Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

CDNS Technology Software Application

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

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) Debt to equity

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Cadence Design Systems, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 0.4×, down 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (0.5×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.1× (fiscal 2021) to 0.9× (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Software Application industry median of 0.0× and above the Technology sector median of 0.1×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.5× (14.48%)
FY2024 0.5× 177.82%
FY2023 0.2× (30.02%)
FY2022 0.3× 100.52%
FY2021 0.1× (11.00%)
FY2020 0.2× (13.68%)
FY2019 0.2× (48.81%)
FY2018 0.3× (53.13%)
FY2017 0.7× (21.14%)
FY2016 0.9× 274.71%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 0.4× (18.29%)
Mar 2026 0.4× (2.25%)
Dec 2025 0.5× (4.97%)
Sep 2025 0.5× (3.68%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.1× High 0.9×
Ten-year median 0.3×
Current reading's percentile 73

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
MSTR Strategy Inc compare 0.2×
DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare 0.2×
INTU Intuit Inc. compare 0.3×
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 0.4×
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare 0.5×
ADBE Adobe Inc. compare 0.5×
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. compare 0.8×
TEAM Atlassian Corporation PLC compare 0.9×
SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare 1.1×
Software Application industry median 0.0×
Technology sector median 0.1×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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