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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. CDNS

Technology  —  Software Application
326.13 4.13 1.28% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$88.7B
P/E
64.5×
S&P 500 Member Revenue Champion (10y)
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Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) Return on invested capital

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 14.0%, down 4.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (18.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.8% (fiscal 2016) to 25.7% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 45% 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 invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 18.8% 0.09
FY2024 18.7% (6.94)
FY2023 25.7% (0.02)
FY2022 25.7% 1.65
FY2021 24.1% 3.31
FY2020 20.7% 3.37
FY2019 17.4% (3.26)
FY2018 20.6% 0.98
FY2017 19.7% 3.82
FY2016 15.8% (1.86)

Against its own ten years

Low 15.8% High 25.7%
Ten-year median 19.7%
Current reading's percentile 45

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. compare 53.4%
ADBE Adobe Inc. compare 46.4%
INTU Intuit Inc. compare 20.2%
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 14.0%
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare 12.0%
NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare 6.83%
DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare 2.78%
SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare −37.0%
MSTR Strategy Inc compare −64.7%
Software Application industry median 0.00%
Technology sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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