Growth Metrics

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Cadence Design Systems' Gross Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 85.64% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Gross Margin rose 42.0% year-over-year to 85.64%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 84.85%, up 117.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 84.85%, 117.0% up from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin reached 85.64% in Q4 2025 per CDNS's latest filing, roughly flat from 85.62% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 85.64% in Q4 2025 to a low of 80.9% in Q4 2021.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 83.21%, with a median of 83.09% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: surged 250bps in 2022, then crashed -158bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 80.9% in 2021, then grew by 0bps to 80.91% in 2022, then grew by 3bps to 83.12% in 2023, then rose by 3bps to 85.22% in 2024, then rose by 0bps to 85.64% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CDNS's Gross Margin are 85.64% (Q4 2025), 85.62% (Q3 2025), and 84.27% (Q2 2025).