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.

Revenue
+22.0%
EPS
−0.15%
Free cash flow
+30.7%
Total debt
+6.22%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

312.11 17.41 −5.28%
Market cap
$85.5B
P/E
61.7×
Fwd P/E
67.7×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
13.22
Beneish M
−2.43
Dividend safety
n/a
Dec '25 Dec '24 Dec '23 Dec '22 Dec '21 Dec '20 Dec '19 Dec '18 Dec '17 Dec '16
P/E ratio
76.43 77.24 68.11 51.00 73.08 63.46 19.21 34.51 56.07 35.69
Piotroski F-Score
5 4 7 6 7 6 7 7 8 6
P/S ratio
16.01 17.56 17.32 12.16 17.06 13.92 8.11 5.57 5.89 3.97
Altman Z-Score
13.22 13.67 22.18 13.46 21.03 17.63 11.16 8.00 6.39 4.59
P/FCF ratio
53.45 72.90 56.81 38.74 49.21 46.10 28.93 21.91 27.71 18.39
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
6.46 6.26 6.35 5.54 6.32 5.97 5.43 3.89 3.00 1.94
Beneish M-Score
(2.43) (2.40) (2.67) (2.49) (2.93) (2.74) (1.95) (2.41) (2.83) (3.18)
P/Operating CF
153.23 184.63 260.28 164.22 236.12 275.56 118.97 90.24 90.19 36.62
P/B ratio
15.49 17.44 20.80 15.77 18.60 14.98 9.01 9.24 11.57 9.72
EV/Sales
15.98 17.60 17.23 12.12 16.82 13.83 7.97 5.53 5.91 4.09
EV/EBITDA
49.21 52.77 50.45 35.76 54.47 46.84 30.25 22.89 26.06 20.34
EV/FCF
53.34 73.06 56.52 38.62 48.52 45.81 28.43 21.75 27.81 18.96
Current Ratio
2.86 2.93 1.24 1.27 1.77 1.86 1.74 1.34 1.53 1.20
Net Debt/EBITDA
(0.30) (0.11) (0.26) (0.11) (0.78) (0.69) (0.54) (0.17) 0.09 0.62
Debt/Equity
0.45 0.53 0.19 0.27 0.14 0.15 0.18 0.35 0.74 0.93
ROE
21.85% 26.13% 33.86% 30.95% 26.60% 25.70% 58.32% 30.36% 23.58% 19.18%
ROA
11.59% 14.42% 19.27% 17.83% 16.70% 16.16% 33.95% 14.15% 9.04% 9.14%
ROIC
18.83% 18.74% 25.68% 25.70% 24.05% 20.74% 17.37% 20.63% 19.65% 15.83%
Return on Tangible Assets
31.22% 34.00% 132.03% 116.21% 66.25% 59.49% 127.97% 69.89% 34.66% 57.19%
Average Days of Receivables
65.12 53.51 43.66 49.88 41.24 46.05 47.58 50.72 35.77 31.59
Earnings Yield
1.31% 1.29% 1.47% 1.96% 1.37% 1.58% 5.20% 2.90% 1.78% 2.80%
Free Cash Flow Yield
1.87% 1.37% 1.76% 2.58% 2.03% 2.17% 3.46% 4.56% 3.61% 5.44%
Free Cash Flow per Share
5.85 4.12 4.63 4.12 3.78 2.96 2.40 1.98 1.52 1.38
Book value per Share
20.18 17.23 12.64 10.12 10.02 9.11 7.70 4.71 3.64 2.61
Free Cash Flow
1,586.91 1,118.01 1,246.67 1,117.68 1,034.08 810.11 655.00 543.25 412.84 392.09
EV/EBIT
56.73 60.46 56.31 40.20 64.50 57.49 37.86 29.82 35.45 30.36
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Columns are period end dates · fundamentals updated 2 Nov 2026