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Synopsys (Synopsys) Graham Number : $60.32 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Synopsys Graham Number?

Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-04-26), the stock price of Synopsys is $548.055. Synopsys's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $60.32. Therefore, Synopsys's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 9.09.

The historical rank and industry rank for Synopsys's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

SNPS' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.77   Med: 7.59   Max: 9.75
Current: 9.08

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Synopsys was 9.75. The lowest was 3.77. And the median was 7.59.

SNPS's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
91.12% of 1352 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.2 vs SNPS: 9.08

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.


Synopsys Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Synopsys's Graham Number can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Synopsys Graham Number Chart

Synopsys Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 18.78 28.95 32.92 34.69 53.10

Synopsys Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Graham Number Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 38.71 40.88 46.90 49.78 60.32

Competitive Comparison of Synopsys's Graham Number

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Synopsys's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Synopsys's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Synopsys's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Synopsys's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Synopsys Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

Synopsys's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*11.199*11.19)
=53.10

Synopsys's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*14.175*11.409)
=60.32

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Synopsys  (NAS:SNPS) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

Synopsys's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=548.055/60.32
=9.09

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.


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Synopsys (Synopsys) Business Description

Address
675 Almanor Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA, USA, 94085
Synopsys is a provider of electronic design automation software, intellectual property, and software integrity products. EDA software automates the chip design process, enhancing design accuracy, productivity, and complexity in a full-flow end-to-end solution. The firm's growing SI business allows customers to continuously manage and test the code base for security and quality. Synopsys' comprehensive portfolio is benefiting from a mutual convergence of semiconductor companies moving up-stack toward systems-like companies, and systems companies moving down-stack toward in-house chip design. The resulting expansion in EDA customers alongside secular digitalization of various end markets benefits EDA vendors like Synopsys.
Executives
Mercedes Johnson director MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC, 8000 S FEDERAL WAY, MS 1-557, BOISE ID 83716
Richard S. Mahoney officer: Chief Revenue Officer 2600 ANSYS DRIVE, CANONSBURG PA 15317
Runkel John F Jr officer: General Counsel & C/O INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC., 1266 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Sudhindra Kankanwadi officer: VP and Corporate Controller 690 E MIDDLEFIELD ROAD, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Robert G Painter director C/O TRIMBLE INC., 935 STEWART DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94085
Geus Aart De director, officer: Chairman of the Board & Co-CEO
Sassine Ghazi officer: Chief Operating Officer 3075 W RAY ROAD, SUITE 528, THE PARK AT SAN TAN, CHANDLER AZ 85226
Shelagh Glaser officer: CFO ZENDESK, INC., 989 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Roy Vallee director 2211 S 47TH ST, PHOENIX AZ 85034
Joseph W Logan officer: EVP, Sales & Corp Marketing 700 EAST MIDDLEFIELD ROAD, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Chrysostomos L Nikias director UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 3551 TROUSEDALE, BOVARD ADM 102, LOS ANGELES CA 90089-4019
Trac Pham officer: CFO 700 E. MIDDLEFIELD ROAD, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Luis Borgen director 58 SUNSET RIDGE LANE, BOLTON MA 01740
Marc N Casper director C/O THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC, 168 THIRD AVENUE, WALTHAM MA 02451
Chi-foon Chan director, officer: Co-CEO & President