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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) Net margin
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.'s net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 22.5%, up 1.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (20.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.5% (fiscal 2017) to 42.3% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Software Application industry median of 0.00% and above the Technology sector median of 0.00%.
Net margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Net margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 20.9% | (1.80) |
| FY2024 | 22.7% | (2.72) |
| FY2023 | 25.5% | 1.62 |
| FY2022 | 23.8% | 0.55 |
| FY2021 | 23.3% | 1.27 |
| FY2020 | 22.0% | (20.31) |
| FY2019 | 42.3% | 26.16 |
| FY2018 | 16.2% | 5.67 |
| FY2017 | 10.5% | (0.68) |
| FY2016 | 11.2% | (3.65) |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Net margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 17.7% | (5.43) |
| Jun 2026 | 23.2% | 0.40 |
| Mar 2026 | 22.8% | (4.18) |
| Dec 2025 | 27.0% | 5.50 |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Net margin against peers
| Company | Net margin |
|---|---|
| ADBE Adobe Inc. compare | 28.1% |
| CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 22.5% |
| INTU Intuit Inc. compare | 21.3% |
| ADSK Autodesk, Inc. compare | 21.1% |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. compare | 20.3% |
| NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare | 9.36% |
| DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare | 6.12% |
| SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare | −20.1% |
| MSTR Strategy Inc compare | −3,008.0% |
| Software Application industry median | 0.00% |
| Technology sector median | 0.00% |
| Market median | 1.14% |
What Net margin is
Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.
Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue
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