Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) posted Net Margin of 22.77% for Q1 2026, down 15.52% on a QoQ basis from 26.95% in Q4 2025, and up 75.0% year-over-year from 13.01% in Q1 2025.

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cadence Design Systems' Net Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 22.77% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Net Margin rose 75.0% year-over-year to 22.77% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 21.18% (down 100.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 20.94%, down 181.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin was 22.77% for Q1 2026 at Cadence Design Systems, down from 26.95% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 30.31% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 12.55% in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 23.31% and a median of 23.22% in 2023 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Net Margin jumped 422 bps — and 2025, when it sank 909 bps.
  • Cadence Design Systems' Net Margin stood at 26.71% in 2022, then increased by 13 bps to 30.31% in 2023, then decreased by 17 bps to 25.09% in 2024, then rose by 7 bps to 26.95% in 2025, then decreased by 16 bps to 22.77% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CDNS's Net Margin at 22.77% in Q1 2026, 26.95% in Q4 2025, and 21.45% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn 20.22%
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - -
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn -18.33%
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 2.29%
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 18.93%
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 7.47%
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 22.90%
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn -21.25%
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 22.77%
10 Datadog 86.34 Bn 81.58 Bn 797.20 Mn 5.22%

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 22.77%
Dec 31, 2025 26.95%
Sep 30, 2025 21.45%
Jun 30, 2025 12.55%
Mar 31, 2025 22.02%
Dec 31, 2024 25.09%
Sep 30, 2024 19.59%
Jun 30, 2024 21.64%
Mar 31, 2024 24.54%
Dec 31, 2023 30.31%
Sep 30, 2023 24.86%
Jun 30, 2023 22.64%
Mar 31, 2023 23.67%
Dec 31, 2022 26.71%
Oct 1, 2022 20.64%
Jul 2, 2022 21.80%
Apr 2, 2022 26.10%
Jan 1, 2022 26.20%
Oct 2, 2021 23.48%
Jul 3, 2021 21.41%