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

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 17.43% in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 158.0% year-over-year to 17.43%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 17.43% (down 158.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 18.82%, down 388.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 17.43%, 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.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 27.1% (2023), against an average of 24.83%.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed soared 1158 bps; it then slumped 1406 bps in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 28.98% in 2022, then advanced by 9 bps to 31.6% in 2023, then tumbled by 44 bps to 17.54% in 2024, then climbed by 3 bps to 18.11% in 2025, then retreated by 4 bps to 17.43% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 17.43% (Q1 2026), 18.11% (Q4 2025), and 18.23% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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