Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)
Cadence Design Systems posted quarterly Net Margin of 22.77% for Q1 2026, up 75.0% year-on-year from 13.01% in Q1 2025, and down 15.52% on a QoQ basis from 26.95% in Q4 2025.
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 18 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 22.77% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Net Margin rose 75.0% year-over-year to 22.77%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 21.18% (down 100.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 20.94%, down 181.0% from the prior year.
- Net Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 22.77%, 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.
- The 5-year median for Net Margin is 23.22% (2023), against an average of 23.31%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Net Margin jumped 422 bps; it then plunged 909 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 26.71% in 2022, then grew by 13 bps to 30.31% in 2023, then retreated by 17 bps to 25.09% in 2024, then increased by 7 bps to 26.95% in 2025, then retreated by 16 bps to 22.77% in 2026.
- The last three Net Margin figures came in at 22.77% (Q1 2026), 26.95% (Q4 2025), and 21.45% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 20.22% |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 17.47% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 2.29% |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | -18.33% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 12.44% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 22.77% |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 29.52% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 22.90% |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 35.80% |
| 10 | Datadog | 78.54 Bn | 73.78 Bn | 797.20 Mn | 5.22% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |
| Apr 3, 2021 | 25.43% |
| Sep 26, 2020 | 24.25% |
| Jun 27, 2020 | 20.56% |
| Mar 28, 2020 | 20.06% |
| Dec 28, 2019 | 110.03% |
| Sep 28, 2019 | 17.51% |
| Jun 29, 2019 | 18.48% |
| Mar 30, 2019 | 20.90% |
| Dec 29, 2018 | 17.27% |
| Sep 29, 2018 | 18.65% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 14.50% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 14.09% |
| Dec 30, 2017 | -2.88% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 16.72% |
| Jul 1, 2017 | 14.43% |
| Apr 1, 2017 | 14.31% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 8.20% |
| Oct 1, 2016 | 14.50% |
| Jul 2, 2016 | 10.89% |
| Apr 2, 2016 | 11.29% |
| Jan 2, 2016 | 29.13% |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 17.90% |
| Jul 4, 2015 | 13.98% |
| Apr 4, 2015 | 8.81% |
| Sep 27, 2014 | 9.37% |
| Jun 28, 2014 | 6.14% |
| Mar 29, 2014 | 8.74% |
| Dec 28, 2013 | 10.01% |
| Sep 28, 2013 | 10.50% |
| Jun 29, 2013 | 2.60% |
| Mar 30, 2013 | 22.19% |
| Dec 29, 2012 | 90.82% |
| Sep 29, 2012 | 17.31% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 11.15% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 9.85% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 3.54% |
| Oct 1, 2011 | 17.14% |
| Jul 2, 2011 | 17.04% |
| Apr 2, 2011 | 2.38% |
| Jan 1, 2011 | -167.89% |
| Oct 2, 2010 | 53.27% |
| Jul 3, 2010 | 21.41% |
| Apr 3, 2010 | -17.28% |
| Oct 3, 2009 | -7.85% |
| Jul 4, 2009 | -70.53% |