Autodesk vs Synopsys
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The short version
- Autodesk is the larger business, with $7.2B of revenue in fiscal 2026 against $7.1B for Synopsys.
- Autodesk grew revenue faster (17.5%, against 15.1%).
- Autodesk kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (21.9% operating margin, against 13.0%).
- Autodesk turned more of its sales into free cash flow (33.4% FCF margin, against 19.1%).
- Autodesk earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (37.0%, against 4.0%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Synopsys’s earnings: a P/E of 75.2x against 32.7x for Autodesk.
| Latest fiscal year | ADSK · FY26 | SNPS · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $53.2B | $82.7B |
| Revenue | $7.2B | $7.1B |
| Free cash flow | $2.4B | $1.3B |
| Net income | $1.1B | $1.3B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 17.5% | 15.1% |
| 5-year growth | 13.7% | 13.9% |
| Share count change | −0.9% | 6.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 91.0% | 77.0% |
| Operating margin | 21.9% | 13.0% |
| Net margin | 15.6% | 18.9% |
| FCF margin | 33.4% | 19.1% |
| Return on capital | 37.0% | 4.0% |
| Return on equity | 39.7% | 7.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$97.0M | $10.5B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.1x | 6.7x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.4B | $0.0M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 32.7x | 75.2x |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 3 |
Revenue
FY17
ADSK $2.0B
SNPS $2.7B
FY18
ADSK $2.1B
SNPS $3.1B
FY19
ADSK $2.6B
SNPS $3.4B
FY20
ADSK $3.3B
SNPS $3.7B
FY21
ADSK $3.8B
SNPS $4.2B
FY22
ADSK $4.4B
SNPS $5.1B
FY23
ADSK $5.0B
SNPS $5.3B
FY24
ADSK $5.5B
SNPS $6.1B
FY25
ADSK $6.1B
SNPS $7.1B
FY26
ADSK $7.2B
SNPS —
ADSK
SNPS
Operating margin
FY17
ADSK −24.6%
SNPS 12.8%
FY18
ADSK −24.8%
SNPS 11.5%
FY19
ADSK −1.0%
SNPS 15.5%
FY20
ADSK 10.5%
SNPS 16.8%
FY21
ADSK 16.6%
SNPS 17.5%
FY22
ADSK 14.1%
SNPS 22.6%
FY23
ADSK 19.8%
SNPS 23.9%
FY24
ADSK 20.5%
SNPS 22.1%
FY25
ADSK 22.1%
SNPS 13.0%
FY26
ADSK 21.9%
SNPS —
ADSK
SNPS
Free cash flow
FY17
ADSK $93.7M
SNPS $562M
FY18
ADSK −$49.8M
SNPS $325M
FY19
ADSK $310M
SNPS $602M
FY20
ADSK $1.4B
SNPS $837M
FY21
ADSK $1.3B
SNPS $1.4B
FY22
ADSK $1.5B
SNPS $1.6B
FY23
ADSK $2.0B
SNPS $1.5B
FY24
ADSK $1.3B
SNPS $1.3B
FY25
ADSK $1.6B
SNPS $1.3B
FY26
ADSK $2.4B
SNPS —
ADSK
SNPS
Return on capital
FY17
ADSK —
SNPS 7.8%
FY18
ADSK —
SNPS 13.7%
FY19
ADSK −4.3%
SNPS 16.0%
FY20
ADSK —
SNPS 17.1%
FY21
ADSK —
SNPS 18.4%
FY22
ADSK 42.2%
SNPS 26.0%
FY23
ADSK 55.4%
SNPS 27.7%
FY24
ADSK 54.8%
SNPS 26.5%
FY25
ADSK 44.0%
SNPS 4.0%
FY26
ADSK 37.0%
SNPS —
ADSK
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Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.