Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Cadence Design Systems' (CDNS) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 17.29% in Q2 2026, down 87.0% YoY from 132.98% in Q2 2025, and down 0.79% on a QoQ basis from 17.43% in Q1 2026.
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 17.29% in Q2 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 87.0% year-over-year to 17.29% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 17.29% (down 87.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 18.82%, down 388.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed slipped to 17.29% in Q2 2026, from 17.43% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 34.66% in Q4 2022 to a low of 17.29% in Q2 2026.
- A 5-year average of 24.43% and a median of 27.09% in 2022 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 plunged 1406 bps.
- Tracing CDNS's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 28.98% in 2022, then gained by 9 bps to 31.6% in 2023, then plunged by 44 bps to 17.54% in 2024, then advanced by 3 bps to 18.11% in 2025, then declined by 5 bps to 17.29% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 17.29% (Q2 2026), 17.43% (Q1 2026), and 18.11% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 17.29% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 17.43% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 18.11% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 18.23% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 18.16% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 19.01% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 17.54% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 18.87% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 23.75% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 27.87% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 31.60% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 27.94% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 27.57% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 27.11% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 28.98% |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 34.66% |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 33.41% |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 29.65% |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 27.09% |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 23.08% |