Key Points A combination of the impact of trade actions and disappointing demand from a major customer hurt the company's performance in its recent quarter. The bad news overshadowed the company's game-changing acquisition of engineering simulation software company Ansys. 10 stocks we like better than Synopsys › Shares in electronic design automation (EDA) and engineering simulation software company Synopsys (NASDAQ: SNPS) had a very eventful September. The stock declined by 18.2% in the month, acc ...