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
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |