Synopsys Posts Financial Results for Q1 Fiscal Year 2026

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Synopsys, Inc. reported results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2026. Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $2.409 billion, compared to $1.455 billion for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025.

"Synopsys enters 2026 with an expanded portfolio, leadership positions across the business, and the most compelling roadmap in our history," said Sassine Ghazi, president and CEO of Synopsys. "AI continues to fuel robust system-level and semiconductor R&D, and the increasing AI capabilities throughout our portfolio strengthen our strategic advantage and accelerate our customers' innovation."

"First quarter results reflect strong execution and financial discipline across the business. We achieved revenue at the upper end of our guided range and non-GAAP EPS above guidance," said Shelagh Glaser, CFO of Synopsys. "We're positioning the company to capture an expanded market opportunity as we solve customers' toughest engineering challenges from silicon to systems."

In addition, today Synopsys announced that its board of directors approved a replenishment of the company's existing stock repurchase program with authorization to purchase up to $2.0 billion of Synopsys common stock.

GAAP Results

On a U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis, net income for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $65.0 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, compared to $295.7 million, or $1.89 per diluted share, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025.

Non-GAAP Results

On a non-GAAP basis, net income for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $718.5 million, or $3.77 per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net income of $473.2 million, or $3.03 per diluted share, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025.

For a reconciliation of net income, earnings per diluted share and other measures on a GAAP and non-GAAP basis, see "GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation" in the accompanying tables below.

Business Segments

Synopsys reports revenue and operating income in two 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 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.