# How Synopsys (SNPS) compares with the whole market and its popular alternatives

> Source: EasyCompare research, https://easycompare.io/research/snps
> Data as of October 20, 2026. Total returns include reinvested dividends. Past performance does not predict future results; nothing here is investment advice.

Built by QuantCommons' quantitative engine, this page is about relative opportunity, not data on SNPS alone. It places SNPS (Synopsys, Inc.) against 10 popular alternatives, its neighboring categories and the entire market of over 10,000 U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs, and surfaces what has done better on consistent outperformance, return for the risk taken, behavior in real market crashes and diversification. The result is a clearer view of where SNPS stands in the market, and of the alternatives worth a closer look.

Period covered: SNPS's full trading record, from February 1992 through September 2026. All returns include reinvested dividends. Data as of October 20, 2026.

## Key findings

- **Right now:** The slide is SNPS's own: it is 30.6% below its high, against 1.3% for the S&P 500. Even so, over the past 3 months, SNPS rose 18.3% against 3.9% for the S&P 500 and 3.2% for the Nasdaq 100.
- **Stock or market?:** Not a move of its own: the software ETF IGV (iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF) rose 15.0% over the past 3 months, with ADSK (Autodesk, up 12.8%) and PTC (up 54.9%), against 3.9% for the S&P 500. SNPS rose 11.4% last month as the S&P 500 fell 0.6% and the Nasdaq 100 fell 3.2%.
- **Past 1 to 3 years:** SNPS has gone against the market, falling 1.3% over the past year while the S&P 500 rose 15.8%. The same gap shows up over 3 years (4.3% against 89.3%). A ahead of 90% of stocks worth at least $300 million over 10 years, but behind 79% of the stocks worth at least $300 million over 3 years.
- **Long term:** SNPS turned $10,000 into $75,600 over the past decade, against $42,100 in the S&P 500. That said, over 5 years SNPS trailed the index: 41.9% against 81.7%.
- **In a crash:** In the 2022 bear market, SNPS fell harder than most of its software peers, including CDNS (Cadence Design Systems), PTC and DSGX.
- **Diversification:** SNPS is some diversification, but not a hedge: a correlation of 0.55 with the S&P 500 over 5 years and 0.55 with the total US market, more closely than 83% of stocks worth at least $300 million. Over 10 years, SNPS's beta versus the S&P 500 was 1.17: in the S&P 500's rising months it gained 1.2 times as much as the index, and in falling months it lost 1.1 times as much.
- **Better options**
  - **Nearby categories and themes:** MSFT (Microsoft, software) and V (Visa, payment processing) earned more than SNPS with less volatility over the past 5 years. MSFT returned 12.5% a year at 28.2% volatility, against 7.2% a year at 42.3%.
  - **Whole market:** 1,090 of the 3,633 stocks and funds worth at least $500 million earned more than SNPS with less volatility over the past 5 years, among them AAPL (Apple), GOOG (Alphabet) and MSFT (Microsoft).

## How much would $10,000 in SNPS have grown?

This chart tracks a hypothetical $10,000 investment in SNPS over the past 29 years, with dividends reinvested, alongside the same amount in the S&P 500, investments that ended ahead of SNPS over the same span and SNPS's popular alternatives, among those that traded for the entire period.

- $10,000 invested in SNPS at the end of September 1997 would have grown to $204,671 by September 2026, more than the $132,907 it would have become in SPY, an S&P 500 fund.
- Five of the eight other investments on the chart ended ahead of SNPS, and APH finished highest, at $3,002,572.

## SNPS at a glance

This section summarizes the key facts about the stock, its returns over periods from one to ten years and the risk it has carried, with dividends reinvested throughout.

- SNPS is still 30.6% below its all-time high.
- SNPS's deepest decline since it began trading in 1992 was 61.0%, from January 2004 to November 2008. It took about five years from the low to climb back to its old high.
- Over 29 full calendar years, SNPS's best was 2020, when it returned 86.2%, and its worst was 2004, when it lost 42.3%. It lost money in ten of those years.

- Type: Stock, Technology (Software - Infrastructure)
- Trading since: February 26, 1992
- Market value: $86B
- Volatility (5 years): 42.3%; Sharpe ratio: 0.39
- Worst decline ever: −61.0%, from January 26, 2004 to November 20, 2008; back at its high by July 12, 2013

| Period | SNPS total return |
| --- | --- |
| 1 month | +11.4% |
| 3 months | +18.3% |
| 6 months | −2.9% |
| year to date | −6.8% |
| 1 year | −1.3% |
| 3 years | −4.3% |
| 5 years | +41.9% |
| 10 years | +656% |

## SNPS against the whole market

Where SNPS ranks among every stock and fund, and what across the market has done better.

### How does SNPS rank among all stocks?

This section ranks SNPS on return, volatility, risk-adjusted return and worst decline against every stock worth at least $300 million with enough history.

- SNPS's 10-year return ranks in the top 10% of the 2,202 stocks worth at least $300 million with 10 years of history.
- SNPS's 3-year return ranks in the bottom 21% of the 3,017 stocks worth at least $300 million with 3 years of history.

| Measure | SNPS | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1-year return | −1.3% | 2,038 of 3,287 (top 63%) |
| 3-year return | −4.3% | 2,398 of 3,017 (top 80%) |
| 5-year return | +41.9% | 1,188 of 2,893 (top 42%) |
| 10-year return | +656% | 212 of 2,202 (top 10%) |
| Volatility, 5 years | 42.3% | 1,571 of 2,893 (top 55%) |
| Sharpe ratio, 5 years | 0.39 | 1,268 of 2,893 (top 44%) |
| Worst decline, past 10 years | −43.0% | 231 of 2,187 (top 11%) |

### What has beaten SNPS on both return and risk?

Each dot is an investment, placed by how much it earned a year over the past 5 years (higher is better) and how much its price swung, its volatility (further left is calmer).

- 612 stocks and 478 ETFs worth at least $500 million sit in the green region: each earned more than SNPS over the past 5 years with smaller price swings. That is 30% of the 3,633 screened.
- Among those with at least half SNPS's swings, CAH has the best return for its risk: 42.1% a year at 24.7% volatility, 42% less than SNPS's 42.3%, and a Sharpe ratio (return above cash per unit of volatility) of 1.55 against 0.39 for SNPS. PBR-A earned the most, 51.8% a year, while still swinging less than SNPS (37.5% against 42.3%).
- Among SNPS's popular alternatives, TSM, CDNS and KEYS are in the region. TSM earned 31.5% a year against 7.2% a year for SNPS, at 38.5% volatility, 9% less than SNPS's 42.3%.

### Is there a better investment than SNPS?

The table below lists investments that beat SNPS over the past 5 years on at least one of these measures: a higher annual return with lower volatility, a higher annual return at similar volatility, a similar return with lower volatility, a higher Sharpe ratio with a smaller worst decline, a higher total return in most periods from 3 months to 10 years, or smaller losses in recent market crashes.

- Among SNPS's popular alternatives, CDNS, TSM and KEYS earned more than SNPS with less volatility over the past 5 years. CDNS returned 14.8% a year at 37.2% volatility, against 7.2% a year at 42.3%.
- Looking beyond its popular alternatives, MSFT (software) and V (payment processing) earned more than SNPS with less volatility over the past 5 years. MSFT returned 12.5% a year at 28.2% volatility, against 7.2% a year at 42.3%.
- Across the whole market, 1,090 of the 3,633 stocks and funds worth at least $500 million earned more than SNPS with less volatility over the past 5 years, among them AAPL, GOOG and MSFT.

The 15 strongest of 1,090 investments that beat SNPS over the past 5 years, out of 3,633 stocks and funds worth at least $500 million.

| Investment | Group | Annual return (5 years) | Volatility | Sharpe | Worst decline (10 years) | 10Y return | Correlation with SNPS | Better on |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SNPS: Synopsys, Inc. (this page) |  | +7.2% | 42.3% | 0.39 | −43.0% | +656% |  |  |
| [LLY](https://easycompare.io/research/lly): Eli Lilly and Company | Pharmaceuticals | +40.7% | 32.8% | 1.21 | −34.5% | +1,807% | 0.06 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods; Smaller losses in recent crashes |
| [VTI](https://easycompare.io/research/vti): Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF | US Total Market | +11.5% | 17.5% | 0.71 | −35.0% | +302% | 0.55 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [VOO](https://easycompare.io/research/voo): Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | US Large-Cap Equity | +12.8% | 16.9% | 0.80 | −34.0% | +324% | 0.55 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| MUSA: Murphy USA Inc. | Convenience Stores | +26.1% | 31.2% | 0.90 | −35.5% | +706% | 0.08 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods; Smaller losses in recent crashes |
| [BRK-B](https://easycompare.io/research/brk-b): Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | Insurance | +13.4% | 17.1% | 0.82 | −29.6% | +274% | 0.11 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [JNJ](https://easycompare.io/research/jnj): Johnson & Johnson | Pharmaceuticals | +12.7% | 17.9% | 0.76 | −27.4% | +196% | -0.17 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| LVHI: Franklin International Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF | International Equity | +17.0% | 11.1% | 1.48 | −32.4% | +194% | 0.06 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [KO](https://easycompare.io/research/ko): The Coca-Cola Company | Food & Beverages | +14.7% | 16.8% | 0.91 | −37.0% | +204% | -0.14 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [COST](https://easycompare.io/research/cost): Costco Wholesale Corporation | Discount Retail | +17.4% | 22.9% | 0.82 | −31.4% | +685% | 0.30 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [QQQ](https://easycompare.io/research/qqq): Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 | US Large-Cap Growth | +14.5% | 23.0% | 0.71 | −35.1% | +553% | 0.62 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [NVS](https://easycompare.io/research/nvs): Novartis AG | Pharmaceuticals | +17.1% | 20.7% | 0.87 | −26.8% | +226% | -0.02 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [APH](https://easycompare.io/research/aph): Amphenol Corporation | Electronic Components | +33.8% | 32.2% | 1.07 | −37.5% | +965% | 0.37 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [VTV](https://easycompare.io/research/vtv): Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF | US Large-Cap Value | +12.1% | 13.7% | 0.90 | −36.8% | +235% | 0.29 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [AMGN](https://easycompare.io/research/amgn): Amgen Inc. | Biotechnology | +19.6% | 24.9% | 0.85 | −24.9% | +266% | 0.00 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [GILD](https://easycompare.io/research/gild): Gilead Sciences, Inc. | Biotechnology | +22.8% | 24.9% | 0.95 | −30.5% | +200% | -0.12 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |

## SNPS against its popular alternatives

The investments people most often weigh against SNPS, compared period by period and year by year.

### How do SNPS's risk and return compare with its alternatives?

This map plots each investment's annual return over the past 5 years against its volatility, the size of its typical price swings.

- Four of the nine popular alternatives, led by TSM, CDNS and KEYS, were both more rewarding and calmer than SNPS over the past 5 years, earning a higher annual return with lower volatility.
- Over the past 5 years, SNPS returned 7.2% a year, less than the S&P 500's 12.7%, with higher volatility (42.3% against 17.1%).

### Has SNPS consistently beaten its popular alternatives?

This section compares SNPS with the investments people most often weigh against it, checking each one over eight periods from one month to ten years.

- Five of the ten popular alternatives, led by NVDA, TSM and KEYS, outperformed SNPS in at least 3 of 5 short-term and 2 of 3 long-term timeframes.
- CDNS and KEYS earned more for the risk they took than SNPS (a higher Sharpe ratio) and fell less in their worst decline of the past 10 years.

| Investment | 1Y return | 3Y return | 5Y return | 10Y return | Periods ahead of SNPS | Verdict | Sharpe |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SNPS: Synopsys, Inc. (this page) | −1.3% | −4.3% | +41.9% | +656% |  |  | 0.39 |
| [NVDA](https://easycompare.io/research/nvda): NVIDIA Corporation | +18.8% | +425% | +884% | +13,019% | 3/5 short-term, 3/3 long-term | consistent | 1.14 |
| [TSM](https://easycompare.io/research/tsm): Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | +44.3% | +382% | +293% | +1,505% | 3/5 short-term, 3/3 long-term | consistent | 0.91 |
| [KEYS](https://easycompare.io/research/keys): Keysight Technologies, Inc. | +103% | +172% | +91.9% | +923% | 3/5 short-term, 3/3 long-term | consistent | 0.55 |
| PTC: PTC Inc. | −6.1% | +40.4% | +49.3% | +317% | 4/5 short-term, 2/3 long-term | consistent | 0.40 |
| [INTC](https://easycompare.io/research/intc): Intel Corp. | +141% | +167% | +79.8% | +219% | 3/5 short-term, 2/3 long-term | consistent | 0.49 |
| [CDNS](https://easycompare.io/research/cdns): Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | −3.0% | +34.0% | +99.8% | +1,139% | 2/5 short-term, 3/3 long-term |  | 0.56 |
| DSGX: The Descartes Systems Group Inc. | −5.9% | +24.5% | +9.2% | +324% | 4/5 short-term, 1/3 long-term |  | 0.21 |
| [ARM](https://easycompare.io/research/arm): Arm Holdings plc American Depositary Shares | +28.9% | +362% | — | — | 3/5 short-term, 1/3 long-term |  | — |
| [ADSK](https://easycompare.io/research/adsk): Autodesk, Inc. | −20.3% | +21.2% | −17.8% | +245% | 2/5 short-term, 1/3 long-term |  | 0.07 |
| BSY: Bentley Systems, Incorporated | −25.6% | −22.4% | −32.4% | — | 3/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | -0.03 |

### How did SNPS do year by year?

This table shows each investment's total return in every full calendar year since 1997, along with where SNPS ranked among its popular alternatives each year.

- SNPS finished ahead of the S&P 500 in 17 of its 29 full calendar years, and behind it in each of the last two.
- Among its popular alternatives, NVDA came out ahead of SNPS most often, in 19 of the 26 years both traded.
- Ranked against its popular alternatives each year, SNPS finished in the top quarter in eight of 29 years and in the bottom quarter in six. In 2025, it ranked 7 of 11.

| Year | SNPS | SPY |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | −3.2% | +17.7% |
| 2024 | −5.7% | +24.9% |
| 2023 | +61.3% | +26.2% |
| 2022 | −13.4% | −18.2% |
| 2021 | +42.1% | +28.7% |
| 2020 | +86.2% | +18.3% |
| 2019 | +65.2% | +31.2% |
| 2018 | −1.2% | −4.6% |
| 2017 | +44.8% | +21.7% |
| 2016 | +29.0% | +12.0% |

## Risk and diversification

How SNPS has fallen, how it held up in crashes beside the S&P 500 and its popular alternatives, and what moves independently of it.

### What were SNPS's worst declines?

A drawdown is the decline from a peak to the lowest point before a new high.

- In all five of SNPS's worst declines, the S&P 500 held up better over the same dates.
- Not every decline was the market's doing: SNPS fell 60.7% from December 1999 to August 2000, while the S&P 500 rose 5.3%.
- The slowest recovery came after SNPS fell 61.0% from January 2004 to November 2008; it did not regain that peak until July 2013, five years later.

| Decline | Peak | Low | Back at the high | SPY over the same dates | Market event |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| −61.0% | January 26, 2004 | November 20, 2008 | July 12, 2013 | −28.8% | 2008 financial crisis |
| −60.7% | December 6, 1999 | August 14, 2000 | January 26, 2004 | +5.3% | dot-com bust |
| −49.7% | November 19, 1996 | April 10, 1997 | November 18, 1998 | +2.5% |  |
| −43.0% | July 30, 2025 | September 15, 2026 | not yet | +20.7% |  |
| −38.7% | July 5, 2024 | April 7, 2025 | July 29, 2025 | −8.2% |  |

### How did SNPS do in stock market crashes?

This section measures how far SNPS, the S&P 500 and each alternative fell from peak to trough during every major market crash since 2000.

- Among its popular alternatives, KEYS held up best, falling less than SNPS in four of the six crashes they both traded through.
- SNPS fell further than the S&P 500 in five of the ten crashes it has traded through. The clearest case was the 2015 China and oil sell-off, when SNPS fell 22.8% and the S&P 500 fell 12.8%.

| Crash | Dates | SNPS fall | SPY fall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dot-com bust | March 10, 2000 to October 9, 2002 | −48.0% | −47.5% |
| Global financial crisis | October 9, 2007 to March 9, 2009 | −49.1% | −55.2% |
| Flash crash | May 6, 2010 to May 7, 2010 | −1.9% | −1.5% |
| Euro debt crisis | July 22, 2011 to October 3, 2011 | −13.7% | −17.9% |
| China devaluation & oil rout | August 10, 2015 to February 11, 2016 | −22.8% | −12.8% |
| Volmageddon | February 2, 2018 to February 9, 2018 | −8.4% | −6.5% |
| Q4 2018 selloff | September 21, 2018 to December 24, 2018 | −20.3% | −19.3% |
| COVID crash | February 19, 2020 to March 23, 2020 | −34.3% | −33.7% |
| 2022 bear market | January 4, 2022 to October 12, 2022 | −29.3% | −24.5% |
| SVB / regional bank stress | March 8, 2023 to March 13, 2023 | −3.7% | −3.4% |

### How closely does SNPS move with the S&P 500?

Upside capture measures how much of the S&P 500's gains an investment kept in the months the market rose, and downside capture how much of its losses it took in the months the market fell.

- Over the past 10 years, SNPS captured 124% of the S&P 500's gains in rising months and 108% of its losses in falling months, with a beta of 1.17. It amplified the market's moves in both directions.
- Four of the eight popular alternatives had a higher capture ratio (upside capture divided by downside capture) than SNPS's 1.16, led by TSM, NVDA and KEYS.
- KEYS took just 71% of the S&P 500's losses, against 108% for SNPS, while still keeping 121% of its gains.

Measured over the past 10 years of monthly returns against SPY.

| Investment | Upside capture | Downside capture | Beta |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SNPS: Synopsys, Inc. (this page) | 124% | 108% | 1.17 |
| [NVDA](https://easycompare.io/research/nvda): NVIDIA Corporation | 248% | 140% | 1.83 |
| [TSM](https://easycompare.io/research/tsm): Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 138% | 75.0% | 1.15 |
| [KEYS](https://easycompare.io/research/keys): Keysight Technologies, Inc. | 121% | 71.0% | 1.08 |
| PTC: PTC Inc. | 105% | 127% | 1.12 |
| [INTC](https://easycompare.io/research/intc): Intel Corp. | 98.0% | 100% | 1.43 |
| [CDNS](https://easycompare.io/research/cdns): Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 132% | 83.0% | 1.09 |
| DSGX: The Descartes Systems Group Inc. | 86.0% | 79.0% | 0.86 |
| [ADSK](https://easycompare.io/research/adsk): Autodesk, Inc. | 130% | 179% | 1.34 |

### What diversifies SNPS?

Correlation measures how closely two investments move together, on a scale from 1 (in lockstep) through 0 (unrelated) to -1 (in opposite directions).

- Moving a fifth of the money in SNPS into CAH would have cut the portfolio's volatility by 20% over the past 5 years and raised its annual return (+7.8% for SNPS alone, +14.9% for the mix).
- Among large ETFs, LVHI, DXJ and PJUL have moved largely independently of SNPS over the past 5 years, with correlations of 0.48 or lower, and each still earned a positive 5-year return.
- MCK made money in six of the ten calendar years in which SNPS lost money.

| Investment | Correlation with SNPS | 5Y return | Volatility | Sharpe | Rose in SNPS's 10 down years |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LVHI: Franklin International Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF | 0.06 | +119% | 11.1% | 1.48 | 3 of 10 |
| DXJ: WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund | 0.23 | +225% | 19.1% | 1.34 | 3 of 10 |
| PJUL: Innovator U.S. Equity Power Buffer ETF | 0.48 | +64.4% | 8.6% | 1.20 | 2 of 10 |
| EMLP: First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund | 0.24 | +101% | 14.5% | 1.04 | 3 of 10 |
| HDV: iShares Core High Dividend ETF | 0.11 | +83.3% | 13.0% | 1.00 | 3 of 10 |
| FTLS: First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF | 0.48 | +62.9% | 10.4% | 0.99 | 2 of 10 |
| DBEF: Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF | 0.34 | +85.0% | 13.8% | 0.96 | 2 of 10 |
| [GLD](https://easycompare.io/research/gld): SPDR Gold Shares | -0.01 | +126% | 18.9% | 0.96 | 4 of 10 |

## Common questions

### What was SNPS's worst drawdown?

SNPS's deepest decline since it began trading in 1992 was 61.0%, from January 2004 to November 2008. It took about five years from the low to climb back to its old high.

### What were SNPS's best and worst years?

Over 29 full calendar years, SNPS's best year was 2020, when it returned 86.2%. Its worst was 2004, with a return of -42.3%.

### Is there a better investment than SNPS?

Among SNPS's popular alternatives, CDNS, TSM and KEYS earned more than SNPS with less volatility over the past 5 years. CDNS returned 14.8% a year at 37.2% volatility, against 7.2% a year at 42.3%. Looking beyond its popular alternatives, MSFT (software) and V (payment processing) earned more than SNPS with less volatility over the past 5 years. MSFT returned 12.5% a year at 28.2% volatility, against 7.2% a year at 42.3%.

### Is SNPS more volatile than the S&P 500?

Yes. SNPS's volatility over the past 5 years was 42.3%, 2.5 times the S&P 500's 17.1%. Volatility measures how widely returns swing around their average: in roughly two years out of three, SNPS's return lands within 42.3% of its average, either way. The higher it is, the rougher the ride and the harder it is to hold through a slump.

### What is SNPS's Sharpe ratio?

SNPS's Sharpe ratio over the past 5 years was 0.39, against 0.79 for the S&P 500, so SNPS earned less for each unit of risk than an index fund did. The Sharpe ratio is the return earned above cash for each unit of volatility: two investments with the same return are not equal if one got there with far bigger swings.

### How correlated is SNPS with the S&P 500?

Over the past 5 years, SNPS's monthly returns had a correlation of 0.55 with the S&P 500. Correlation runs from 1 (moving in lockstep) through 0 (unrelated) to −1 (moving in opposite directions). They often move together: some diversification next to an index fund, but not a cushion. In the table, the correlation column measures each option against SNPS instead: the lower it is, the more that option would diversify a SNPS holding.

### What are the best alternatives to SNPS?

Of the ten popular alternatives we compared, five outperformed SNPS in at least 3 of 5 short-term and 2 of 3 long-term timeframes, with dividends reinvested: NVDA, TSM and KEYS.

### Did SNPS outperform the S&P 500?

SNPS finished ahead of the S&P 500 (SPY) in 17 of 29 full calendar years. In 2025, it returned -3.2%, against +17.7% for the index.

### How did SNPS do in stock market crashes?

SNPS fell less than the S&P 500 (SPY) in two of the ten major crashes it has traded through, and further in five. The clearest case was the 2015 China and oil sell-off, when SNPS fell 22.8% and the S&P 500 fell 12.8%.

### What diversifies SNPS?

These had a low correlation with SNPS over the past 5 years and still earned a positive 5-year return: among large ETFs, LVHI (correlation 0.06), DXJ (correlation 0.23) and PJUL (correlation 0.48); among large stocks, CAH (correlation -0.06), CLS (correlation 0.34) and FIX (correlation 0.39). A correlation near zero means the two have moved largely independently.

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