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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) Gross margin
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 85.7%, down 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (86.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 85.9% (fiscal 2016) to 89.7% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Software Application industry median of 66.9% and above the Technology sector median of 46.9%.
Gross margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 86.4% | 0.31 |
| FY2024 | 86.1% | (3.31) |
| FY2023 | 89.4% | (0.21) |
| FY2022 | 89.6% | (0.16) |
| FY2021 | 89.7% | 1.12 |
| FY2020 | 88.6% | 0.01 |
| FY2019 | 88.6% | 0.70 |
| FY2018 | 87.9% | 0.12 |
| FY2017 | 87.8% | 1.90 |
| FY2016 | 85.9% | (0.11) |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 85.6% | 0.67 |
| Jun 2026 | 84.9% | (0.55) |
| Mar 2026 | 85.5% | (1.44) |
| Dec 2025 | 86.9% | 0.50 |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Gross margin against peers
| Company | Gross margin |
|---|---|
| ADBE Adobe Inc. compare | 89.3% |
| CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 85.7% |
| INTU Intuit Inc. compare | 80.2% |
| DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare | 79.6% |
| NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare | 73.1% |
| MSTR Strategy Inc compare | 67.8% |
| SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare | 67.0% |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. compare | 46.6% |
| UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare | 43.2% |
| Software Application industry median | 66.9% |
| Technology sector median | 46.9% |
| Market median | 45.1% |
What Gross margin is
Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.
Gross Profit ÷ Revenue
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