R&D expense · 2011–2025

Synopsys R&D expense

$2.5B+19.1% · FY2025

Synopsys (SNPS) reported $2.5B in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +19.1% year on year.

$492M2011$582M2012$669M2013$719M2014$776M2015$857M2016$909M2017$1.1B2018$1.1B2019$1.3B2020$1.5B2021$1.6B2022$1.8B2023$2.1B2024$2.5B2025
Synopsys — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-10-31$2.5B+19.1%Open →
FY20242024-10-31$2.1B+12.6%Open →
FY20232023-10-31$1.8B+16.4%Open →
FY20222022-10-31$1.6B+5.7%Open →
FY20212021-10-31$1.5B+17.7%Open →
FY20202020-10-31$1.3B+12.5%Open →
FY20192019-10-31$1.1B+4.8%Open →
FY20182018-10-31$1.1B+19.4%Open →
FY20172017-10-31$909M+6.1%Open →
FY20162016-10-31$857M+10.4%Open →
FY20152015-10-31$776M+8.0%Open →
FY20142014-10-31$719M+7.4%Open →
FY20132013-10-31$669M+15.1%Open →
FY20122012-10-31$582M+18.2%Open →
FY20112011-10-31$492M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +12.2%

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Synopsys R\&D expense}},
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  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
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