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

319.72 8.29 +2.66%
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) Revenue growth

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Cadence Design Systems, Inc.'s revenue growth over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 17.6%, up 3.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (14.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.70% (fiscal 2016) to 19.2% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Software Application industry median of 12.3% and above the Technology sector median of 11.8%.

Revenue growth, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
FY2025 14.1% 0.64
FY2024 13.5% (1.35)
FY2023 14.8% (4.36)
FY2022 19.2% 7.81
FY2021 11.4% (3.45)
FY2020 14.8% 5.56
FY2019 9.27% (0.77)
FY2018 10.0% 3.05
FY2017 6.99% 0.29
FY2016 6.70% (0.96)

Quarterly newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
Sep 2026 22.0% (2.24)
Jun 2026 24.2% 5.57
Mar 2026 18.7% 12.46
Dec 2025 6.20% (3.95)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 6.70% High 19.2%
Ten-year median 11.4%
Current reading's percentile 73

Revenue growth against peers

Company Revenue growth
DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare 33.2%
SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare 32.0%
NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare 21.8%
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 17.6%
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare 13.9%
INTU Intuit Inc. compare 13.9%
ADBE Adobe Inc. compare 12.0%
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. compare 6.50%
MSTR Strategy Inc compare 4.24%
Software Application industry median 12.3%
Technology sector median 11.8%
Market median 7.58%

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Revenue Growth shows how fast a company’s sales are rising or falling compared with the same period a year earlier.

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