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CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC CDNS

Services-Prepackaged Software · CIK 0000813672 · Fiscal year ends 1231

Revenue
$5.30B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Operating income
$1.49B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Free cash flow
$1.59B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31

Valuation, from the filing

Public float$83.97BMarket value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-06-30
Float per share$307.97Float divided by shares outstanding in the same filing. A floor under the share price on that date, not the price itself.
Float / net income75.7×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / revenue15.9×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / equity15.3×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.

Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-06-30, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 — the year that filing covered.

Valuation over time

75.7× earnings today, against a median of 47.1× across 10 years on record. Above its own history.

Float measuredPublic floatFloat / net income
2025-06-30$83.97B75.7×
2024-06-30$84.27B79.8×
2023-06-30$63.74B61.2×
2022-07-02$40.98B48.3×
2021-07-03$38.18B54.9×
2020-06-27$26.16B44.3×
2019-06-29$19.84B20.1×
2018-06-30$12.25B35.4×
2017-07-01$9.38B46.0×
2016-07-02$7.13B35.1×

Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.

How this compares in its industry

Percentile among the Services-Prepackaged Software filers on this site, highest value first. A high percentile means a large figure, which is good for a margin and not for leverage — the ranking says where the company sits, not whether that is where it should be.

MeasureReportedPercentile
Operating margin28.2%94th
Net margin20.9%89th
FCF margin30.0%87th
Current ratio2.86x81th
CapEx / revenue2.7%77th
Effective tax rate27.1%76th
SBC / revenue8.6%39th
Revenue YoY growth14.1%57th

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC (CDNS) reported revenue of $5.30B and net income of $1.11B for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Services-Prepackaged Software.

Income

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312022-01-012021-01-022019-12-282018-12-292017-12-302016-12-31
Revenue$5.30B$4.64B$4.09B$3.56B$2.99B$2.68B$2.34B$2.14B$1.94B$1.82B
Cost of revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Gross profitUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Operating income$1.49B$1.35B$1.25B$1.07B$779.09M$645.55M$491.80M$396.21M$323.96M$244.90M
Net income$1.11B$1.06B$1.04B$848.95M$695.96M$590.64M$988.98M$345.78M$204.10M$203.09M
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 273.31Mshares 273.83Mshares 272.75Mshares 275.01Mshares 278.86Mshares 279.64Mshares 280.52Mshares 281.14Mshares 280.22Mshares 291.26M
Pretax income$1.52B$1.40B$1.28B$1.05B$768.44M$632.75M$478.97M$376.39M$315.05M$237.15M
Income tax expense$413.16M$340.34M$240.78M$196.41M$72.48M$42.10M-$510.01M$30.61M$110.94M$34.07M
Diluted EPS$4.06$3.85$3.82$3.09$2.50$2.11$3.53$1.23$0.73$0.70
Selling, general & administrative$1.12B$1.03B$932.75M$846.34M$749.28M$670.88M$621.48M$573.08M$553.34M$520.30M
General & administrative$313.39M$273.96M$242.43M$242.12M$189.02M$154.42M$139.81M$133.41M$134.18M$125.11M
Selling & marketing$802.63M$757.48M$690.32M$604.22M$560.26M$516.46M$481.67M$439.67M$419.16M$395.19M

Balance

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312022-01-012021-01-022019-12-282018-12-292017-12-302016-12-31
Cash & equivalents$3.00B$2.64B$1.01B$882.32M$1.09B$928.43M$705.21M$533.30M$688.09M$465.23M
Total assets$10.15B$8.97B$5.67B$5.14B$4.39B$3.95B$3.36B$2.47B$2.42B$2.10B
Current assets$4.67B$4.02B$1.98B$1.71B$1.72B$1.48B$1.17B$951.09M$979.99M$702.03M
Total liabilitiesUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Current liabilities$1.64B$1.37B$1.59B$1.35B$971.22M$796.81M$672.39M$708.98M$642.40M$585.56M
Total equity incl. NCI$5.47B$4.67B$3.40B$2.75B$2.74B$2.49B$2.10B$1.29B$989.20M$741.77M
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Inventory$303.54M$257.71M$181.66M$128.00M$115.72M$75.96M$55.80M$28.16M$33.21M$39.48M
Accounts receivable$944.94M$680.46M$489.22M$486.71M$337.60M$338.49M$304.55M$297.08M$190.43M$157.17M
Goodwill$2.75B$2.38B$1.54B$1.37B$928.36M$782.09M$661.86M$662.27M$666.01M$572.76M
Long-term debt$2.48BUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Accounts payableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$5.48M$4.82M$4.37M

Cash flow

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312022-01-012021-01-022019-12-282018-12-292017-12-302016-12-31
Operating cash flow$1.73B$1.26B$1.35B$1.24B$1.10B$904.92M$729.60M$604.75M$470.74M$444.88M
Capital expenditures$141.87M$142.54M$102.34M$123.22M$65.30M$94.81M$74.60M$61.50M$57.90M$53.71M
Investing cash flow-$460.52M-$837.12M-$412.25M-$738.63M-$292.95M-$292.16M-$105.71M-$173.84M-$191.21M$1.36M
Financing cash flow-$948.98M$1.24B-$803.57M-$657.05M-$643.79M-$415.29M-$443.89M-$567.94M-$70.15M-$592.70M
Net change in cash$357.29M$1.64B$125.83M-$206.62M$160.51M$223.22M$171.91M-$154.79M$222.86M-$151.45M
Stock-based compensation$455.18M$391.22M$325.61M$270.44M$210.09M$197.27M$181.55M$167.72M$130.02M$109.22M
Common dividends paidUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Common share repurchases$925.03M$550.03M$700.13M$1.05B$612.30M$380.06M$306.15M$250.06M$100.02M$960.29M
Depreciation & amortization$227.83M$196.94M$145.29M$132.09M$142.31M$145.65M$122.79M$118.72M$115.52M$119.59M

Derived

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312022-01-012021-01-022019-12-282018-12-292017-12-302016-12-31
Free cash flow$1.59B$1.12B$1.25B$1.12B$1.04B$810.11M$655.00M$543.25M$412.84M$391.17M
Gross marginUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Operating margin28.2%29.1%30.6%30.1%26.1%24.1%21.1%18.5%16.7%13.5%
FCF margin30.0%24.1%30.5%31.4%34.7%30.2%28.0%25.4%21.2%21.5%
SBC / revenue8.6%8.4%8.0%7.6%7.0%7.4%7.8%7.8%6.7%6.0%
Current ratio2.86x2.93x1.24x1.27x1.77x1.86x1.74x1.34x1.53x1.20x
Revenue YoY growth14.1%13.5%14.8%19.2%11.4%14.8%9.3%10.0%7.0%Unavailable
Net margin20.9%22.7%25.5%23.8%23.3%22.0%42.3%16.2%10.5%11.2%
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenue2.7%3.1%2.5%3.5%2.2%3.5%3.2%2.9%3.0%3.0%
Long-term debt / equity0.45xUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate27.1%24.4%18.8%18.8%9.4%6.7%-106.5%8.1%35.2%14.4%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open CDNS in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-10-28View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-07-29View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-01View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-19View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-10-29View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-07-30View SEC filing

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