Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Cadence Design Systems' Return on Capital Employed history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 17.43% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 158.0% year-over-year to 17.43% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 17.43% (down 158.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 18.82%, down 388.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed was 17.43% for Q1 2026 at Cadence Design Systems, down from 18.11% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 34.66% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 17.43% in Q1 2026.
• A 5-year average of 24.83% and a median of 27.1% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed soared 1158 bps — and 2024, when it tumbled 1406 bps.
• Cadence Design Systems' Return on Capital Employed stood at 28.98% in 2022, then climbed by 9 bps to 31.6% in 2023, then slumped by 44 bps to 17.54% in 2024, then grew by 3 bps to 18.11% in 2025, then decreased by 4 bps to 17.43% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CDNS's Return on Capital Employed at 17.43% in Q1 2026, 18.11% in Q4 2025, and 18.23% in Q3 2025.