Growth Metrics

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Cadence Design Systems posted quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio of 13.64 for Q1 2026, up 9.89% year-on-year from 12.42 in Q1 2025, and down 13.31% on a QoQ basis from 15.74 in Q4 2025.

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 18 years of Interest Coverage Ratio data on file, last reported at 13.64 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Interest Coverage Ratio rose 9.89% year-over-year to 13.64; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 13.12 (down 13.48% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 12.8, down 27.97% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 13.64, down from 15.74 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Coverage Ratio topped out at 288.51 in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 8.35 in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Interest Coverage Ratio is 26.0 (2022), against an average of 43.75.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Interest Coverage Ratio tumbled 91.94%; it then soared 61.05% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Interest Coverage Ratio shows it stood at 23.25 in 2022, then jumped by 61.05% to 37.44 in 2023, then slumped by 59.19% to 15.28 in 2024, then increased by 3.02% to 15.74 in 2025, then declined by 13.31% to 13.64 in 2026.
  • The last three Interest Coverage Ratio figures came in at 13.64 (Q1 2026), 15.74 (Q4 2025), and 14.65 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn -9.39
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn -
3 Uber Technologies 147.39 Bn 146.35 Bn 11.88 Bn 17.81
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn -
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn -
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 13.64
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 38.38
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn -17.35
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 57.43
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn 2.35

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 13.64
Dec 31, 2025 15.74
Sep 30, 2025 14.65
Jun 30, 2025 8.35
Mar 31, 2025 12.42
Dec 31, 2024 15.28
Sep 30, 2024 14.29
Jun 30, 2024 22.77
Mar 31, 2024 28.76
Dec 31, 2023 37.44
Sep 30, 2023 32.33
Jun 30, 2023 33.72
Mar 31, 2023 34.82
Dec 31, 2022 23.25
Oct 1, 2022 47.73
Jul 2, 2022 66.08
Apr 2, 2022 77.64
Jan 1, 2022 288.51
Oct 2, 2021 46.24
Jul 3, 2021 42.97
Apr 3, 2021 48.36
Sep 26, 2020 31.79
Jun 27, 2020 25.69
Mar 28, 2020 30.05
Dec 28, 2019 25.79
Sep 28, 2019 28.50
Jun 29, 2019 26.86
Mar 30, 2019 23.82
Dec 29, 2018 26.33
Sep 29, 2018 20.02
Jun 30, 2018 13.95
Mar 31, 2018 12.31
Dec 30, 2017 12.11
Sep 30, 2017 12.91
Jul 1, 2017 13.23
Apr 1, 2017 12.29
Dec 31, 2016 8.35
Oct 1, 2016 11.04
Jul 2, 2016 11.35
Apr 2, 2016 10.83
Jan 2, 2016 24.97
Oct 3, 2015 18.65
Jul 4, 2015 9.34
Apr 4, 2015 4.19
Sep 27, 2014 7.18
Jun 28, 2014 4.82
Mar 29, 2014 5.82
Dec 28, 2013 4.11
Sep 28, 2013 5.00
Jun 29, 2013 4.74
Mar 30, 2013 6.28
Dec 29, 2012 6.32
Sep 29, 2012 6.80
Jun 30, 2012 5.91
Mar 31, 2012 5.31
Dec 31, 2011 4.38
Oct 1, 2011 2.97
Jul 2, 2011 2.32
Apr 2, 2011 1.60
Jan 1, 2011 5.65
Oct 2, 2010 -0.29
Jul 3, 2010 0.65
Apr 3, 2010 -0.72
Oct 3, 2009 -1.39
Jul 4, 2009 -7.40