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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. CDNS

Technology  —  Software Application
326.13 4.13 1.28% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$88.7B
P/E
64.5×
S&P 500 Member Revenue Champion (10y)
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Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) trades at a price to free cash flow of 53.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.6× (August 2015) to 92.8× (December 2024); the current reading is higher than 74% of that period. That is above the Software Application industry median of 16.6× and above the Technology sector median of 19.8×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 53.5× (26.68%)
FY2024 72.9× 28.32%
FY2023 56.8× 46.65%
FY2022 38.7× (21.29%)
FY2021 49.2× 6.76%
FY2020 46.1× 59.32%
FY2019 28.9× 32.07%
FY2018 21.9× (20.95%)
FY2017 27.7× 50.73%
FY2016 18.4× 2.28%

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 61.5× 16.34%
Mar 2026 52.9× (1.08%)
Dec 2025 53.5× (17.03%)
Sep 2025 64.4× 22.14%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 15.6× High 92.8×
Ten-year median 36.8×
Current reading's percentile 74

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
MSTR Strategy Inc compare n/m
ADBE Adobe Inc. compare 8.8×
INTU Intuit Inc. compare 8.8×
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare 14.0×
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. compare 22.2×
NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare 30.8×
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 53.5×
DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare 89.0×
SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare 98.4×
Software Application industry median 16.6×
Technology sector median 19.8×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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