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Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 18 consecutive years, with $307.0 million as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Free Cash Flow fell 33.84% year-over-year to $307.0 million; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached $1.4 billion, up 3.74%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $1.6 billion, 41.94% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow hit $307.0 million in Q1 2026 for Cadence Design Systems, down from $512.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $512.5 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $126.8 million in Q2 2024.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is $317.1 million, with a median of $312.7 million recorded in 2022.
  • Year-over-year, Free Cash Flow plummeted 67.81% in 2024 and then surged 163.1% in 2025.
  • Cadence Design Systems' Free Cash Flow stood at $226.7 million in 2022, then increased by 5.15% to $238.4 million in 2023, then surged by 69.54% to $404.2 million in 2024, then grew by 26.8% to $512.5 million in 2025, then crashed by 40.1% to $307.0 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Free Cash Flow over the past three periods came in at $307.0 million, $512.5 million, and $277.0 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.