Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $1.0 billion in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 18.4% year-over-year to $1.0 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $4.0 billion (up 16.25% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $3.8 billion, up 15.63% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $1.0 billion, up from $976.8 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $1.0 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $574.6 million in Q3 2022.
• The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $752.9 million (2022), against an average of $789.5 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses fell 7.77%; it then jumped 34.8% in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $688.8 million in 2022, then increased by 6.29% to $732.1 million in 2023, then grew by 22.81% to $899.1 million in 2024, then rose by 8.64% to $976.8 million in 2025, then rose by 6.77% to $1.0 billion in 2026.
• The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.0 billion (Q1 2026), $976.8 million (Q4 2025), and $913.4 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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