Synopsys Q2 FY10/24 Earnings Review
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Show Us The Money
by Alex King
As everyone knows, M&A destroys value. It must be true, because everyone says so. Er, except Larry Ellison at Oracle, which is a serial acquiror of software companies. And except Marc Benioff at Salesforce, which has conducted and integrated many large and high-priced acquisitions to good effect in the last ten years. Oh, and except the entire leveraged buyout industry, which seems to continue to make a good living doing, you know, M&A. But, apart from all those people, it has to be said that M&A must be bad.
Which is why Synopsys ($SNPS) may offer an opportunity right now. We rate the stock at Hold on technicals, but the name is trending sideways at present whilst the market decides what to make of the acquisition of Ansys ($ANSS) which is pending. This is a game-changer for SNPS; for good or for bad! The deal has yet to clear all regulatory hurdles and is not a certainty. Personally I have no position in SNPS; I am happy to wait it out to see what happens with the deal. Most such acquisitions hit an air pocket at some point - a missed quarter or a restatement of acquisition accounts or something of that nature - so there may be an opportunity in the future to buy a dip here. For now, sideways, Hold rating.
Oh by the way - there were some snafus in the balance sheet section of our SNPS Q1 earnings review - now fixed.
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