Growth Metrics

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

Cadence Design Systems posted quarterly Operating Income of $431.3 million for Q1 2026, up 19.31% year-on-year from $361.5 million in Q1 2025, and down 6.91% on a QoQ basis from $463.3 million in Q4 2025.

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 18 years of Operating Income data on file, last reported at $431.3 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Income rose 19.31% year-over-year to $431.3 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $1.6 billion (up 6.81% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $1.5 billion, up 10.46% from the prior year.
  • Operating Income for Q1 2026 stood at $431.3 million, down from $463.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Income topped out at $463.3 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $211.1 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Income is $318.7 million (2022), against an average of $328.8 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Income plunged 33.72%; it then jumped 59.4% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Income shows it stood at $211.1 million in 2022, then surged by 59.4% to $336.5 million in 2023, then soared by 35.76% to $456.9 million in 2024, then increased by 1.41% to $463.3 million in 2025, then retreated by 6.91% to $431.3 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Income figures came in at $431.3 million (Q1 2026), $463.3 million (Q4 2025), and $425.4 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Op. Inc (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 3.21 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 1.87 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 1.92 Bn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 382.00 Mn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 503.00 Mn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 431.33 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 2.42 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn -1.37 Bn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 4.02 Bn
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn 7.33 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 431.33 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 463.34 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 425.39 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 241.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 361.52 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 456.88 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 350.06 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 293.88 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 249.96 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 336.53 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 292.91 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 299.33 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 322.46 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 211.12 Mn
Oct 1, 2022 260.75 Mn
Jul 2, 2022 282.89 Mn
Apr 2, 2022 318.93 Mn
Jan 1, 2022 318.52 Mn
Oct 2, 2021 194.03 Mn
Jul 3, 2021 185.44 Mn
Apr 3, 2021 203.94 Mn
Sep 26, 2020 169.27 Mn
Jun 27, 2020 151.95 Mn
Mar 28, 2020 139.35 Mn
Dec 28, 2019 108.90 Mn
Sep 28, 2019 120.83 Mn
Jun 29, 2019 133.68 Mn
Mar 30, 2019 128.40 Mn
Dec 29, 2018 113.69 Mn
Sep 29, 2018 103.63 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 93.06 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 85.83 Mn
Dec 30, 2017 81.28 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 80.39 Mn
Jul 1, 2017 82.69 Mn
Apr 1, 2017 79.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 53.12 Mn
Oct 1, 2016 66.84 Mn
Jul 2, 2016 66.91 Mn
Apr 2, 2016 58.04 Mn
Jan 2, 2016 153.57 Mn
Oct 3, 2015 77.90 Mn
Jul 4, 2015 76.40 Mn
Apr 4, 2015 49.29 Mn
Sep 27, 2014 54.05 Mn
Jun 28, 2014 35.50 Mn
Mar 29, 2014 42.31 Mn
Dec 28, 2013 37.80 Mn
Sep 28, 2013 47.93 Mn
Jun 29, 2013 45.14 Mn
Mar 30, 2013 58.14 Mn
Dec 29, 2012 56.26 Mn
Sep 29, 2012 59.44 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 50.62 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 45.35 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 45.70 Mn
Oct 1, 2011 32.18 Mn
Jul 2, 2011 24.96 Mn
Apr 2, 2011 17.54 Mn
Jan 1, 2011 83.37 Mn
Oct 2, 2010 -3.08 Mn
Jul 3, 2010 5.22 Mn
Apr 3, 2010 -5.32 Mn
Oct 3, 2009 -10.14 Mn
Jul 4, 2009 -53.78 Mn