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Synopsys vs Microsoft

Side-by-side on the measures that matter, with a plain-English read. Full detail: SNPS · MSFT

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1-year performance, rebased to 100

SNPS +7.1%MSFT +3.2%
Microsoft edges it on the scoreable measures. Microsoft trades cheapest on trailing earnings; Microsoft pays the highest dividend yield; Microsoft earns the most per share.
SNPSMSFT
Snapshot
Sector--Software - Infrastructure
Last price502.67529.76
Change today-0.49%+0.09%
1-year return+5.2%+1.9%
Market cap$96.33B$3.93T
52-week range362.55 – 539.48348.54 – 549.20
Valuation
P/E (TTM)87.8829.51
P/E percentile, own 5-yr range95th30th
P/B3.098.89
Dividend yield0.00%0.67%
Profitability & growth
EPS (TTM)8.0417.95
Net profit (TTM)$1.54B$133.29B
Revenue (TTM)$9.42B$331.84B
Revenue growth (YoY)+42.4%+17.7%
Gross margin72.4%67.9%
Operating margin11.0%46.8%
Net margin11.4%40.3%
Free cash flow (TTM)$2.75B$66.99B
Ownership & sentiment
Institutional ownership94.8%75.3%
Insider activity (12mo)29 buy / 21 sell31 buy / 16 sell
Short interest (% of float)3.0%0.9%
Analyst consensus94% buy / 6% hold (17)100% buy (32)
Analyst price target$567 (+13%)$582 (+10%)
StockVane view
StockVane Quant RatingC (45)C (40)
Company
Employees28,000223,000
Founded19861975

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