Is it safe?
Can SNPS take a bad year?
Synopsys, Inc. carries $6.43B of net debt at 3.19× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.
$6.43B
Net debt · as at Q3 2026 · between two and four years of EBITDA, normal for a stable business
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 3.19×
Net debt / EBITDA · 9.04× a year ago · the load is coming down
- Altman Z-score
- 3.24
Altman Z-score · safe zone, above 3
- Interest cover
- 1.29×
Interest cover · operating profit barely covers the interest bill
Details›
- Total debtQ3 2026
- $10.0B
- Cash and short-term investments
- $3.61B
- Net debt
- $6.43B
- EBITDA, trailing twelve months
- $2.01B
- Operating profit, trailing twelve months
- $802M
- Debt / equity
- 0.32×
- Total debt / EBITDA
- 4.99×
- Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
- 50%
- Worst drawdown on file
- −42%
- Below its 52-week high
- 37%
Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.
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