Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Change in Cash (2009 - 2026)
Cadence Design Systems posted quarterly Change in Cash of -$1.6 billion for Q1 2026, down 1293.21% year-on-year from $133.6 million in Q1 2025, and down 742.82% on a QoQ basis from $248.1 million in Q4 2025.
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 18 years of Change in Cash data on file, last reported at -$1.6 billion in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Change in Cash fell 1293.21% year-over-year to -$1.6 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$1.4 billion (down 177.67% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $357.3 million, down 78.16% from the prior year.
- Change in Cash for Q1 2026 stood at -$1.6 billion, down from $248.1 million in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Change in Cash topped out at $1.7 billion in Q3 2024 and bottomed at -$1.6 billion in Q1 2026.
- The 5-year median for Change in Cash is $19.5 million (2023), against an average of -$6.8 million.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2025, when Change in Cash surged 3032.77%; it then slumped 1293.21% in 2026.
- A 5-year view of Change in Cash shows it stood at -$143.7 million in 2022, then surged by 132.12% to $46.2 million in 2023, then plunged by 407.58% to -$142.0 million in 2024, then soared by 274.69% to $248.1 million in 2025, then slumped by 742.82% to -$1.6 billion in 2026.
- The last three Change in Cash figures came in at -$1.6 billion (Q1 2026), $248.1 million (Q4 2025), and -$69.5 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Change in Cash (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 1.67 Bn |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | -1.65 Bn |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | -1.54 Bn |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 303.00 Mn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | -1.02 Bn |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | -1.59 Bn |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 901.00 Mn |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -21.06 Bn |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 5.13 Bn |
| 10 | Datadog | 78.54 Bn | 73.78 Bn | 797.20 Mn | 25.06 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -1.59 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 248.07 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -69.52 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 45.09 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 133.64 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -142.01 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.73 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 46.54 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.27 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 46.17 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 88.06 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -43.04 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 34.64 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -143.73 Mn |
| Oct 1, 2022 | -3.49 Mn |
| Jul 2, 2022 | -105.21 Mn |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 45.81 Mn |
| Jan 1, 2022 | -440.85 Mn |
| Apr 3, 2021 | -185.45 Mn |
| Sep 26, 2020 | 117.38 Mn |
| Jun 27, 2020 | 242.90 Mn |
| Mar 28, 2020 | 241.08 Mn |
| Dec 28, 2019 | 49.99 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2019 | 21.80 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2019 | 94.52 Mn |
| Mar 30, 2019 | 5.60 Mn |
| Dec 29, 2018 | -11.29 Mn |
| Sep 29, 2018 | -274.96 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 72.57 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 58.88 Mn |
| Dec 30, 2017 | 9.80 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 22.29 Mn |
| Jul 1, 2017 | 111.87 Mn |
| Apr 1, 2017 | 78.90 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2016 | -59.10 Mn |
| Oct 1, 2016 | -145.24 Mn |
| Jul 2, 2016 | -140.83 Mn |
| Apr 2, 2016 | 193.71 Mn |
| Jan 2, 2016 | -279.70 Mn |
| Apr 4, 2015 | -44.43 Mn |
| Sep 27, 2014 | -56.93 Mn |
| Jun 28, 2014 | 24.66 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2014 | -3.50 Mn |
| Dec 28, 2013 | -84.14 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2013 | 43.17 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2013 | -232.92 Mn |
| Mar 30, 2013 | 83.80 Mn |
| Dec 29, 2012 | 77.26 Mn |
| Sep 29, 2012 | -12.56 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 1.97 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 58.09 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2011 | -94.50 Mn |
| Oct 1, 2011 | 30.78 Mn |
| Jul 2, 2011 | 53.11 Mn |
| Apr 2, 2011 | 54.80 Mn |
| Jan 1, 2011 | -14.07 Mn |
| Apr 3, 2010 | 50.19 Mn |
| Oct 3, 2009 | 13.69 Mn |