Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) posted EBT Margin of 29.04% for Q1 2026, down 15.17% on a QoQ basis from 34.23% in Q4 2025, and up 41.0% year-over-year from 20.6% in Q1 2025.

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cadence Design Systems' EBT Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 29.04% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EBT Margin rose 41.0% year-over-year to 29.04% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 28.84% (down 73.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 28.74%, down 134.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin was 29.04% for Q1 2026 at Cadence Design Systems, down from 34.23% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 34.37% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 22.0% in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 29.79% and a median of 29.99% in 2022 frame the typical range for EBT Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — EBT Margin jumped 1049 bps — and 2025, when it sank 776 bps.
  • Cadence Design Systems' EBT Margin stood at 23.39% in 2022, then jumped by 45 bps to 33.88% in 2023, then declined by 5 bps to 32.2% in 2024, then increased by 6 bps to 34.23% in 2025, then retreated by 15 bps to 29.04% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CDNS's EBT Margin at 29.04% in Q1 2026, 34.23% in Q4 2025, and 29.34% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn 28.74%
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - -
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn -20.00%
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 3.76%
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 24.44%
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 10.99%
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 30.00%
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn -21.33%
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 29.04%
10 Datadog 86.34 Bn 81.58 Bn 797.20 Mn 5.86%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 29.04%
Dec 31, 2025 34.23%
Sep 30, 2025 29.34%
Jun 30, 2025 22.00%
Mar 31, 2025 28.63%
Dec 31, 2024 32.20%
Sep 30, 2024 27.43%
Jun 30, 2024 29.76%
Mar 31, 2024 30.72%
Dec 31, 2023 33.88%
Sep 30, 2023 29.32%
Jun 30, 2023 30.56%
Mar 31, 2023 31.47%
Dec 31, 2022 23.39%
Oct 1, 2022 27.95%
Jul 2, 2022 31.79%
Apr 2, 2022 34.37%
Jan 1, 2022 30.22%
Oct 2, 2021 25.13%
Jul 3, 2021 25.16%