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 equity

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Cadence Design Systems, Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 23.2%, up 1.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (21.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 18.6% (fiscal 2015) to 58.3% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 27% 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 equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 21.9% (4.28)
FY2024 26.1% (7.73)
FY2023 33.9% 2.91
FY2022 31.0% 4.35
FY2021 26.6% 0.90
FY2020 25.7% (32.62)
FY2019 58.3% 27.96
FY2018 30.4% 6.78
FY2017 23.6% 4.40
FY2016 19.2% 0.55

Against its own ten years

Low 18.6% High 58.3%
Ten-year median 26.1%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. compare 72.2%
ADBE Adobe Inc. compare 61.9%
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare 37.1%
INTU Intuit Inc. compare 23.6%
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 23.2%
DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare 4.70%
TEAM Atlassian Corporation PLC compare −4.48%
SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare −48.2%
MSTR Strategy Inc compare −80.1%
Software Application industry median 0.00%
Technology sector median 0.00%
Market median 1.35%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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