Growth Metrics

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Cash from Investing Activities (2009 - 2026)

Cadence Design Systems posted quarterly Cash from Investing Activities of -$2.1 billion for Q1 2026, down 9595.07% year-on-year from $22.2 million in Q1 2025, and down 2278.11% on a QoQ basis from -$88.8 million in Q4 2025.

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 18 years of Cash from Investing Activities data on file, last reported at -$2.1 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Cash from Investing Activities fell 9595.07% year-over-year to -$2.1 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$2.6 billion (down 227.38% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was -$460.5 million, up 44.99% from the prior year.
  • Cash from Investing Activities for Q1 2026 stood at -$2.1 billion, down from -$88.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Cash from Investing Activities topped out at -$19.9 million in Q2 2022 and bottomed at -$2.1 billion in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Cash from Investing Activities is -$84.3 million (2024), against an average of -$255.1 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Cash from Investing Activities soared 90.36%; it then tumbled 9595.07% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Cash from Investing Activities shows it stood at -$64.2 million in 2022, then tumbled by 53.76% to -$98.7 million in 2023, then soared by 59.45% to -$40.0 million in 2024, then slumped by 121.96% to -$88.8 million in 2025, then tumbled by 2278.11% to -$2.1 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Cash from Investing Activities figures came in at -$2.1 billion (Q1 2026), -$88.8 million (Q4 2025), and -$174.3 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash from Investing Activities (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 961.18 Mn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn -8.71 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 147.39 Bn 146.35 Bn 11.88 Bn -773.00 Mn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 310.00 Mn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn -451.00 Mn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn -2.11 Bn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 474.00 Mn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn -1.22 Bn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn -1.60 Bn
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn -314.80 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -2.11 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 -2.11 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -88.81 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -88.81 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -174.32 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -174.32 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -175.62 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -175.62 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -21.78 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -21.78 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -40.01 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -40.01 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -39.25 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -39.25 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -678.08 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -678.08 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -79.77 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -79.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -98.68 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -98.68 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -183.83 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -183.83 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -94.07 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -94.07 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -35.67 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -35.67 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -64.18 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -64.18 Mn
Oct 1, 2022 -605.51 Mn
Oct 1, 2022 -605.51 Mn
Jul 2, 2022 -49.07 Mn
Jul 2, 2022 -49.07 Mn
Apr 2, 2022 -19.88 Mn
Apr 2, 2022 -19.88 Mn
Jan 1, 2022 -31.65 Mn
Jan 1, 2022 -31.65 Mn
Apr 3, 2021 -206.23 Mn
Apr 3, 2021 -206.23 Mn
Sep 26, 2020 -22.65 Mn
Sep 26, 2020 -22.65 Mn
Jun 27, 2020 -22.65 Mn
Jun 27, 2020 -22.65 Mn
Mar 28, 2020 -216.00 Mn
Mar 28, 2020 -216.00 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 -15.68 Mn
Jun 29, 2019 -15.68 Mn
Mar 30, 2019 -45.99 Mn
Mar 30, 2019 -45.99 Mn
Dec 29, 2018 -132.08 Mn
Dec 29, 2018 -132.08 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 -160.51 Mn
Dec 30, 2017 -160.51 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 -3.40 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 -3.40 Mn
Jul 1, 2017 -12.56 Mn
Jul 1, 2017 -12.56 Mn
Apr 1, 2017 -14.74 Mn
Apr 1, 2017 -14.74 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 -5.21 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 -5.21 Mn
Oct 1, 2016 13.14 Mn
Oct 1, 2016 13.14 Mn
Jul 2, 2016 7.34 Mn
Jul 2, 2016 7.34 Mn
Apr 2, 2016 -13.91 Mn
Apr 2, 2016 -13.91 Mn
Jan 2, 2016 146.78 Mn
Jan 2, 2016 146.78 Mn
Apr 4, 2015 -8.42 Mn
Apr 4, 2015 -8.42 Mn
Sep 27, 2014 -10.79 Mn
Sep 27, 2014 -10.79 Mn
Jun 28, 2014 -146.30 Mn
Jun 28, 2014 -146.30 Mn
Mar 29, 2014 -34.19 Mn
Mar 29, 2014 -34.19 Mn
Dec 28, 2013 -9.84 Mn
Dec 28, 2013 -9.84 Mn
Sep 28, 2013 -6.15 Mn
Sep 28, 2013 -6.15 Mn
Jun 29, 2013 -409.09 Mn
Jun 29, 2013 -409.09 Mn
Mar 30, 2013 -1.82 Mn
Mar 30, 2013 -1.82 Mn
Dec 29, 2012 -14.86 Mn
Dec 29, 2012 -14.86 Mn
Sep 29, 2012 -117.92 Mn
Sep 29, 2012 -117.92 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 -59.02 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 -59.02 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 -9.45 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 -9.45 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 -8.55 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 -8.55 Mn
Oct 1, 2011 -25.54 Mn
Oct 1, 2011 -25.54 Mn
Jul 2, 2011 -18.26 Mn
Jul 2, 2011 -18.26 Mn
Apr 2, 2011 -4.15 Mn
Apr 2, 2011 -4.15 Mn
Jan 1, 2011 -237.55 Mn
Jan 1, 2011 -237.55 Mn
Apr 3, 2010 -1.42 Mn
Apr 3, 2010 -1.42 Mn
Oct 3, 2009 -18.44 Mn
Oct 3, 2009 -18.44 Mn