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

Cadence Design Systems' Research & Development history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $508.4 million for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Research & Development rose 150.83% year-over-year to $508.4 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.6 billion (up 17.1% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.8 billion, up 14.18% from the prior year.
• Research & Development was $508.4 million for Q1 2026 at Cadence Design Systems, 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 $166.7 million in Q1 2023.
• A 5-year average of $316.0 million and a median of $337.0 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2025 — Research & Development plunged 52.73% — and 2026, when it jumped 150.83%.
• Cadence Design Systems' Research & Development stood at $350.4 million in 2022, then plunged by 48.53% to $180.4 million in 2023, then jumped by 117.35% to $392.0 million in 2024, then grew by 18.51% to $464.6 million in 2025, then rose by 9.44% to $508.4 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CDNS's Research & Development at $508.4 million in Q1 2026, $464.6 million in Q4 2025, and $192.6 million in Q3 2025.