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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 equity
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 22.9%, up 1.0 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
Return on equity against peers
| Company | Return on equity |
|---|---|
| ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. compare | 78.9% |
| ADBE Adobe Inc. compare | 61.9% |
| INTU Intuit Inc. compare | 23.6% |
| CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 22.9% |
| UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare | 12.0% |
| NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare | 11.9% |
| DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare | 6.43% |
| MSTR Strategy Inc compare | −27.6% |
| SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare | −48.2% |
| Software Application industry median | 0.00% |
| Technology sector median | 0.00% |
| Market median | 0.51% |
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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