Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)
Cadence Design Systems posted quarterly FCF Margin of 20.82% for Q1 2026, down 1652.0% year-on-year from 1.34% in Q1 2025, and down 41.49% on a QoQ basis from 35.58% in Q4 2025.
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 20.82% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 1652.0% year-over-year to 20.82%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 25.86% (down 241.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 29.96%, up 587.0% from the prior year.
- FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 20.82%, down from 35.58% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 40.33% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 11.95% in Q2 2024.
- The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 30.03% (2024), against an average of 28.53%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when FCF Margin tumbled 2838 bps; it then surged 1717 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 25.19% in 2022, then decreased by 11 bps to 22.31% in 2023, then jumped by 34 bps to 29.81% in 2024, then grew by 19 bps to 35.58% in 2025, then plunged by 41 bps to 20.82% in 2026.
- The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 20.82% (Q1 2026), 35.58% (Q4 2025), and 20.69% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 36.77% |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 47.52% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 147.39 Bn | 146.35 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 17.31% |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 15.02% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 41.64% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 20.82% |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 45.65% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 36.83% |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 61.18% |
| 10 | Datadog | 78.54 Bn | 73.78 Bn | 797.20 Mn | 32.12% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 20.82% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 35.58% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 20.69% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 26.15% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 37.34% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 29.81% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 31.55% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 11.95% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 20.18% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 22.31% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 36.55% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 40.33% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 23.56% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 25.19% |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 30.25% |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 35.04% |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 35.32% |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 30.98% |
| Apr 3, 2021 | 26.01% |
| Sep 26, 2020 | 27.95% |
| Jun 27, 2020 | 50.71% |
| Mar 28, 2020 | 31.64% |
| Dec 28, 2019 | 22.05% |
| Sep 28, 2019 | 20.97% |
| Jun 29, 2019 | 39.81% |
| Mar 30, 2019 | 29.50% |
| Dec 29, 2018 | 19.68% |
| Sep 29, 2018 | 18.65% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 36.13% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 27.94% |
| Dec 30, 2017 | 21.65% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 15.89% |
| Jul 1, 2017 | 31.21% |
| Apr 1, 2017 | 16.27% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 39.58% |
| Oct 1, 2016 | 15.75% |
| Jul 2, 2016 | 14.17% |
| Apr 2, 2016 | 15.87% |
| Jan 2, 2016 | 32.47% |
| Apr 4, 2015 | 9.52% |
| Sep 27, 2014 | 19.34% |
| Jun 28, 2014 | 15.15% |
| Mar 29, 2014 | 5.77% |
| Dec 28, 2013 | 29.25% |
| Sep 28, 2013 | 23.46% |
| Jun 29, 2013 | 15.92% |
| Mar 30, 2013 | 19.41% |
| Dec 29, 2012 | 24.84% |
| Sep 29, 2012 | 24.89% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 17.59% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 16.63% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 15.72% |
| Oct 1, 2011 | 28.08% |
| Jul 2, 2011 | 40.07% |
| Apr 2, 2011 | 19.23% |
| Jan 1, 2011 | -105.84% |
| Apr 3, 2010 | 35.81% |
| Oct 3, 2009 | 6.25% |