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

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

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

Cadence Design Systems has reported EBT Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure 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.
  • The five-year high for EBT Margin was 34.37% in Q2 2022, with the low at 22.0% in Q2 2025.
  • Historically, EBT Margin has averaged 29.79% across 5 years, with a median of 29.99% in 2022.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — EBT Margin jumped 1049 bps — and 2025, when it slumped 776 bps.
  • Cadence Design Systems' EBT Margin stood at 23.39% in 2022, then surged by 45 bps to 33.88% in 2023, then slipped by 5 bps to 32.2% in 2024, then climbed by 6 bps to 34.23% in 2025, then declined 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 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn 28.74%
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - -
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn 3.76%
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn -20.00%
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 24.25%
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 29.04%
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 17.85%
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 30.00%
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 33.82%
10 Snowflake 82.57 Bn 79.61 Bn 926.45 Mn -21.33%

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%