Synopsys (SNPS) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Synopsys' Research & Development history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $396.4 million for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Research & Development rose 89.47% year-over-year to $396.4 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was $2.7 billion (up 81.56% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $2.5 billion, up 19.06% from the prior year.
• Research & Development was $396.4 million for Q1 2026 at Synopsys, down from $1.8 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $1.8 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $180.7 million in Q2 2023.
• A 5-year average of $424.6 million and a median of $215.0 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Research & Development soared 369.12% — and 2023, when it slumped 81.64%.
• Synopsys' Research & Development stood at $1.0 billion in 2022, then plunged by 81.64% to $187.0 million in 2023, then soared by 196.77% to $554.8 million in 2024, then jumped by 223.64% to $1.8 billion in 2025, then slumped by 77.93% to $396.4 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows SNPS's Research & Development at $396.4 million in Q1 2026, $1.8 billion in Q4 2025, and $259.5 million in Q3 2025.