Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 18 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $508.4 million in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Research & Development rose 15.79% year-over-year to $508.4 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $1.8 billion (up 14.22% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $1.8 billion, up 14.18% from the prior year.
• Research & Development for Q1 2026 stood at $508.4 million, up from $464.6 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $508.4 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $286.6 million in Q3 2022.
• The 5-year median for Research & Development is $374.8 million (2024), against an average of $383.9 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Research & Development declined 10.34%; it then grew 23.66% in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $350.4 million in 2022, then rose by 4.86% to $367.4 million in 2023, then advanced by 6.69% to $392.0 million in 2024, then climbed by 18.51% to $464.6 million in 2025, then increased by 9.44% to $508.4 million in 2026.
• The last three Research & Development figures came in at $508.4 million (Q1 2026), $464.6 million (Q4 2025), and $423.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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