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 '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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