Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)
Cadence Design Systems posted quarterly Gross Margin of 85.65% for Q1 2026, up 197.0% year-on-year from 28.84% in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from 85.64% in Q4 2025.
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 85.65% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Gross Margin rose 197.0% year-over-year to 85.65%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 85.32% (up 132.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 84.85%, up 117.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 85.65%, roughly flat from 85.64% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 85.65% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 80.91% in Q4 2022.
- The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 83.69% (2023), against an average of 83.65%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Gross Margin jumped 250 bps; it then sank 158 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 80.91% in 2022, then rose by 3 bps to 83.12% in 2023, then increased by 3 bps to 85.22% in 2024, then increased by 0 bps to 85.64% in 2025, then gained by 0 bps to 85.65% in 2026.
- The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 85.65% (Q1 2026), 85.64% (Q4 2025), and 85.62% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 72.98% |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 77.61% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 89.96% |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 48.77% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 75.07% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 85.65% |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 89.62% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 48.28% |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 79.05% |
| 10 | Datadog | 78.54 Bn | 73.78 Bn | 797.20 Mn | 79.21% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 85.65% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 85.64% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 85.62% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 84.27% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 83.68% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 85.22% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 84.39% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 82.40% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 82.10% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 83.12% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 82.78% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 82.89% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 83.69% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 80.91% |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 83.06% |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 83.76% |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 84.45% |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 82.14% |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 80.90% |
| Jul 3, 2021 | 81.33% |
| Apr 3, 2021 | 81.95% |
| Sep 26, 2020 | 81.44% |
| Jun 27, 2020 | 81.13% |
| Mar 28, 2020 | 79.65% |
| Dec 28, 2019 | 78.77% |
| Sep 28, 2019 | 79.06% |
| Jun 29, 2019 | 79.98% |
| Mar 30, 2019 | 79.74% |
| Dec 29, 2018 | 80.24% |
| Sep 29, 2018 | 79.60% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 78.92% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 78.90% |
| Dec 30, 2017 | 78.54% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 78.52% |
| Jul 1, 2017 | 78.31% |
| Apr 1, 2017 | 78.33% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 79.08% |
| Oct 1, 2016 | 78.31% |
| Jul 2, 2016 | 77.68% |
| Apr 2, 2016 | 77.85% |
| Jan 2, 2016 | 80.69% |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 76.50% |
| Jul 4, 2015 | 76.76% |
| Apr 4, 2015 | 75.63% |
| Sep 27, 2014 | 74.93% |
| Jun 28, 2014 | 73.97% |
| Mar 29, 2014 | 74.03% |
| Dec 28, 2013 | 74.95% |
| Sep 28, 2013 | 73.25% |
| Jun 29, 2013 | 73.72% |
| Mar 30, 2013 | 74.48% |
| Dec 29, 2012 | 72.34% |
| Sep 29, 2012 | 75.64% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 75.37% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 73.47% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 71.26% |
| Oct 1, 2011 | 51.26% |
| Jul 2, 2011 | 87.29% |
| Apr 2, 2011 | 94.67% |
| Jan 1, 2011 | 275.25% |
| Oct 2, 2010 | 68.03% |
| Jul 3, 2010 | 68.51% |
| Apr 3, 2010 | 27.25% |
| Oct 3, 2009 | 68.41% |
| Jul 4, 2009 | 29.86% |