings, our revenue and operating results may be adversely affected. Additionally, our periodic research and development expenses may be independent of our level of revenue, which could negatively impact our financial results. New products may not adequately address the changing needs of the marketplace. New software products may contain undetected errors, defects or vulnerabilities. The occurrence of any defects or errors in our products could result in lost or delayed market acceptance and sales of our products, delays in payment by customers, loss of customers or market share, product returns, damage to our reputation, diversion of our resources, increased service and warranty expenses or financial concessions, increased insurance costs and potential liability for damages. Finally, there can be no guarantee that our research and development investments will result in products that create additional revenue.
Product errors or defects could expose us to liability and harm our reputation and we could lose market share.
Software products frequently contain errors or defects, especially when first introduced, when new versions are released, or when integrated with technologies developed by acquired companies. Product errors, including those resulting from third-party suppliers, could affect the performance or interoperability of our products, could delay the development or release of new products or new versions of products and could adversely affect market acceptance or perception of our products. In addition, any allegations of manufacturability issues resulting from use of our IP products could, even if untrue, adversely affect our reputation and our customers’ willingness to license IP products from us. Any such errors or delays in releasing new products or new versions of products or allegations of unsatisfactory performance could cause us to lose customers, increase our service costs, subject us to liability for damages and divert our resources from other tasks, any one of which could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.
Our hardware products, which primarily consist of prototyping and emulation systems, subject us to distinct risks.
The growth in sales of our hardware products subjects us to risks, including, but not limited to:
•Delays in production and delivery of our hardware products, including due to, among other things, difficulty scaling production capacity and yield to meet customer demand, or a dependence on a sole supplier for certain hardware products, which may reduce our control over product availability, quality and pricing;
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•Increasingly variable revenue and less predictable revenue forecasts, due to fluctuations in hardware revenue, which is recognized upfront upon shipment, as opposed to most sales of software products for which revenue is recognized over time;
•Potential reductions in overall margins, as the gross margin for our hardware products, is typically lower than those of our software products and may be subject to certain trade regulation, including tariffs;
•Longer sales cycles, which create risks of insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory and variations in inventory valuation, which can adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition;
•Decreases or delays in customer purchases in favor of next-generation releases or competitive products, which may lead to excess or obsolete inventory or require us to discount our older hardware products;
•Longer warranty periods than those of our software products, which may require us to replace hardware components under warranty, thus increasing our costs; and
•Potential impacts on our supply chain, including the factors creating an uncertain macroeconomic environment, as described above.
If we do not manage these risks related to our hardware products, our business and operating results would be harmed.
From time to time, we are subject to claims that our products infringe on third-party intellectual property rights.
We are from time to time subject to claims alleging our infringement of third-party intellectual property rights, including patent rights. Under our customer agreements and other license agreements, we agree in many cases to indemnify our customers if our products are alleged to infringe on a third party’s intellectual property rights. Infringement claims have in the past and could in the future result in costly and time-consuming litigation, require us to enter into royalty arrangements, subject us to damages or injunctions restricting our sale of products, invalidate a patent or family of patents, require us to refund license fees to our customers or to forgo future payments, or require us to redesign certain of our products, any one of which could harm our business and operating results.
We may not be able to continue to obtain licenses to third-party software and intellectual property on reasonable terms or at all, which may disrupt our business and harm our financial results.
We license third-party software and other intellectual property for use in product research and development and, in several instances, for inclusion in our products. We also license third-party software, including the software of our competitors, to test the interoperability of our products with other industry products and in connection with our professional services. These licenses may need to be renegotiated or renewed from time to time, or we may need to obtain new licenses in the future. Third parties may stop adequately supporting or maintaining their technology, or they or their technology may be acquired by our competitors. If we are unable to obtain licenses to these third-party software and intellectual property on reasonable terms or at all, we may not be able to sell the affected products, our customers’ use of the products may be interrupted, or our product development processes and professional services offerings may be disrupted, which could in turn harm our financial results, our customers, and our reputation.
The inclusion of third-party intellectual property in our products can also subject us and our customers to infringement claims. We may not be able to sufficiently limit our potential liability contractually. Regardless of outcome, infringement claims may require us to use significant resources and may divert management’s attention from the operation of our business.
Some of our products and technology, including those we acquire, have in the past and may in the future include software licensed under open source licenses. Some open source licenses could require us, under certain circumstances, to make available or grant licenses to any modifications or derivative works we create based on the open source software. The risks associated with open source usage may not be eliminated despite our best efforts and may, if not properly addressed, result in unanticipated obligations that harm our business.
Our significant debt may limit our financial flexibility.
We have incurred a substantial amount of debt in connection with the Ansys Merger, including the Senior Notes. Accordingly, as of January 31, 2026, we had approximately $10.0 billion of total debt.
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Our substantial indebtedness could have adverse effects on our business, operating results and financial condition, including, among other things:
•increasing our vulnerability to changing economic, regulatory and industry conditions;
•limiting our ability to compete and our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry;
•placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors with less indebtedness;
•increasing our interest expense and potentially requiring us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our debt, thereby reducing the availability of cash to fund our business needs;
•limiting our ability to return equity through our stock repurchase program or pay dividends to our stockholders; and
•limiting our ability to borrow additional funds in the future to fund growth, acquisitions, working capital, capital expenditures or other purposes.
Our ability to make scheduled payments of the principal of, to pay interest on, or to refinance our indebtedness will depend on, among other factors, our financial position and performance as well as prevailing market conditions and other factors beyond our control. We may not continue to generate cash flow from operations in the future sufficient to service our debt and make necessary capital expenditures and meet other liquidity needs. If we are unable to generate such cash flow, we may be required to adopt one or more alternatives, such as selling assets, restructuring debt or obtaining additional equity capital or debt refinancing on terms that may be onerous. We may not be able to engage in any of these activities or engage in these activities on desirable terms, which could result in a default on our debt obligations, which, if not cured or waived, could accelerate the repayment obligations under all of our outstanding debt, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition.
In addition, the level and quality of our earnings, operations, business and management, among other things, will impact the determination of our credit ratings by credit rating agencies. A decrease in the ratings assigned to us may negatively impact our access to the debt capital markets and increase our cost of borrowing. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain any future required financing on acceptable terms, if at all. In addition, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain the current credit worthiness or prospective credit rating of the combined company. Any actual or anticipated changes, or adverse conditions in the debt capital markets, could:
•adversely affect the trading price of, or market for, our debt securities;
•increase interest expense under our credit facilities;
•increase the cost of, and adversely affect our ability to refinance, our existing debt; and
•adversely affect our ability to raise additional debt.
The covenants contained in the agreements governing our indebtedness may impose restrictions on us and certain of our subsidiaries that may affect our ability to operate our businesses.
The agreements that govern our indebtedness contain various affirmative and negative covenants. The indenture governing the Senior Notes also contains various affirmative and negative covenants. Such covenants, subject to certain significant exceptions, restrict our ability and the ability of certain of our subsidiaries to, among other things, engage in mergers, consolidations and acquisitions, grant liens, enter into certain sale and leaseback transactions and incur debt at subsidiaries. Our ability to comply with these provisions may be affected by events beyond our control. Failure to comply with these covenants could result in an event of default, which, if not cured or waived, could accelerate repayment obligations under all of our outstanding debt, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition.
Legal and Regulatory Risks
Changes in tax laws and regulations or interpretations thereof, or any change in the application of existing laws and regulations may adversely affect our effective tax rates and financial results.
Our operations are subject to taxation in the U.S. and in multiple foreign jurisdictions. Tax laws in these jurisdictions are subject to change as new laws or regulations are passed or new interpretations are made available. Changes in
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tax law, regulations or interpretation could have a material adverse impact on our tax expense and our financial position and cash flows. For additional details on developments in tax laws and regulations applicable to us, see Note 18. Income Taxes of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report under the heading "Legislative Developments."
We have a wide range of statutory tax rates in the multiple jurisdictions in which we operate. Changes in our geographical earnings mix, including those resulting from our intercompany transfer pricing or from changes in the rules governing transfer pricing, could materially impact our effective tax rate. In addition, we maintain significant deferred tax assets related to certain tax credits and capitalized research and development expenditures. Our ability to use these deferred tax assets is dependent upon having sufficient future taxable income in the relevant jurisdiction. Changes to tax laws and regulations, and changes in our forecasts of future income could result in an adjustment to the deferred tax asset and a related charge to earnings that could materially affect our financial results.
Our income and non-income tax filings are subject to review and audit by the Internal Revenue Service and state, local and foreign taxing authorities. We exercise significant judgment in determining our worldwide provision for income taxes and, in the ordinary course of our business, there may be transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. We may also be liable for potential tax liabilities of businesses we acquire. The final determination in an audit may be materially different than the treatment reflected in our historical income tax provisions and accruals. An assessment of additional taxes could adversely affect tax expense and materially affect our financial results. For further discussion on our ongoing audits, see Note 18. Income Taxes of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report under the heading "Non-U.S. Examinations."
Our business is subject to evolving corporate governance and public disclosure regulations and expectations that could expose us to numerous risks.
We are subject to changing rules and regulations promulgated by a number of governmental and self-regulatory organizations, including, among others, the SEC, the Nasdaq Stock Market, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, other federal agencies, states and the international governing bodies such as the European Union. These rules and regulations continue to evolve in scope and complexity making compliance difficult and uncertain. Changing rules and regulations as well as customer, employee and stakeholder expectations have resulted in, and are likely to continue to result in, increased general and administrative expenses and increased management time and attention spent complying with or meeting such regulations and expectations. For example, developing and acting on evolving sustainability reporting standards, including California's climate-related disclosure laws and the European Union's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, as well as customer requirements, may be costly, difficult and time consuming. We may also communicate certain initiatives and goals regarding environmental matters, human capital matters, responsible sourcing, social investments and other responsible business matters in our public disclosures. These initiatives and goals could be difficult and expensive to implement, the technologies needed to implement them may not be cost effective and may not advance at a sufficient pace, and ensuring the accuracy, adequacy, or completeness of the disclosure of our responsible initiatives can be costly, difficult and time consuming. Further, statements about our responsible business initiatives and goals, and progress against those goals, may be based on standards for measuring progress that are still developing, internal controls and processes that continue to evolve, and assumptions that are subject to change. We could also face scrutiny from certain stakeholders, regulators or authorities for the scope or nature of such initiatives or goals, or for any revisions to these goals. If our data, processes and reporting are incomplete or inaccurate, or if we fail to achieve progress with respect to these goals on a timely basis, or at all, our business, financial performance and growth could be adversely affected.
We and our directors or officers are subject to litigation proceedings that are expensive and could divert management attention and harm our business.
We and our directors or officers are subject to legal claims or regulatory matters involving stockholder, consumer, employment, customer, supplier, competition and other issues on a global basis. Litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and unfavorable rulings could occur. An unfavorable ruling could include monetary damages or, in cases for which injunctive relief is sought, an injunction prohibiting us from manufacturing or selling one or more products. If we were to receive an unfavorable ruling on a matter, our business and operating results could be materially harmed.
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For example, we and our directors and officers are currently named as defendants 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. The market price of our common stock is or may be volatile. In the past, companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been subject to securities class action litigation.
In addition, certain of our directors and officers may be involved in ongoing securities or other lawsuits, including in
the context of their roles with other public companies, and our directors or officers may in the future become
involved in such litigation. Securities litigation, including the cost to defend against, and any potential adverse
outcome resulting from any such proceeding, can be expensive, time-consuming, damage our reputation and divert
our management’s and board of directors’ attention from other business concerns, which could seriously harm our
business. As noted above, in 2025, shareholder class action complaints were filed against Synopsys and certain of our current directors and officers. The complaints allege, among other matters, that certain material misstatements or omissions related to the performance of our Design IP segment were made in violation of federal securities laws. There is no guarantee that we will be successful in our efforts to defend against these complaints. Further information regarding certain of these matters is contained in Part II, Item 1, Legal Proceedings of this Quarterly Report.
General Risks
Catastrophic events and the effects of climate change, pandemics or other unexpected events may disrupt our business and harm our operating results.
Due to the global nature of our business, our operating results may be negatively impacted by catastrophic events and the effects of climate change, pandemics or other unexpected events throughout the world. We rely on a global network of infrastructure applications, enterprise applications and technology systems for our development, marketing, operational, support and sales activities. A disruption or failure of these systems in the event of a major earthquake, fire, extreme temperatures, drought, flood, telecommunications failure, cybersecurity attack, terrorist attack, epidemic or pandemic, or other catastrophic or climate change-related events could cause system interruptions, delays in our product development and loss of critical data and could prevent us from fulfilling our customers’ orders. In particular, our sales and infrastructure are vulnerable to regional or worldwide health conditions, including the effects of the outbreak of contagious diseases, such as the government-imposed restrictions that curtailed global economic activity and caused substantial volatility in global financial markets during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, our corporate headquarters, a significant portion of our research and development activities, our data centers, and certain other critical business operations are located in California, near major earthquake faults and sites of recent wildfires, which may become more frequent, along with other extreme weather events, due to climate change. A catastrophic event or other extreme weather event that results in the destruction or disruption of our data centers or our critical business or IT systems would severely affect our ability to conduct normal business operations and, as a result, our operating results would be adversely affected.
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| Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds | |||||||
(a) Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
On January 23, 2026, we issued 1,468 shares of our common stock as consideration for earnout amounts payable to certain sellers in a prior acquisition by Ansys of all the outstanding shares of the acquired company. The offer, sale and issuance of these securities were not registered and were made in reliance on the private offering exemption of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and the private offering safe harbor provision of Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
(c) Stock Repurchases
The table below sets forth information regarding our repurchases of our common stock during the three months ended January 31, 2026:
| Period | Total number of shares purchased | Average price paid per share | Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced programs | Maximum approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the programs(1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Month #1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
November 1, 2025 through November 30, 2025 | — | $ | — | — | $ | 194,276,393 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Month #2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
December 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025 | — | $ | — | — | $ | 194,276,393 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Month #3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
January 1, 2026 through January 31, 2026 | — | $ | — | — | $ | 194,276,393 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | — | $ | — | — | $ | 194,276,393 | ||||||||||||||||||||
(1) In fiscal 2022, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program (the Program) with authorization to purchase up to $1.5 billion of our common stock. As of January 31, 2026, $194.3 million remained available for future repurchases under the Program. In February 2026, the Board approved a replenishment of the Program with authorization to purchase up to $2.0 billion.
See Note 13. Stock Repurchase Program of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report for more information on the Program.
| Item 5. | Other Information | |||||||
Insider Adoption or Termination of Trading Arrangements
None of our directors or officers informed us of the adoption, modification or termination of a "Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement" or "non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement" (as those terms are defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K) during the quarterly period covered by this report, except as described in the table below:
| Name and Title | Action | Date Adopted | Character of Trading Arrangement(1) | Aggregate Number of Common Stock to be Purchased or Sold Pursuant to Trading Arrangement | Expiration Date(2) | ||||||||||||
Shelagh Glaser | Adoption | 1/13/2026 | Rule 10b5-1 Trading Arrangement | Up to 11,085 shares to be sold | 12/31/2026 | ||||||||||||
Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||||||||
Rick Mahoney | Termination(3) | 9/13/2024 | Rule 10b5-1 Trading Arrangement | (4) | 1/16/2026 | ||||||||||||
Former Chief Revenue Officer | |||||||||||||||||
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(1)Except as indicated by footnote, each trading arrangement marked as a “Rule 10b5-1 Trading Arrangement” is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5-1(c), as amended (the Rule).
(2)Except as indicated by footnote, each trading arrangement permitted or permits transactions through and including the earlier to occur of (a) the completion of all purchases or sales or (b) the date listed in the table. Each trading arrangement marked as a “Rule 10b5-1 Trading Arrangement” only permitted or only permits transactions upon expiration of the applicable mandatory cooling-off period under the Rule.
(3)Terminated as of November 11, 2025.
(4)For additional details about the material terms of this arrangement, refer to the description under the heading "Insider Adoption or Termination of Trading Arrangements" contained in Part II, Item 9B, Other Information of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2024, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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| Item 6. | Exhibits | |||||||
| Exhibit Number | Incorporated By Reference | Filed Herewith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibit Description | Form | File No. | Exhibit | Filing Date | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3.1 | 10-Q | 000-19807 | 3.1 | 9/15/2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3.2 | 8-K | 000-19807 | 3.1 | 3/25/2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.1 | Specimen Common Stock Certificate | S-1 | 33-45138 | 4.3 | 2/24/1992 (effective date) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10.1* | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31.1 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31.2 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32.1+ | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 101 | The following financial statements from Synopsys' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2026, formatted in Inline XBRL: (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of January 31, 2026 and October 31, 2025, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the Three Months Ended January 31, 2026 and January 31, 2025, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three Months Ended January 31, 2026 and January 31, 2025, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity at January 31, 2026 and January 31, 2025, (v) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended January 31, 2026 and January 31, 2025 and (vi) the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text and including detailed tags | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Indicates a management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement.
+ This exhibit is furnished with this Quarterly Report and is not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not incorporated by reference in any filing of Synopsys, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as
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amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| SYNOPSYS, INC. | ||||||||
| Date: February 25, 2026 | By: | /s/ SHELAGH GLASER | ||||||
| Shelagh Glaser Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | ||||||||
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