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Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

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%

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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

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

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As of 5 November 2026, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) trades at a price to free cash flow of 48.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.6× (August 2015) to 92.8× (December 2024); the current reading is higher than 67% of that period. That is above the Software Application industry median of 17.2× and above the Technology sector median of 18.7×.

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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%

Period	Price to free cash flow	Change
Sep 2026	51.5×	(16.34%)
Jun 2026	61.5×	16.34%
Mar 2026	52.9×	(1.08%)
Dec 2025	53.5×	(17.03%)
43 more quarters	Free account

Against its own ten years

Low 15.6× High 92.8×

Ten-year median 37.0×

Current reading's percentile 67

Company	Price to free cash flow
MSTR Strategy Inc compare	n/m
ADBE Adobe Inc. compare	9.2×
INTU Intuit Inc. compare	11.3×
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare	13.4×
NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare	22.5×
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. compare	25.5×
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc.	48.6×
DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare	56.8×
SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare	79.4×
Software Application industry median	17.2×
Technology sector median	18.7×
Market median	14.1×

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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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