Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

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Cadence Design Systems, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $5.3 billion, up 14.1% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 24.2%, EPS grew 127.1%, free cash flow grew 72.5% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; revenue growth for ten consecutive years.

319.51 4.87 −1.50%
Market cap
$89.3B
P/E
63.1×
Fwd P/E
83.7×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
13.22
Beneish M
−2.43
Dividend safety
n/a
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24 Dec '25
P/E ratio
35.69 56.07 34.51 19.21 63.46 73.08 51.00 68.11 77.24 76.43
Piotroski F-Score
6 8 7 7 6 7 6 7 4 5
P/S ratio
3.97 5.89 5.57 8.11 13.92 17.06 12.16 17.32 17.56 16.01
Altman Z-Score
4.59 6.39 8.00 11.16 17.63 21.03 13.46 22.18 13.67 13.22
P/FCF ratio
18.39 27.71 21.91 28.93 46.10 49.21 38.74 56.81 72.90 53.45
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
1.94 3.00 3.89 5.43 5.97 6.32 5.54 6.35 6.26 6.46
Beneish M-Score
(3.18) (2.83) (2.41) (1.95) (2.74) (2.93) (2.49) (2.67) (2.40) (2.43)
P/Operating CF
36.62 90.19 90.24 118.97 275.56 236.12 164.22 260.28 184.63 153.23
P/B ratio
9.72 11.57 9.24 9.01 14.98 18.60 15.77 20.80 17.44 15.49
EV/Sales
4.09 5.91 5.53 7.97 13.83 16.82 12.12 17.23 17.60 15.98
EV/EBITDA
20.34 26.06 22.89 30.25 46.84 54.47 35.76 50.45 52.77 49.21
EV/FCF
18.96 27.81 21.75 28.43 45.81 48.52 38.62 56.52 73.06 53.34
Current Ratio
1.20 1.53 1.34 1.74 1.86 1.77 1.27 1.24 2.93 2.86
Net Debt/EBITDA
0.62 0.09 (0.17) (0.54) (0.69) (0.78) (0.11) (0.26) (0.11) (0.30)
Debt/Equity
0.93 0.74 0.35 0.18 0.15 0.14 0.27 0.19 0.53 0.45
ROE
19.18% 23.58% 30.36% 58.32% 25.70% 26.60% 30.95% 33.86% 26.13% 21.85%
ROA
9.14% 9.04% 14.15% 33.95% 16.16% 16.70% 17.83% 19.27% 14.42% 11.59%
ROIC
15.83% 19.65% 20.63% 17.37% 20.74% 24.05% 25.70% 25.68% 18.74% 18.83%
Return on Tangible Assets
57.19% 34.66% 69.89% 127.97% 59.49% 66.25% 116.21% 132.03% 34.00% 31.22%
Average Days of Receivables
31.59 35.77 50.72 47.58 46.05 41.24 49.88 43.66 53.51 65.12
Earnings Yield
2.80% 1.78% 2.90% 5.20% 1.58% 1.37% 1.96% 1.47% 1.29% 1.31%
Free Cash Flow Yield
5.44% 3.61% 4.56% 3.46% 2.17% 2.03% 2.58% 1.76% 1.37% 1.87%
Free Cash Flow per Share
1.38 1.52 1.98 2.40 2.96 3.78 4.12 4.63 4.12 5.85
Book value per Share
2.61 3.64 4.71 7.70 9.11 10.02 10.12 12.64 17.23 20.18
Free Cash Flow
392.09 412.84 543.25 655.00 810.11 1,034.08 1,117.68 1,246.67 1,118.01 1,586.91
EV/EBIT
30.36 35.45 29.82 37.86 57.49 64.50 40.20 56.31 60.46 56.73
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