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Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Cadence Design Systems' Return on Capital Employed history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.18% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.18%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.18%, up 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.19%, 4.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.18% in Q4 2025 per CDNS's latest filing, down from 0.18% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.35% in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.18% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.25%, with a median of 0.25% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: increased 12bps in 2022, then fell -14bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.23% in 2021, then rose by 26bps to 0.29% in 2022, then increased by 9bps to 0.32% in 2023, then plummeted by -44bps to 0.18% in 2024, then increased by 3bps to 0.18% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CDNS's Return on Capital Employed are 0.18% (Q4 2025), 0.18% (Q3 2025), and 0.18% (Q2 2025).