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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
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) Free cash flow
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.'s free cash flow for fiscal 2025 was $1.6B, up 41.9% from $1.1B in fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 it was $1.8B. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $333.4M (fiscal 2015) to $1.6B (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. ranks 14th of 222 Software Application companies by free cash flow.
Free cash flow, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $1.6B | 41.94% |
| FY2024 | $1.1B | (10.32%) |
| FY2023 | $1.2B | 11.54% |
| FY2022 | $1.1B | 8.08% |
| FY2021 | $1.0B | 27.65% |
| FY2020 | $810.1M | 23.68% |
| FY2019 | $655.0M | 20.57% |
| FY2018 | $543.2M | 31.59% |
| FY2017 | $412.8M | 5.29% |
| FY2016 | $392.1M | 17.61% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Free cash flow | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | $361.9M | (37.09%) |
| Jun 2026 | $575.3M | 87.43% |
| Mar 2026 | $307.0M | (40.10%) |
| Dec 2025 | $512.5M | 85.02% |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow against peers
| Company | Free cash flow |
|---|---|
| ADBE Adobe Inc. compare | $10.6B |
| UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare | $10.4B |
| INTU Intuit Inc. compare | $8.6B |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. compare | $4.8B |
| NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare | $4.8B |
| CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | $1.8B |
| SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare | $1.2B |
| DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare | $1.1B |
| MSTR Strategy Inc compare | −$16.9B |
What Free cash flow is
Free Cash Flow tells an investor how much cash a company’s operations generate after paying for its investment in physical and intangible assets.
Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)
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