Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Research & Development (2009 - 2025)
Cadence Design Systems posted annual Research & Development of $1.8 billion for FY2025, up 14.18% year-over-year from $1.5 billion in FY2024.
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 15 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $1.8 billion in FY2025.
- 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 FY2025 stood at $1.8 billion, up from $1.5 billion in the prior year.
- Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $1.8 billion in FY2025 and bottomed at $1.0 billion in FY2021.
- The 5-year median for Research & Development is $1.3 billion (2022), against an average of $1.4 billion.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Research & Development advanced 15.2%; it then rose 7.44% in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $1.0 billion in 2021, then grew by 21.07% to $1.3 billion in 2022, then gained by 15.2% to $1.4 billion in 2023, then climbed by 7.44% to $1.5 billion in 2024, then increased by 14.18% to $1.8 billion in 2025.
- The last three Research & Development figures came in at $1.8 billion (FY2025), $1.5 billion (FY2024), and $1.4 billion (FY2023), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | R&D (Yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 261.57 Bn | 243.60 Bn | 8.16 Bn | - |
| 2 | Salesforce | 181.55 Bn | 171.98 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 5.99 Bn |
| 3 | Shopify | 154.72 Bn | 148.98 Bn | 1.55 Bn | - |
| 4 | Uber Technologies | 144.47 Bn | 143.43 Bn | 11.88 Bn | - |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 128.74 Bn | 123.56 Bn | 2.83 Bn | - |
| 6 | Adobe | 106.28 Bn | 99.39 Bn | 5.73 Bn | - |
| 7 | Cadence Design Systems | 102.00 Bn | 100.60 Bn | 1.26 Bn | - |
| 8 | Intuit | 91.50 Bn | 84.72 Bn | 6.77 Bn | - |
| 9 | Automatic Data Processing | 89.51 Bn | 86.28 Bn | 2.87 Bn | - |
| 10 | Datadog | 87.38 Bn | 82.62 Bn | 797.20 Mn | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.77 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.55 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.44 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.25 Bn |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 1.13 Bn |
| Jan 2, 2021 | 1.03 Bn |
| Dec 28, 2019 | 935.94 Mn |
| Dec 29, 2018 | 884.82 Mn |
| Dec 30, 2017 | 804.22 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 735.34 Mn |
| Jan 2, 2016 | 82.79 Mn |
| Jan 3, 2015 | 603.01 Mn |
| Dec 28, 2013 | 534.02 Mn |
| Dec 29, 2012 | 72.61 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 400.75 Mn |
| Jan 1, 2011 | 82.97 Mn |
| Jan 2, 2010 | 90.54 Mn |
| Jan 3, 2009 | 103.34 Mn |