Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)
Cadence Design Systems posted quarterly EBT Margin of 29.04% for Q1 2026, up 41.0% year-on-year from 20.6% in Q1 2025, and down 15.17% on a QoQ basis from 34.23% in Q4 2025.
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 18 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 29.04% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBT Margin rose 41.0% year-over-year to 29.04%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 28.84% (down 73.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 28.74%, down 134.0% from the prior year.
- EBT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 29.04%, 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.
- The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 29.99% (2022), against an average of 29.79%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when EBT Margin jumped 1049 bps; it then plunged 776 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 23.39% in 2022, then soared by 45 bps to 33.88% in 2023, then dropped by 5 bps to 32.2% in 2024, then grew by 6 bps to 34.23% in 2025, then fell by 15 bps to 29.04% in 2026.
- The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 29.04% (Q1 2026), 34.23% (Q4 2025), and 29.34% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 28.74% |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 23.39% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 3.76% |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | -20.00% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 17.85% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 29.04% |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 37.86% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 30.00% |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 47.29% |
| 10 | Datadog | 78.54 Bn | 73.78 Bn | 797.20 Mn | 5.86% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |
| Apr 3, 2021 | 27.50% |
| Sep 26, 2020 | 24.86% |
| Jun 27, 2020 | 23.60% |
| Mar 28, 2020 | 21.07% |
| Dec 28, 2019 | 17.58% |
| Sep 28, 2019 | 20.14% |
| Jun 29, 2019 | 22.15% |
| Mar 30, 2019 | 22.24% |
| Dec 29, 2018 | 19.06% |
| Sep 29, 2018 | 18.70% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 17.37% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 15.11% |
| Dec 30, 2017 | 15.34% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 17.83% |
| Jul 1, 2017 | 16.15% |
| Apr 1, 2017 | 15.55% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 11.14% |
| Oct 1, 2016 | 14.26% |
| Jul 2, 2016 | 14.09% |
| Apr 2, 2016 | 12.83% |
| Jan 2, 2016 | 28.17% |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 17.42% |
| Jul 4, 2015 | 16.73% |
| Apr 4, 2015 | 10.29% |
| Sep 27, 2014 | 11.51% |
| Jun 28, 2014 | 7.86% |
| Mar 29, 2014 | 10.15% |
| Dec 28, 2013 | 7.81% |
| Sep 28, 2013 | 11.15% |
| Jun 29, 2013 | 10.38% |
| Mar 30, 2013 | 14.41% |
| Dec 29, 2012 | 15.26% |
| Sep 29, 2012 | 14.94% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 14.01% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 12.43% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 10.79% |
| Oct 1, 2011 | 17.44% |
| Jul 2, 2011 | 14.30% |
| Apr 2, 2011 | 4.14% |
| Jan 1, 2011 | -42.68% |
| Oct 2, 2010 | -6.92% |
| Jul 3, 2010 | -2.58% |
| Apr 3, 2010 | -12.41% |
| Oct 3, 2009 | -8.06% |
| Jul 4, 2009 | -59.94% |