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
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) P/E ratio
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 | Free account |
Against its own ten years
P/E ratio against peers
| Company | P/E ratio |
|---|---|
| MSTR Strategy Inc compare | n/m |
| SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare | n/m |
| 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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