Cadence Design Systems CDNS
NASDAQ CDNS
$315.04 -3.98 (-1.24%)
As of: Aug 24, 2026 · 9:31 AM EDT

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025)

Cadence Design Systems' (CDNS) annual Operating Margin came in at 28.17% in FY2025, down 3.21% year-over-year from 29.1% in FY2024.

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 15 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 28.17% in FY2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin rose 946.0% year-over-year to 28.42% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 30.33% (up 262.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 28.17%, down 93.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin slipped to 28.17% in FY2025, from 29.1% in the prior year.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 30.59% in FY2023 to a low of 24.06% in FY2021.
  • A 5-year average of 28.02% and a median of 28.64% in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin soared 407 bps — and 2024, when it plunged 149 bps.
  • Tracing CDNS's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 24.06% in 2021, then increased by 25 bps to 30.15% in 2022, then grew by 1 bps to 30.59% in 2023, then slipped by 5 bps to 29.1% in 2024, then declined by 3 bps to 28.17% in 2025.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 28.17% (FY2025), 29.1% (FY2024), and 30.59% (FY2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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10 Cadence Design Systems 87.39 Bn 85.95 Bn 1.41 Bn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 28.17%
Dec 31, 2024 29.10%
Dec 31, 2023 30.59%
Dec 31, 2022 30.15%
Jan 1, 2022 26.07%
Jan 2, 2021 24.06%
Dec 28, 2019 21.05%
Dec 29, 2018 18.53%
Dec 30, 2017 16.67%
Dec 31, 2016 13.49%
Jan 2, 2016 16.77%
Jan 3, 2015 13.07%
Dec 28, 2013 12.94%
Dec 29, 2012 15.96%
Dec 31, 2011 10.47%
Jan 1, 2011 -3.09%
Jan 2, 2010 -14.50%
Jan 3, 2009 -151.48%