Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Cadence Design Systems' Free Cash Flow history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $307.0 million for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 33.84% year-over-year to $307.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.4 billion (up 3.74% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.6 billion, up 41.94% from the prior year.
• Free Cash Flow was $307.0 million for Q1 2026 at 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.
• A 5-year average of $317.1 million and a median of $312.7 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Free Cash Flow plunged 67.81% — and 2025, when it jumped 163.1%.
• 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 plunged by 40.1% to $307.0 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CDNS's Free Cash Flow at $307.0 million in Q1 2026, $512.5 million in Q4 2025, and $277.0 million in Q3 2025.