Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026)
Cadence Design Systems posted quarterly EBITDA Margin of 29.26% for Q1 2026, up 16.0% year-on-year from 25.22% in Q1 2025, and down 9.06% on a QoQ basis from 32.17% in Q4 2025.
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 18 years of EBITDA Margin data on file, last reported at 29.26% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin rose 16.0% year-over-year to 29.26%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 28.25% (down 175.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 28.17%, down 93.0% from the prior year.
- EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 29.26%, down from 32.17% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 35.37% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 18.96% in Q2 2025.
- The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 29.58% (2022), against an average of 29.4%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when EBITDA Margin soared 803 bps; it then sank 875 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 23.46% in 2022, then jumped by 34 bps to 31.49% in 2023, then gained by 7 bps to 33.69% in 2024, then decreased by 5 bps to 32.17% in 2025, then slipped by 9 bps to 29.26% in 2026.
- The last three EBITDA Margin figures came in at 29.26% (Q1 2026), 32.17% (Q4 2025), and 31.77% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 28.69% |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 16.69% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 14.56% |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | -18.49% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 12.12% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 29.26% |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 37.79% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -22.99% |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 46.97% |
| 10 | Datadog | 78.54 Bn | 73.78 Bn | 797.20 Mn | 0.73% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 29.26% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 32.17% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 31.77% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 18.96% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 29.10% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 33.69% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 28.80% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 27.71% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 24.77% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 31.49% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 28.63% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 30.65% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 31.56% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 23.46% |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 28.89% |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 32.99% |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 35.37% |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 29.90% |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 25.84% |
| Jul 3, 2021 | 25.46% |
| Apr 3, 2021 | 27.71% |
| Sep 26, 2020 | 25.39% |
| Jun 27, 2020 | 23.80% |
| Mar 28, 2020 | 22.55% |
| Dec 28, 2019 | 18.16% |
| Sep 28, 2019 | 20.85% |
| Jun 29, 2019 | 23.03% |
| Mar 30, 2019 | 22.26% |
| Dec 29, 2018 | 19.95% |
| Sep 29, 2018 | 19.46% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 17.95% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 16.59% |
| Dec 30, 2017 | 16.20% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 16.56% |
| Jul 1, 2017 | 17.26% |
| Apr 1, 2017 | 16.69% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 11.33% |
| Oct 1, 2016 | 14.98% |
| Jul 2, 2016 | 14.77% |
| Apr 2, 2016 | 12.96% |
| Jan 2, 2016 | 28.22% |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 17.96% |
| Jul 4, 2015 | 18.37% |
| Apr 4, 2015 | 11.98% |
| Sep 27, 2014 | 13.50% |
| Jun 28, 2014 | 9.37% |
| Mar 29, 2014 | 11.18% |
| Dec 28, 2013 | 10.03% |
| Sep 28, 2013 | 13.07% |
| Jun 29, 2013 | 12.45% |
| Mar 30, 2013 | 16.41% |
| Dec 29, 2012 | 16.28% |
| Sep 29, 2012 | 17.56% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 15.50% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 14.36% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 14.84% |
| Oct 1, 2011 | 19.62% |
| Jul 2, 2011 | 15.80% |
| Apr 2, 2011 | 6.59% |
| Jan 1, 2011 | -51.86% |
| Oct 2, 2010 | -1.30% |
| Jul 3, 2010 | 2.30% |
| Apr 3, 2010 | -5.18% |
| Oct 3, 2009 | -4.69% |
| Jul 4, 2009 | -52.81% |