AIP vs ARM vs SNPS Stock Comparison

Arteris, Arm Holdings and Synopsys Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AIP Arteris, Inc.
$19.06 -21.2% 1M +37.8% 1Y
Market cap
$915.75M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$84.62M
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor EDA Software Technology
1 win
ARM Arm Holdings Plc /Uk
$210.33 -36.8% 1M +26.2% 1Y
Market cap
$236.92B
P/E
226.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.16B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
3 wins
SNPS Synopsys Inc
$430.14 +4.1% 1M -5.7% 1Y
Market cap
$87.10B
P/E
66.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.88B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor EDA Software Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Synopsys leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Synopsys 6, Arm Holdings 3, Arteris 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAIPARMSNPSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $915.75M $236.92B $87.10B ARM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -23.2x 226.9x 66.9x SNPS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 101.1x 29.6x SNPS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +33.8% +25.1% +38.0% SNPS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -46.7% 20.2% 14.7% ARM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -101.1% — 1.8% SNPS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.3x — 2.8x SNPS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +37.8% +26.2% -5.7% AIP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — — +6.0%/yr –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 78.9% 78.8% 44.2% SNPS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 28/100 63/100 41/100 ARM

Percentile Scorecard

AIPARMSNPS

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAIPARMSNPS
Valuation 11 #85 of 95 7 #88 of 95 46 #52 of 95
Growth 76 #23 of 93 88 #12 of 93 51 #46 of 93
Profitability 18 #75 of 91 77 #22 of 91 48 #48 of 91
Financial Health 27 #75 of 102 78 #23 of 102 19 #83 of 102
Shareholder Returns 11 #68 of 76 – –
Overall 28 63 41
  • AIP ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • ARM ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • SNPS ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAIPARMSNPSSPY
1 month -21.2%-36.8%+4.1% -1.0%
3 months -37.0%-19.1%+15.2% +2.9%
6 months -28.7%-10.4%-14.1% +6.4%
Year to date +23.0%+92.4%-8.4% +11.4%
1 year +37.8%+26.2%-5.7% +13.1%
3 years +244.7%+301.6%-8.1% +79.4%
3 years, per year +51.1%+59.0%-2.8% +21.5%
5 years ——+33.9% +67.7%
5 years, per year ——+6.0% +10.9%
10 years ——+627.4% +255.2%
10 years, per year ——+22.0% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureAIPARMSNPSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 78.9%78.8%44.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 81.1%71.2%42.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.573.451.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.480.33-0.13 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -87.6%-54.0%-42.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -60.8%-52.1%-19.5% -2.5%
52-week high $48.59$439.46$534.56 $779.14
52-week low $12.32$104.55$372.33 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAIPARMSNPS
P/E now vs peer median -22.8xmedian 41.5x 213.8xmedian 41.5x 63.3xmedian 41.5x
P/S now vs peer median 11.0xmedian 6.9x 43.3xmedian 6.9x 9.3xmedian 6.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -22.8xmedian 27.3x 189.4xmedian 27.3x 38.4xmedian 27.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 138.2xmedian 35.6x 110.9xmedian 35.6x 31.3xmedian 35.6x
P/B now vs peer median 13.8xmedian 4.2x 25.9xmedian 4.2x 2.6xmedian 4.2x
PEG now vs peer median -6.04median 2.31 6.03median 2.31 133.61median 2.31

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAIPARMSNPS
Revenue $84.62M $5.16B $8.88B
Gross profit $74.13M $5.03B $6.53B
Operating income -$40.39M $877.00M $847.20M
Net income -$39.52M $1.04B $1.30B
Free cash flow $6.77M $2.01B –
R&D $57.09M $2.96B $2.81B
EPS (diluted) $-0.84 $0.98 $6.77
Cash & equivalents $93.27M $3.06B $3.61B
Total debt $8.63M – $10.04B
Shares (diluted) 47.28M 1.07B 192.32M
Enterprise value $662.00M $222.63B $83.49B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAIPARMSNPS
P/E -22.8x 213.8x 63.3x
P/FCF 138.2x 110.9x 31.3x
P/Operating cash flow 109.9x 106.6x –
P/S 11.0x 43.3x 9.3x
P/B 13.8x 25.9x 2.6x
P/Tangible book 19.1x 26.5x 4.2x
EV/EBITDA -22.8x 189.4x 38.4x
EV/EBIT -20.2x 250.0x 104.9x
EV/Revenue 9.6x 42.5x 10.0x
EV/FCF 120.7x 109.0x –
EV/Operating cash flow 96.0x 104.7x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -6.04 6.03 133.61

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAIPARMSNPS
Revenue growth (1Y) 33.8% 25.1% 38.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 24.7% 22.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 30.2% 25.6% 28.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 25.4% 18.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -30.4% 14.9% -23.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 21.6% -7.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -19.2% 49.4% -34.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -6.1% 37.2% 8.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -5.5% 48.7% -45.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.8% 35.5% 0.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 850.8% 105.5% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 36.6% 34.7% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 486.2% 121.8% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 33.8% 33.3% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAIPARMSNPS
Gross margin 87.6% 97.5% 73.5%
EBITDA margin -42.4% 22.5% 26.0%
Operating margin -47.7% 17.0% 9.5%
Pretax margin -51.7% 24.5% 16.5%
Net margin -46.7% 20.2% 14.7%
FCF margin 8.0% 39.0% –
Operating cash flow margin 10.1% 40.6% –
Return on equity -117.0% 16.3% 4.2%
Return on assets -22.5% 12.6% 2.7%
Return on invested capital -101.1% – 1.8%
Return on capital employed -45.4% 9.0% 2.0%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.2x 2.0x –
Stock comp / revenue 25.3% 22.4% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAIPARMSNPS
Debt / assets 1.6% – 21.0%
Debt / equity 0.1x – 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.3x – 2.8x
Debt / FCF 0.5x – –
Liabilities / assets 69.9% 22.9% 34.7%
Equity / assets 30.1% 77.1% 65.3%
Interest coverage -236.2x – 1.3x
Current ratio 1.6x 5.3x 1.3x
Quick ratio 1.5x 4.9x 1.0x
Cash ratio 1.3x 3.2x 0.7x
Altman Z-score 2.43 54.04 3.59

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAIPARMSNPS
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -8.0% – –
Shareholder yield -8.0% – –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAIPARMSNPS
Forward P/E – 101.1xFY2026 29.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.17FY2026 $2.08FY2026 $14.55FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +17.5%FY2026 +12.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +51.0% +21.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $91.38MFY2026 $5.70BFY2026 $10.20BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +29.5%FY2026 +15.8%FY2026 +44.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +22.0% +38.5% +12.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAIPARMSNPS
Held by institutions 64.9% 9.3% 92.3%
Institutions holding 209 955 1,440
Change in shares held, QoQ +14.9% +12.4% +5.6%
Institutions buying 163 593 772
Institutions selling 40 257 493
Buyers to sellers 4.08 2.31 1.57

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AIPARMSNPS
AIP 1.00 0.63 0.41
ARM 0.63 1.00 0.34
SNPS 0.41 0.34 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AIP, ARM and SNPS?

Arm Holdings (ARM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Arteris (AIP) $915.75M, Arm Holdings (ARM) $236.92B, Synopsys (SNPS) $87.10B.

Which stock is cheaper, AIP, ARM and SNPS?

Synopsys (SNPS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Arteris (AIP) -23.2x, Arm Holdings (ARM) 226.9x, Synopsys (SNPS) 66.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Synopsys (SNPS) is cheapest (Arm Holdings (ARM) 101.1x, Synopsys (SNPS) 29.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Synopsys (SNPS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Arteris (AIP) +33.8%, Arm Holdings (ARM) +25.1%, Synopsys (SNPS) +38.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Arm Holdings (ARM) has the highest net margin (Arteris (AIP) -46.7%, Arm Holdings (ARM) 20.2%, Synopsys (SNPS) 14.7%). On return on invested capital, Synopsys (SNPS) leads (Arteris (AIP) -101.1%, Synopsys (SNPS) 1.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Arteris (AIP) returned the most: Arteris (AIP) +37.8%, Arm Holdings (ARM) +26.2%, Synopsys (SNPS) -5.7%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Synopsys (SNPS) has been the steadiest (Arteris (AIP) 78.9%, Arm Holdings (ARM) 78.8%, Synopsys (SNPS) 44.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AIP, ARM and SNPS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Synopsys (SNPS) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.