Growth Metrics

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2026)

Cadence Design Systems posted quarterly Capital Expenditures of $48.8 million for Q1 2026, up 111.7% year-on-year from $23.1 million in Q1 2025, and up 18.95% on a QoQ basis from $41.0 million in Q4 2025.

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 18 years of Capital Expenditures data on file, last reported at $48.8 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Capital Expenditures rose 111.7% year-over-year to $48.8 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $167.6 million (up 44.51% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $141.9 million, changed 0.47% from the prior year.
  • Capital Expenditures for Q1 2026 stood at $48.8 million, up from $41.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Capital Expenditures topped out at $49.6 million in Q1 2024 and bottomed at $1.6 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Capital Expenditures is $31.4 million (2024), against an average of $31.1 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Capital Expenditures surged 2277.33%; it then tumbled 53.51% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Capital Expenditures shows it stood at $36.9 million in 2022, then declined by 8.71% to $33.7 million in 2023, then climbed by 10.38% to $37.2 million in 2024, then increased by 10.32% to $41.0 million in 2025, then gained by 18.95% to $48.8 million in 2026.
  • The last three Capital Expenditures figures came in at $48.8 million (Q1 2026), $41.0 million (Q4 2025), and $33.7 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Capital Expenditures (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn -
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 141.00 Mn
3 Uber Technologies 147.39 Bn 146.35 Bn 11.88 Bn 65.00 Mn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 5.00 Mn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 100.00 Mn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 48.82 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 37.00 Mn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 50.60 Mn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 64.00 Mn
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn 11.36 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 48.82 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 48.82 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 41.04 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 41.04 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 33.68 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 33.68 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 44.09 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 44.09 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 23.06 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 23.06 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 37.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 37.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 26.54 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 26.54 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 29.20 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 29.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 49.60 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 49.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 33.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 33.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 21.98 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 21.98 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 19.94 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 19.94 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 26.72 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 26.72 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 36.92 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 36.92 Mn
Oct 1, 2022 44.09 Mn
Oct 1, 2022 44.09 Mn
Jul 2, 2022 24.07 Mn
Jul 2, 2022 24.07 Mn
Apr 2, 2022 18.13 Mn
Apr 2, 2022 18.13 Mn
Jan 1, 2022 1.55 Mn
Jan 1, 2022 1.55 Mn
Apr 3, 2021 16.97 Mn
Apr 3, 2021 16.97 Mn
Sep 26, 2020 20.21 Mn
Sep 26, 2020 20.21 Mn
Jun 27, 2020 21.36 Mn
Jun 27, 2020 21.36 Mn
Mar 28, 2020 22.18 Mn
Mar 28, 2020 22.18 Mn
Dec 28, 2019 27.08 Mn
Dec 28, 2019 27.08 Mn
Sep 28, 2019 16.97 Mn
Sep 28, 2019 16.97 Mn
Jun 29, 2019 15.29 Mn
Jun 29, 2019 15.29 Mn
Mar 30, 2019 15.28 Mn
Mar 30, 2019 15.28 Mn
Dec 29, 2018 19.74 Mn
Dec 29, 2018 19.74 Mn
Sep 29, 2018 10.66 Mn
Sep 29, 2018 10.66 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 17.98 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 17.98 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 13.13 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 13.13 Mn
Dec 30, 2017 18.23 Mn
Dec 30, 2017 18.23 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 12.19 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 12.19 Mn
Jul 1, 2017 12.65 Mn
Jul 1, 2017 12.65 Mn
Apr 1, 2017 14.84 Mn
Apr 1, 2017 14.84 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 11.26 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 11.26 Mn
Oct 1, 2016 14.17 Mn
Oct 1, 2016 14.17 Mn
Jul 2, 2016 16.17 Mn
Jul 2, 2016 16.17 Mn
Apr 2, 2016 12.12 Mn
Apr 2, 2016 12.12 Mn
Jan 2, 2016 16.85 Mn
Jan 2, 2016 16.85 Mn
Apr 4, 2015 7.52 Mn
Apr 4, 2015 7.52 Mn
Sep 27, 2014 10.24 Mn
Sep 27, 2014 10.24 Mn
Jun 28, 2014 11.46 Mn
Jun 28, 2014 11.46 Mn
Mar 29, 2014 6.25 Mn
Mar 29, 2014 6.25 Mn
Dec 28, 2013 8.98 Mn
Dec 28, 2013 8.98 Mn
Sep 28, 2013 12.21 Mn
Sep 28, 2013 12.21 Mn
Jun 29, 2013 17.17 Mn
Jun 29, 2013 17.17 Mn
Mar 30, 2013 6.57 Mn
Mar 30, 2013 6.57 Mn
Dec 29, 2012 10.03 Mn
Dec 29, 2012 10.03 Mn
Sep 29, 2012 7.66 Mn
Sep 29, 2012 7.66 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 10.07 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 10.07 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 8.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 8.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 13.72 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 13.72 Mn
Oct 1, 2011 6.39 Mn
Oct 1, 2011 6.39 Mn
Jul 2, 2011 6.13 Mn
Jul 2, 2011 6.13 Mn
Apr 2, 2011 5.18 Mn
Apr 2, 2011 5.18 Mn
Jan 1, 2011 4.28 Mn
Jan 1, 2011 4.28 Mn
Apr 3, 2010 9.90 Mn
Apr 3, 2010 9.90 Mn
Oct 3, 2009 8.22 Mn
Oct 3, 2009 8.22 Mn