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Dimitry Nakhla | Babylon Capital®
RT @DimitryNakhla: A quality valuation analysis on $SNPS 🧘🏽‍♂️

•NTM P/E Ratio: 30.84x
•5-Year Mean: 37.80x

•NTM FCF Yield: 2.42%
•5-Year Mean: 2.67%

As you can see, $SNPS appears to be trading somewhere below fair value & near fair value

Going forward, investors can receive ~22% MORE in earnings per share & ~9% LESS in FCF per share 🧠***

Before we get into valuation, let’s take a look at why $SNPS is a good business

BALANCE SHEET🆗
•Cash & Short-Term Inv: $2.59B
•Long-Term Debt: $14.32B

$SNPS has a good balance sheet & 5.38x FFO Interest Coverage

RETURN ON CAPITAL✅➡️🆗
•2020: 11.8%
•2021: 12.9%
•2022: 18.7%
•2023: 19.3%
•2024: 14.0%
•LTM: 2.6%

RETURN ON EQUITY✅➡️🆗
•2020: 14.7%
•2021: 14.8%
•2022: 17.8%
•2023: 20.7%
•2024: 18.6%
•LTM: 6.5%

$SNPS had stronger return metrics, but they decreased in the LTM due to the Ansys acquisition (to be expected)

REVENUES✅
•2019: $3.36B
•2024: $6.13B
•CAGR: 12.77%

FREE CASH FLOW✅
•2019: $602.38M
•2024: $1.28B
•CAGR: 16.34%

*FCF revised down in 2025 to $954.74M, with 2026E at $2.04B

NORMALIZED EPS✅
•2019: $4.56
•2024: $13.20
•CAGR: 23.68%

SHARE BUYBACKS❌
•2019 Shares Outstanding: 154.19M
•LTM Shares Outstanding: 157.68M

MARGINS✅
•LTM Gross Margins: 81.1%
•LTM Operating Margins: 17.2%
•LTM Net Income Margins: 18.1%

***NOW TO VALUATION 🧠

As stated above, investors can expect to receive ~22% MORE in EPS & ~9% LESS in FCF per share

Using Benjamin Graham’s 2G rule of thumb, $SNPS has to grow earnings at a 15.42% CAGR over the next several years to justify its valuation

Today, analysts anticipate 2025 - 2028 EPS growth over the next few years to be more than the (15.42%) required growth rate:

2025E: $12.82 (-3% YoY) *FY Oct

2026E: $14.02 (9% YoY)
2027E: $17.10 (22% YoY)
2028E: $20.17 (18% YoY)

$SNPS had a great track record of meeting analyst estimates ~2 years out, so let’s assume $SNPS ends 2028 with $20.17 in EPS & see its CAGR potential assuming different multiples:

32x P/E: $645.44💵 … ~17.6% CAGR

31x P/E: $625.27💵 … ~16.4% CAGR

30x P/E: $605.10💵 … ~15.2% CAGR

29x P/E: $584.93💵 … ~14.0% CAGR

28x P/E: $564.76💵 … ~12.7% CAGR

27x P/E: $544.59💵 … ~11.4% CAGR

Given its quality, moat, predictability, & growth rate, I am comfortable relying on a ~28x multiple, making $SNPS a great consideration today at $387💵

$SNPS will thrive as AI and tech advancements drive chip demand, boosting the need for its cutting-edge semiconductor design software that helps create faster, smarter chips, among other things

Of course recent downward revisions impose a level of skepticism over the short-term, however EDA (75% of revenue) continues to be a strong segment, growing +23% YoY in its latest Q3 report

I consider $SNPS a strong purchase with a substantial margin of safety closer to $350💵, or ~27x NTM earnings (~10% below todays price)

Given today’s estimates, at $350💵 I can reasonably expect ~13.7% CAGR while assuming an attractive & conservative 26x multiple
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