Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)
Cadence Design Systems' (CDNS) quarterly Free Cash Flow came in at $582.3 million in Q2 2026, up 74.59% YoY from $333.5 million in Q2 2025, and up 89.7% on a QoQ basis from $307.0 million in Q1 2026.
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 18 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $582.3 million in Q2 2026.
- Quarterly Free Cash Flow rose 74.59% year-over-year to $582.3 million in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was $1.7 billion (up 5.91% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.6 billion, up 41.94% from the prior year.
- Free Cash Flow advanced to $582.3 million in Q2 2026, from $307.0 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $582.3 million in Q2 2026 to a low of $126.8 million in Q2 2024.
- A 5-year average of $331.0 million and a median of $318.5 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Free Cash Flow sank 67.81% — and 2025, when it jumped 163.1%.
- Tracing CDNS's Free Cash Flow over 5 years: stood at $226.7 million in 2022, then climbed by 5.15% to $238.4 million in 2023, then soared by 69.54% to $404.2 million in 2024, then advanced by 26.8% to $512.5 million in 2025, then advanced by 13.63% to $582.3 million in 2026.
- The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $582.3 million (Q2 2026), $307.0 million (Q1 2026), and $512.5 million (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 255.48 Bn | 234.41 Bn | 16.51 Bn | 8.16 Bn |
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| 4 | Uber Technologies | 154.94 Bn | 149.73 Bn | 6.38 Bn | 2.79 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 128.25 Bn | 123.58 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 473.00 Mn |
| 6 | Snowflake | 114.00 Bn | 111.05 Bn | 926.45 Mn | 232.77 Mn |
| 7 | Automatic Data Processing | 108.58 Bn | 104.35 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 1.36 Bn |
| 8 | Adobe | 105.34 Bn | 99.72 Bn | 5.90 Bn | 2.11 Bn |
| 9 | Intuit | 94.55 Bn | 87.77 Bn | 7.24 Bn | 5.24 Bn |
| 10 | Cadence Design Systems | 89.45 Bn | 88.01 Bn | 1.41 Bn | 582.30 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 582.30 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 582.30 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 306.96 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 306.96 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 512.45 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 512.45 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 276.98 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 276.98 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 333.52 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 333.52 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 463.96 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 463.96 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 404.16 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 404.16 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 383.46 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 383.46 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 126.77 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 126.77 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 203.63 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 203.63 Mn |