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

Cadence Design Systems' Operating Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 29.26% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Operating Margin rose 16.0% year-over-year to 29.26% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 28.25% (down 175.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 28.17%, down 93.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin was 29.26% for Q1 2026 at Cadence Design Systems, down from 32.17% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 35.37% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 18.96% in Q2 2025.
• A 5-year average of 29.4% and a median of 29.58% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Operating Margin soared 803 bps — and 2025, when it slumped 875 bps.
• Cadence Design Systems' Operating Margin stood at 23.46% in 2022, then surged by 34 bps to 31.49% in 2023, then advanced by 7 bps to 33.69% in 2024, then slipped by 5 bps to 32.17% in 2025, then dropped by 9 bps to 29.26% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CDNS's Operating Margin at 29.26% in Q1 2026, 32.17% in Q4 2025, and 31.77% in Q3 2025.