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CDNS Financials Cadence Design Systems

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 18.5% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Net income has grown slower than revenue (17.1% vs 18.5% per year).
  • Operating margin has expanded, at 28.2% in the latest year.
  • Free cash flow has grown 18.3% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • Operating income covered interest expense 13× in the latest year, down from 31× 5 years ago.
Revenue & net income
$0 $3B $5B 2011 2013 2016 2017 2019 2022 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
0% 21% 42% 2011 2013 2016 2017 2019 2022 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
$0 $793M $2B 2011 2013 2016 2017 2019 2022 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $2B $3B 2011 2013 2016 2017 2019 2022 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$949M $390M $2B $0 2011 2013 2016 2017 2019 2022 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $5.3B $1.1B 0.0% 28.2% $1.6B $3.0B
2024 $4.6B $1.1B 0.0% 29.1% $1.1B $2.6B
2023 $4.1B $1.0B 0.0% 30.6% $1.2B $1.0B
2022 $3.6B $849M 0.0% 30.1% $1.1B $882M
2022 $3.0B $696M 0.0% 26.1% $1.0B $1.1B
2021 $2.7B $591M 0.0% 24.1% $810M $928M
2019 $2.3B $989M 0.0% 21.1% $655M $705M
2018 $2.1B $346M 0.0% 18.5% $543M $533M
2017 $1.9B $204M 0.0% 16.7% $413M $688M
2016 $1.8B $203M 0.0% 13.5% $391M $465M
2016 $252M $333M $617M
2015 $159M $277M $932M
2013 $164M $323M $536M
2012 $440M $280M $726M
2011 $72M $209M $602M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced CDNS against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 47.5 95.0 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 10.8 21.6 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S

Frequently asked questions

Is CDNS growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Cadence Design Systems's revenue has grown 18.5% per year, and net income grown 17.1% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does CDNS have?

As of FY2025, Cadence Design Systems reported — of total debt against $3.0B of cash; operating income covered interest expense 13×.

What is CDNS's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was —, operating margin 28.2%, and net margin 20.9%.

What is CDNS's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, Cadence Design Systems traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 91.6× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.