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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) Operating margin
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 28.9%, up 0.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (28.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.5% (fiscal 2016) to 30.6% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Software Application industry median of 0.00% and above the Technology sector median of 0.02%.
Operating margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 28.2% | (0.93) |
| FY2024 | 29.1% | (1.49) |
| FY2023 | 30.6% | 0.44 |
| FY2022 | 30.2% | 4.08 |
| FY2021 | 26.1% | 2.01 |
| FY2020 | 24.1% | 3.01 |
| FY2019 | 21.1% | 2.52 |
| FY2018 | 18.5% | 1.86 |
| FY2017 | 16.7% | 3.18 |
| FY2016 | 13.5% | (3.28) |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 26.3% | (2.17) |
| Jun 2026 | 28.4% | (0.84) |
| Mar 2026 | 29.3% | (2.91) |
| Dec 2025 | 32.2% | 0.40 |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| ADBE Adobe Inc. compare | 35.7% |
| CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 28.9% |
| INTU Intuit Inc. compare | 27.4% |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. compare | 26.5% |
| UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare | 12.4% |
| NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare | 9.68% |
| DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare | 2.26% |
| SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare | −22.8% |
| MSTR Strategy Inc compare | −3,905.9% |
| Software Application industry median | 0.00% |
| Technology sector median | 0.02% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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