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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.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 18.32 | 25.24 | 35.49 | 41.43 | 51.39 | 118.11 | 132.32 | 154.88 | 241.29 | 221.56 |
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| High | 28.00 | 45.64 | 47.40 | 77.08 | 136.84 | 192.70 | 194.97 | 279.33 | 328.99 | 376.45 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 7,100 | 7,200 | 7,500 | 8,100 | 8,800 | 9,300 | 10,200 | 11,200 | 12,700 | 13,800 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.38 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 1,816 | 1,943 | 2,138 | 2,336 | 2,683 | 2,988 | 3,562 | 4,090 | 4,641 | 5,297 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 85.88 | 87.78 | 87.90 | 88.60 | 88.61 | 89.73 | 89.57 | 89.36 | 86.05 | 86.36 | |||||
| EBT | 237 | 315 | 376 | 479 | 633 | 768 | 1,045 | 1,282 | 1,396 | 1,522 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 13.06 | 16.21 | 17.60 | 20.50 | 23.58 | 25.72 | 29.35 | 31.34 | 30.07 | 28.74 | |||||
| Net income | 203 | 204 | 346 | 989 | 591 | 696 | 849 | 1,041 | 1,055 | 1,109 | |||||
| Depreciation | 121 | 117 | 120 | 124 | 147 | 144 | 133 | 145 | 197 | 228 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 6.38 | 7.14 | 7.81 | 8.55 | 9.80 | 10.93 | 13.13 | 15.18 | 17.11 | 19.52 | ||||
| Earnings | 0.71 | 0.75 | 1.26 | 3.62 | 2.16 | 2.54 | 3.13 | 3.86 | 3.89 | 4.09 | |||||
| Cash flow | 1.56 | 1.73 | 2.21 | 2.67 | 3.31 | 4.03 | 4.58 | 5.01 | 4.65 | 6.37 | |||||
| Capex | (0.19) | (0.21) | (0.22) | (0.27) | (0.35) | (0.24) | (0.46) | (0.38) | (0.53) | (0.52) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 1.38 | 1.52 | 1.98 | 2.40 | 2.96 | 3.78 | 4.12 | 4.63 | 4.12 | 5.85 | |||||
| Book value | 2.61 | 3.64 | 4.71 | 7.70 | 9.11 | 10.02 | 10.12 | 12.64 | 17.23 | 20.18 | |||||
| Shares, m | 285 | 272 | 274 | 273 | 274 | 274 | 271 | 269 | 271 | 271 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 35.69 | 56.07 | 34.51 | 19.21 | 63.46 | 73.08 | 51.00 | 68.11 | 77.24 | 76.43 | ||||
| P/S | 3.97 | 5.89 | 5.57 | 8.11 | 13.92 | 17.06 | 12.16 | 17.32 | 17.56 | 16.01 | |||||
| P/B | 9.72 | 11.57 | 9.24 | 9.01 | 14.98 | 18.60 | 15.77 | 20.80 | 17.44 | 15.49 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 4.09 | 5.91 | 5.53 | 7.97 | 13.83 | 16.82 | 12.12 | 17.23 | 17.60 | 15.98 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 18.96 | 27.81 | 21.75 | 28.43 | 45.81 | 48.52 | 38.62 | 56.52 | 73.06 | 53.34 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 445 | 471 | 605 | 730 | 905 | 1,101 | 1,242 | 1,349 | 1,261 | 1,729 | ||||
| Capex | (53) | (58) | (62) | (75) | (95) | (67) | (124) | (103) | (143) | (142) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 392 | 413 | 543 | 655 | 810 | 1,034 | 1,118 | 1,247 | 1,118 | 1,587 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 116 | 338 | 242 | 497 | 682 | 745 | 359 | 385 | 2,646 | 3,034 | ||||
| Total debt | 693 | 729 | 445 | 372 | 381 | 373 | 748 | 649 | 2,476 | 2,480 | |||||
| Net debt | 225 | 41 | (88) | (333) | (548) | (716) | (134) | (359) | (168) | (521) | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 742 | 989 | 1,288 | 2,103 | 2,493 | 2,741 | 2,745 | 3,404 | 4,674 | 5,474 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 9.14 | 9.04 | 14.15 | 33.95 | 16.16 | 16.70 | 17.83 | 19.27 | 14.42 | 11.59 | ||||
| ROIC | 15.83 | 19.65 | 20.63 | 17.37 | 20.74 | 24.05 | 25.70 | 25.68 | 18.74 | 18.83 | |||||
| ROE | 19.18 | 23.58 | 30.36 | 58.32 | 25.70 | 26.60 | 30.95 | 33.86 | 26.13 | 21.85 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. vs peers in Software Application (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. | $145.6B | 15.2× | 24.0× | +12.17% (above 0%: growing) | +81.54% (above 0%: growing) | +12.81% (above 0%: growing) | 44.93% | 13.32% | Compare |
| SNOW Snowflake Inc. | $118.2B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +35.09% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +47.23% (above 0%: growing) | 67.02% | (17.00%) | Compare |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | $113.2B | 26.3× | 19.0× | +6.77% (above 0%: growing) | +9.37% (above 0%: growing) | −5.49% (below 0%: shrinking) | 45.88% | 23.00% | Compare |
| ADBE Adobe Inc. | $98.0B | 13.7× | 13.8× | +12.89% (above 0%: growing) | +10.77% (above 0%: growing) | +14.68% (above 0%: growing) | 88.71% | 34.82% | Compare |
| DDOG Datadog, Inc. | $95.6B | 485× | 420× | +35.64% (above 0%: growing) | +1,610.53% (above 0%: growing) | +68.55% (above 0%: growing) | 78.59% | 0.49% | Compare |
| CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | $89.3B | 63.1× | 83.7× | +24.23% (above 0%: growing) | +127.12% (above 0%: growing) | +72.50% (above 0%: growing) | 84.90% | 28.42% | |
| INTU Intuit Inc. | $88.2B | 19.7× | 15.3× | +13.65% (above 0%: growing) | −1.47% (below 0%: shrinking) | +253.37% (above 0%: growing) | 78.11% | 10.91% | Compare |
| MSTR Strategy Inc | $63.9B | — (loss-making) | 3.8× | +6.88% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +6.40% (above 0%: growing) | 66.64% | (6,808.11%) | Compare |
| TEAM Atlassian Corporation PLC | $55.0B | — (loss-making) | 125× | +27.60% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +31.74% (above 0%: growing) | 86.50% | 11.93% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $96.8B | 19.7× | 19.0× | +13.27% | +10.77% | +23.21% | 72.57% | 11.42% |
CDNS metrics, ten years each
- Revenue
- Net income
- EPS (diluted)
- EBITDA
- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- EV/EBITDA
- EV/Sales
- EV/FCF
- Return on equity
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
- Piotroski F-score
- Altman Z-score
- Beneish M-score
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) key facts
- Strength: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $5.3 billion, up 14.1% from fiscal 2024.
- Strength: Net income was $1.1 billion, or $4.09 per share (basic), a net margin of 20.9%.
- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) is a Software Application company in the Technology sector, listed on Nasdaq.
- As of October 16, 2026, CDNS traded at $319.51, a market capitalization of $89.3 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 63.1× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 15.0× sales; its P/E is higher than 63% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Return on equity was 21.9% and debt-to-equity 0.36.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 13.22 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.