Growth Metrics

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2026)

Cadence Design Systems posted quarterly Retained Earnings of -$40.1 million for Q1 2026, down 100.64% year-on-year from $6.3 billion in Q1 2025, and down 2121.05% on a QoQ basis from -$1.8 million in Q4 2025.

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 17 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at -$40.1 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Retained Earnings fell 100.64% year-over-year to -$40.1 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$40.1 million (down 100.64% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was -$1.8 million, down 100.03% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings for Q1 2026 stood at -$40.1 million, down from -$1.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $6.3 billion in Q1 2025 and bottomed at -$91.6 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is $3.4 billion (2022), against an average of $2.7 billion.
  • Peak annual rise in Retained Earnings reached 17582.28% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 273.44% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at -$91.6 million in 2022, then soared by 5486.89% to $4.9 billion in 2023, then advanced by 21.38% to $6.0 billion in 2024, then plunged by 100.03% to -$1.8 million in 2025, then plunged by 2121.05% to -$40.1 million in 2026.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at -$40.1 million (Q1 2026), -$1.8 million (Q4 2025), and $7.3 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 57.69 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 22.22 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn -421.00 Mn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 2.28 Bn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 5.71 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn -40.09 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn -295.00 Mn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn -853.10 Mn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 22.85 Bn
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn 190.36 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 -40.09 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -1.81 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 7.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 23.97 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 6.27 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 5.99 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 5.65 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 5.41 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 5.18 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 4.94 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 4.61 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 4.36 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -87.39 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -91.64 Mn
Oct 1, 2022 3.65 Bn
Jul 2, 2022 -81.38 Mn
Apr 2, 2022 -47.92 Mn
Jan 1, 2022 3.05 Bn
Oct 2, 2021 2.87 Bn
Jul 3, 2021 -21.79 Mn
Apr 3, 2021 2.54 Bn
Jan 2, 2021 -17.43 Mn
Sep 26, 2020 -33.62 Mn
Jun 27, 2020 2.01 Bn
Mar 28, 2020 1.88 Bn
Dec 28, 2019 1.76 Bn
Sep 28, 2019 -39.99 Mn
Jun 29, 2019 1.00 Bn
Mar 30, 2019 893.26 Mn
Dec 29, 2018 -24.78 Mn
Sep 29, 2018 -22.35 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 -13.17 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 5.94 Mn
Dec 30, 2017 341.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 -10.02 Mn
Jul 1, 2017 274.29 Mn
Apr 1, 2017 -22.28 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 -25.16 Mn
Oct 1, 2016 98.43 Mn
Jul 2, 2016 -9.99 Mn
Apr 2, 2016 -15.62 Mn
Jan 2, 2016 -12.43 Mn
Oct 3, 2015 -6.95 Mn
Jul 4, 2015 -231.99 Mn
Apr 4, 2015 3.81 Mn
Jan 3, 2015 -326.41 Mn
Sep 27, 2014 -391.44 Mn
Jun 28, 2014 -428.97 Mn
Mar 29, 2014 28.99 Mn
Dec 28, 2013 24.31 Mn
Sep 28, 2013 20.88 Mn
Jun 29, 2013 -561.51 Mn
Mar 30, 2013 -570.94 Mn
Dec 29, 2012 43.95 Mn
Sep 29, 2012 -962.52 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 -1.02 Bn
Mar 31, 2012 -1.05 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 -1.08 Bn
Oct 1, 2011 -1.09 Bn
Jul 2, 2011 -1.11 Bn
Apr 2, 2011 -1.14 Bn
Jan 1, 2011 -1.14 Bn
Oct 2, 2010 -1.10 Bn
Jul 3, 2010 -1.22 Bn
Jan 2, 2010 43.27 Mn