By Rob Otman
Synopsys (Nasdaq: SNPS) is a $12 billion company today. Investors that bought shares one year ago are sitting on a 54.54% total return. That’s above the S&P 500’s return of 18.65%.
Synopsys stock is beating the market, and it reports earnings tomorrow. But does that make it a good buy today? To answer this question we’ve turned to the Investment U Stock Grader. Our research team built this system to diagnose the financial health of a company.
Our system looks at six key metrics…
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Earnings-per-Share (EPS) Growth: Synopsys reported a recent EPS growth rate of 46.15%. That’s above the software industry average of 33.37%. That’s a great sign. Synopsys Inc’s earnings growth is outpacing competitors.
Price-to-Earnings (P/E): The average price-to-earnings ratio of the software industry is 72.33. And Synopsys’s ratio comes in at 36.01. It’s trading at a better value than many of its competitors.
Debt-to-Equity: The debt-to-equity ratio for Synopsys stock is 9.61. That’s below the software industry average of 76.9. The company is less leveraged.
Free Cash Flow per Share Growth: Synopsys’s FCF has been higher than its competitors over the last year. That’s good for investors. In general, if a company is growing its FCF, it will be able to pay down debt, buy back stock, pay out more in dividends and/or invest money back into the business to help boost growth. It’s one of our most important fundamental factors.
Profit Margins: The profit margin of Synopsys comes in at 13.26% today. And generally, the higher, the better. We also like to see this margin above that of its competitors. Synopsys’s profit margin is above the software average of 10.21%. So that’s a positive indicator for investors.
Return on Equity: Return on equity gives us a look at the amount of net income returned to shareholders. The ROE for Synopsys is 9.29%, and that’s above its industry average ROE of 9.11%.
Synopsys stock passes six of our six key metrics today. That’s why our Investment U Stock Grader rates it as a strong buy.
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