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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 24.2%, EPS grew 127.1%, free cash flow grew 72.5% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; revenue growth for ten consecutive years.

319.51 4.87 −1.50%
Market cap
$89.3B
P/E
63.1×
Fwd P/E
83.7×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
13.22
Beneish M
−2.43
Dividend safety
n/a

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) Return on assets

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Cadence Design Systems, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 12.8%, up 1.2 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

Low 9.04% High 34.0%
Ten-year median 14.4%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
ADBE Adobe Inc. compare 24.8%
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare 15.7%
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 12.8%
INTU Intuit Inc. compare 12.4%
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. compare 7.57%
DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare 2.66%
TEAM Atlassian Corporation PLC compare −0.89%
SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare −12.9%
MSTR Strategy Inc compare −53.5%
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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