Cadence Design Systems Financial Ratios
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Cadence Design Systems ratio analysis
Cadence Design Systems earned a net margin of 20.9% in FY 2025, down from 22.7% a year earlier. Return on equity reached 20.3%, meaning Cadence Design Systems generated 0.20 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity. At the end of FY 2025, CDNS traded at 76.5 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 19.9 to 78.9, with a median of 61.0.
Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Cadence Design Systems financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 76.45 | 78.92 | 71.30 | 51.99 | 74.54 | 64.66 | 19.91 | 35.24 | 57.29 | 36.03 |
| Price / sales | 15.90 | 17.76 | 17.94 | 12.23 | 17.06 | 13.92 | 8.22 | 5.55 | 5.86 | 3.95 |
| Price / book | 15.39 | 17.63 | 21.55 | 15.87 | 18.60 | 14.98 | 9.13 | 9.21 | 11.50 | 9.67 |
| Operating margin | 28.2% | 29.1% | 30.6% | 30.1% | 26.1% | 24.1% | 21.1% | 18.5% | 16.7% | 13.5% |
| Net margin | 20.9% | 22.7% | 25.5% | 23.8% | 23.3% | 22.0% | 42.3% | 16.2% | 10.5% | 11.2% |
| Free cash flow margin | 30.0% | 24.1% | 30.5% | 31.4% | 34.7% | 30.2% | 28.0% | 25.4% | 21.2% | 21.5% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 20.3% | 22.6% | 30.6% | 30.9% | 25.4% | 23.7% | 47.0% | 26.8% | 20.6% | 27.4% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 10.9% | 11.8% | 18.4% | 16.5% | 15.9% | 15.0% | 29.5% | 14.0% | 8.4% | 9.7% |
| Debt / equity | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.00 | — |
| Current ratio | 2.86 | 2.93 | 1.24 | 1.27 | 1.77 | 1.86 | 1.74 | 1.34 | 1.53 | 1.20 |
| Revenue growth | 14.1% | 13.5% | 14.8% | 19.2% | 11.4% | 14.8% | 9.3% | 10.0% | 7.0% | 6.7% |
| EPS growth | 5.5% | 0.8% | 23.6% | 23.6% | 18.5% | -40.2% | 187.0% | 68.5% | 4.3% | -13.6% |