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Synopsys Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS)

Analysis of Short-term (Operating) Activity Ratios

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Short-term Activity Ratios (Summary)

Synopsys Inc., short-term (operating) activity ratios

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Oct 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2019 Oct 31, 2018
Turnover Ratios
Inventory turnover 3.75 5.02 3.76 4.13 5.32 6.01
Receivables turnover 6.17 6.38 7.40 4.72 6.07 5.63
Payables turnover 7.84 28.30 31.44 26.49 38.00 8.65
Working capital turnover 13.12 21.34 10.65 9.00
Average No. Days
Average inventory processing period 97 73 97 88 69 61
Add: Average receivable collection period 59 57 49 77 60 65
Operating cycle 156 130 146 165 129 126
Less: Average payables payment period 47 13 12 14 10 42
Cash conversion cycle 109 117 134 151 119 84

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-10-31).

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Inventory turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by inventory. Synopsys Inc. inventory turnover ratio improved from 2021 to 2022 but then deteriorated significantly from 2022 to 2023.
Receivables turnover An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. Synopsys Inc. receivables turnover ratio deteriorated from 2021 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023.
Payables turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. Synopsys Inc. payables turnover ratio decreased from 2021 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023.
Working capital turnover An activity ratio calculated as revenue divided by working capital. Synopsys Inc. working capital turnover ratio improved from 2021 to 2022 but then slightly deteriorated from 2022 to 2023 not reaching 2021 level.

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average inventory processing period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by inventory turnover over the period.
Average receivable collection period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by receivables turnover. Synopsys Inc. number of days of receivables outstanding deteriorated from 2021 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023.
Operating cycle Equal to average inventory processing period plus average receivables collection period. Synopsys Inc. operating cycle improved from 2021 to 2022 but then deteriorated significantly from 2022 to 2023.
Average payables payment period An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period. Synopsys Inc. number of days of payables outstanding increased from 2021 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023.
Cash conversion cycle A financial metric that measures the length of time required for a company to convert cash invested in its operations to cash received as a result of its operations; equal to average inventory processing period plus average receivables collection period minus average payables payment period. Synopsys Inc. cash conversion cycle improved from 2021 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023.

Inventory Turnover

Synopsys Inc., inventory turnover calculation, comparison to benchmarks

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Oct 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2019 Oct 31, 2018
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Cost of revenue 1,222,193 1,063,697 861,777 794,690 752,946 735,898
Inventories 325,590 211,927 229,023 192,333 141,518 122,407
Short-term Activity Ratio
Inventory turnover1 3.75 5.02 3.76 4.13 5.32 6.01
Benchmarks
Inventory Turnover, Competitors2
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 2.39 2.90 2.65 4.02 4.77
International Business Machines Corp. 23.74 17.94 15.68 20.69 25.11
Microsoft Corp. 26.35 16.74 19.81 24.32 20.80
Oracle Corp. 45.52 28.27 55.32 37.62 24.98
Inventory Turnover, Sector
Software & Services 38.24 26.63 27.97 31.64 31.12
Inventory Turnover, Industry
Information Technology 7.40 8.17 9.78 10.43 10.62

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-10-31).

1 2023 Calculation
Inventory turnover = Cost of revenue ÷ Inventories
= 1,222,193 ÷ 325,590 = 3.75

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Inventory turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by inventory. Synopsys Inc. inventory turnover ratio improved from 2021 to 2022 but then deteriorated significantly from 2022 to 2023.

Receivables Turnover

Synopsys Inc., receivables turnover calculation, comparison to benchmarks

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Oct 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2019 Oct 31, 2018
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Revenue 5,842,619 5,081,542 4,204,193 3,685,281 3,360,694 3,121,058
Accounts receivable, net 946,967 796,091 568,501 780,709 553,895 554,217
Short-term Activity Ratio
Receivables turnover1 6.17 6.38 7.40 4.72 6.07 5.63
Benchmarks
Receivables Turnover, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 6.00 5.87 5.74 6.16 5.79
Adobe Inc. 8.73 8.53 8.41 9.20 7.28 6.86
Autodesk Inc. 5.21 6.13 5.89 5.02 5.42
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 8.36 7.32 8.85 7.93 7.67
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 3.58 3.94 3.66 2.92
International Business Machines Corp. 8.57 9.25 8.49 10.32 9.80
Intuit Inc. 35.48 28.53 24.64 51.54 77.98
Microsoft Corp. 4.35 4.48 4.42 4.47 4.26
Oracle Corp. 7.22 7.13 7.48 7.04 7.69
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 2.80 2.57 3.43 3.29 4.98
Salesforce Inc. 2.92 2.72 2.73 2.77 2.70
ServiceNow Inc. 4.41 4.20 4.24 4.48 4.14
Receivables Turnover, Sector
Software & Services 5.15 5.21 5.24 5.59 5.59
Receivables Turnover, Industry
Information Technology 7.37 7.42 7.55 8.00 7.59

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-10-31).

1 2023 Calculation
Receivables turnover = Revenue ÷ Accounts receivable, net
= 5,842,619 ÷ 946,967 = 6.17

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Receivables turnover An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. Synopsys Inc. receivables turnover ratio deteriorated from 2021 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023.

Payables Turnover

Synopsys Inc., payables turnover calculation, comparison to benchmarks

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Oct 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2019 Oct 31, 2018
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Cost of revenue 1,222,193 1,063,697 861,777 794,690 752,946 735,898
Accounts payable 155,891 37,580 27,413 30,003 19,815 85,046
Short-term Activity Ratio
Payables turnover1 7.84 28.30 31.44 26.49 38.00 8.65
Benchmarks
Payables Turnover, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 17.41 16.37 15.03 22.48 18.16
Adobe Inc. 7.50 5.71 5.98 5.63 7.98 6.42
Autodesk Inc. 4.71 3.46 2.75 3.88 2.81
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 4.77 7.89
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 13.25 8.05 19.03 105.30
International Business Machines Corp. 6.67 6.87 6.54 7.75 8.30
Intuit Inc. 4.93 3.26 2.70 4.52 4.26
Microsoft Corp. 3.64 3.30 3.44 3.68 4.57
Oracle Corp. 11.27 6.74 10.54 12.46 13.78
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 14.43 13.43 22.41 15.72 11.03
Salesforce Inc.
ServiceNow Inc. 15.25 5.74 15.20 28.83 15.04
Payables Turnover, Sector
Software & Services 6.20 5.52 5.71 6.58 7.58
Payables Turnover, Industry
Information Technology 4.87 4.54 4.99 5.35 5.27

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-10-31).

1 2023 Calculation
Payables turnover = Cost of revenue ÷ Accounts payable
= 1,222,193 ÷ 155,891 = 7.84

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Payables turnover An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. Synopsys Inc. payables turnover ratio decreased from 2021 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023.

Working Capital Turnover

Synopsys Inc., working capital turnover calculation, comparison to benchmarks

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Oct 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2019 Oct 31, 2018
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Current assets 3,430,624 3,012,669 2,808,341 2,549,217 1,738,917 1,543,797
Less: Current liabilities 2,985,451 2,774,499 2,413,484 2,139,922 1,752,453 2,102,415
Working capital 445,173 238,170 394,857 409,295 (13,536) (558,618)
 
Revenue 5,842,619 5,081,542 4,204,193 3,685,281 3,360,694 3,121,058
Short-term Activity Ratio
Working capital turnover1 13.12 21.34 10.65 9.00
Benchmarks
Working Capital Turnover, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 11.93 15.07 12.77 8.71 9.85
Adobe Inc. 6.85 20.28 9.09 4.89 16.24
Autodesk Inc.
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 10.61 9.92 4.01 3.94 4.70
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 1.46 1.25 0.61 0.71
International Business Machines Corp. 107.30
Intuit Inc. 8.13 8.98 3.85 1.73 4.17
Microsoft Corp. 2.65 2.66 1.76 1.30 1.19
Oracle Corp. 3.50 1.29 1.12 1.42
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 1.40 1.80
Salesforce Inc. 62.21 24.95 5.11 15.29
ServiceNow Inc. 21.77 11.16 21.76 5.76 46.69
Working Capital Turnover, Sector
Software & Services 5.54 4.91 2.81 2.20 2.37
Working Capital Turnover, Industry
Information Technology 5.24 5.71 3.86 2.86 3.06

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-10-31).

1 2023 Calculation
Working capital turnover = Revenue ÷ Working capital
= 5,842,619 ÷ 445,173 = 13.12

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Working capital turnover An activity ratio calculated as revenue divided by working capital. Synopsys Inc. working capital turnover ratio improved from 2021 to 2022 but then slightly deteriorated from 2022 to 2023 not reaching 2021 level.

Average Inventory Processing Period

Synopsys Inc., average inventory processing period calculation, comparison to benchmarks

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Oct 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2019 Oct 31, 2018
Selected Financial Data
Inventory turnover 3.75 5.02 3.76 4.13 5.32 6.01
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average inventory processing period1 97 73 97 88 69 61
Benchmarks (no. days)
Average Inventory Processing Period, Competitors2
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 152 126 138 91 76
International Business Machines Corp. 15 20 23 18 15
Microsoft Corp. 14 22 18 15 18
Oracle Corp. 8 13 7 10 15
Average Inventory Processing Period, Sector
Software & Services 10 14 13 12 12
Average Inventory Processing Period, Industry
Information Technology 49 45 37 35 34

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-10-31).

1 2023 Calculation
Average inventory processing period = 365 ÷ Inventory turnover
= 365 ÷ 3.75 = 97

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average inventory processing period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by inventory turnover over the period.

Average Receivable Collection Period

Synopsys Inc., average receivable collection period calculation, comparison to benchmarks

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Oct 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2019 Oct 31, 2018
Selected Financial Data
Receivables turnover 6.17 6.38 7.40 4.72 6.07 5.63
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average receivable collection period1 59 57 49 77 60 65
Benchmarks (no. days)
Average Receivable Collection Period, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 61 62 64 59 63
Adobe Inc. 42 43 43 40 50 53
Autodesk Inc. 70 60 62 73 67
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 44 50 41 46 48
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 102 93 100 125
International Business Machines Corp. 43 39 43 35 37
Intuit Inc. 10 13 15 7 5
Microsoft Corp. 84 81 83 82 86
Oracle Corp. 51 51 49 52 47
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 130 142 106 111 73
Salesforce Inc. 125 134 134 132 135
ServiceNow Inc. 83 87 86 82 88
Average Receivable Collection Period, Sector
Software & Services 71 70 70 65 65
Average Receivable Collection Period, Industry
Information Technology 50 49 48 46 48

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-10-31).

1 2023 Calculation
Average receivable collection period = 365 ÷ Receivables turnover
= 365 ÷ 6.17 = 59

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average receivable collection period An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by receivables turnover. Synopsys Inc. number of days of receivables outstanding deteriorated from 2021 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023.

Operating Cycle

Synopsys Inc., operating cycle calculation, comparison to benchmarks

No. days

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Oct 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2019 Oct 31, 2018
Selected Financial Data
Average inventory processing period 97 73 97 88 69 61
Average receivable collection period 59 57 49 77 60 65
Short-term Activity Ratio
Operating cycle1 156 130 146 165 129 126
Benchmarks
Operating Cycle, Competitors2
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 196 176 179 137 124
International Business Machines Corp. 58 59 66 53 52
Microsoft Corp. 98 103 101 97 104
Oracle Corp. 59 64 56 62 62
Operating Cycle, Sector
Software & Services 81 84 83 77 77
Operating Cycle, Industry
Information Technology 99 94 85 81 82

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-10-31).

1 2023 Calculation
Operating cycle = Average inventory processing period + Average receivable collection period
= 97 + 59 = 156

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Operating cycle Equal to average inventory processing period plus average receivables collection period. Synopsys Inc. operating cycle improved from 2021 to 2022 but then deteriorated significantly from 2022 to 2023.

Average Payables Payment Period

Synopsys Inc., average payables payment period calculation, comparison to benchmarks

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Oct 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2019 Oct 31, 2018
Selected Financial Data
Payables turnover 7.84 28.30 31.44 26.49 38.00 8.65
Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days)
Average payables payment period1 47 13 12 14 10 42
Benchmarks (no. days)
Average Payables Payment Period, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 21 22 24 16 20
Adobe Inc. 49 64 61 65 46 57
Autodesk Inc. 78 105 133 94 130
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 77 46
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 28 45 19 3
International Business Machines Corp. 55 53 56 47 44
Intuit Inc. 74 112 135 81 86
Microsoft Corp. 100 111 106 99 80
Oracle Corp. 32 54 35 29 26
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 25 27 16 23 33
Salesforce Inc.
ServiceNow Inc. 24 64 24 13 24
Average Payables Payment Period, Sector
Software & Services 59 66 64 55 48
Average Payables Payment Period, Industry
Information Technology 75 80 73 68 69

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-10-31).

1 2023 Calculation
Average payables payment period = 365 ÷ Payables turnover
= 365 ÷ 7.84 = 47

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Average payables payment period An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period. Synopsys Inc. number of days of payables outstanding increased from 2021 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023.

Cash Conversion Cycle

Synopsys Inc., cash conversion cycle calculation, comparison to benchmarks

No. days

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Oct 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2019 Oct 31, 2018
Selected Financial Data
Average inventory processing period 97 73 97 88 69 61
Average receivable collection period 59 57 49 77 60 65
Average payables payment period 47 13 12 14 10 42
Short-term Activity Ratio
Cash conversion cycle1 109 117 134 151 119 84
Benchmarks
Cash Conversion Cycle, Competitors2
Cadence Design Systems Inc. 119 130
International Business Machines Corp. 3 6 10 6 8
Microsoft Corp. -2 -8 -5 -2 24
Oracle Corp. 27 10 21 33 36
Cash Conversion Cycle, Sector
Software & Services 22 18 19 22 29
Cash Conversion Cycle, Industry
Information Technology 24 14 12 13 13

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-10-31).

1 2023 Calculation
Cash conversion cycle = Average inventory processing period + Average receivable collection period – Average payables payment period
= 97 + 5947 = 109

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Short-term activity ratio Description The company
Cash conversion cycle A financial metric that measures the length of time required for a company to convert cash invested in its operations to cash received as a result of its operations; equal to average inventory processing period plus average receivables collection period minus average payables payment period. Synopsys Inc. cash conversion cycle improved from 2021 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023.