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.

Revenue
+22.0%
EPS
−0.15%
Free cash flow
+30.7%
Total debt
+6.22%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

312.11 17.41 −5.28%
Market cap
$85.5B
P/E
61.7×
Fwd P/E
67.7×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
13.22
Beneish M
−2.43
Dividend safety
n/a

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) P/E ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) trades at a P/E ratio of 61.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.0× (March 2020) to 100× (September 2025); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Software Application industry median of 25.9× and above the Technology sector median of 25.7×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 76.4× (1.05%)
FY2024 77.2× 13.41%
FY2023 68.1× 33.54%
FY2022 51.0× (30.21%)
FY2021 73.1× 15.16%
FY2020 63.5× 230.27%
FY2019 19.2× (44.32%)
FY2018 34.5× (38.45%)
FY2017 56.1× 57.09%
FY2016 35.7× 49.21%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Sep 2026 65.3× (12.00%)
Jun 2026 74.2× 15.05%
Mar 2026 64.5× (15.64%)
Dec 2025 76.4× (14.93%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 15.0× High 100×
Ten-year median 54.6×
Current reading's percentile 61

P/E ratio against peers

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ADBE Adobe Inc. compare 13.7×
INTU Intuit Inc. compare 21.4×
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. compare 27.1×
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare 39.7×
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 61.7×
NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare 73.1×
DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare 237×
Software Application industry median 25.9×
Technology sector median 25.7×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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