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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) Return on assets
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 12.7%, up 1.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.04% (fiscal 2017) to 34.0% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Software Application industry median of 0.00% and above the Technology sector median of 0.00%.
Return on assets, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 11.6% | (2.83) |
| FY2024 | 14.4% | (4.85) |
| FY2023 | 19.3% | 1.44 |
| FY2022 | 17.8% | 1.13 |
| FY2021 | 16.7% | 0.54 |
| FY2020 | 16.2% | (17.79) |
| FY2019 | 34.0% | 19.80 |
| FY2018 | 14.2% | 5.11 |
| FY2017 | 9.04% | (0.10) |
| FY2016 | 9.14% | 0.05 |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| ADBE Adobe Inc. compare | 24.8% |
| CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 12.7% |
| INTU Intuit Inc. compare | 12.4% |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. compare | 7.69% |
| NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare | 5.39% |
| UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare | 5.16% |
| DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare | 3.77% |
| SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare | −12.9% |
| MSTR Strategy Inc compare | −19.8% |
| Software Application industry median | 0.00% |
| Technology sector median | 0.00% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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