Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Debt to Equity (2011 - 2026)
Cadence Design Systems posted quarterly Debt to Equity of $0.44 for Q1 2026, down 14.6% year-on-year from $0.52 in Q1 2025, and down 2.24% on a QoQ basis from $0.45 in Q4 2025.
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 16 years of Debt to Equity data on file, last reported at $0.44 in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt to Equity fell 14.6% year-over-year to $0.44; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $0.44 (down 14.6% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $0.45, down 14.49% from the prior year.
- Debt to Equity for Q1 2026 stood at $0.44, down from $0.45 in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Debt to Equity topped out at $0.62 in Q3 2024 and bottomed at $0.13 in Q2 2022.
- The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.27 (2022), against an average of $0.32.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Debt to Equity decreased 29.27%; it then jumped 197.14% in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Debt to Equity shows it stood at $0.24 in 2022, then dropped by 19.24% to $0.19 in 2023, then soared by 177.89% to $0.53 in 2024, then decreased by 14.49% to $0.45 in 2025, then decreased by 2.24% to $0.44 in 2026.
- The last three Debt to Equity figures came in at $0.44 (Q1 2026), $0.45 (Q4 2025), and $0.48 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Debt/Equity (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 0.13 |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 0.24 |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 0.42 |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | - |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | - |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 0.44 |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 0.07 |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 0.63 |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 0.30 |
| 10 | Datadog | 78.54 Bn | 73.78 Bn | 797.20 Mn | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.44 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.45 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.48 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.49 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.52 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.53 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.62 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.32 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.18 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.19 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.21 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.22 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.23 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.24 |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 0.29 |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 0.13 |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 0.13 |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 0.13 |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 0.13 |
| Jul 3, 2021 | 0.14 |
| Apr 3, 2021 | 0.14 |
| Jan 2, 2021 | 0.14 |
| Sep 26, 2020 | 0.29 |
| Jun 27, 2020 | 0.31 |
| Mar 28, 2020 | 0.32 |
| Dec 28, 2019 | 0.16 |
| Sep 28, 2019 | 0.23 |
| Jun 29, 2019 | 0.24 |
| Mar 30, 2019 | 0.29 |
| Dec 29, 2018 | 0.35 |
| Sep 29, 2018 | 0.27 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 0.29 |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 0.56 |
| Dec 30, 2017 | 0.74 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 0.64 |
| Jul 1, 2017 | 0.68 |
| Apr 1, 2017 | 0.83 |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 0.93 |
| Oct 1, 2016 | 0.75 |
| Jul 2, 2016 | 0.05 |
| Apr 2, 2016 | 0.04 |
| Jan 2, 2016 | 0.25 |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 0.25 |
| Jul 4, 2015 | 0.25 |
| Apr 4, 2015 | 0.57 |
| Jan 3, 2015 | 0.65 |
| Sep 27, 2014 | 0.35 |
| Jun 28, 2014 | 0.36 |
| Mar 29, 2014 | 0.30 |
| Dec 28, 2013 | 0.27 |
| Sep 28, 2013 | 0.27 |
| Jun 29, 2013 | 0.32 |
| Mar 30, 2013 | 0.31 |
| Dec 29, 2012 | 0.33 |
| Sep 29, 2012 | 0.49 |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 0.44 |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 0.56 |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 0.52 |
| Jul 2, 2011 | 0.67 |