Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2026)
Cadence Design Systems' (CDNS) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.03% in Q2 2026, up 1.0% YoY from 0.03% in Q2 2025, and up 62.76% on a QoQ basis from 0.02% in Q2 2025.
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 11 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.03% in Q2 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.03% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 0.03% (up 1.0% YoY) and the FY2023 annual result came in at 0.05%, changed N/A from the prior year.
- Return on Invested Capital rose to 0.03% in Q2 2026, from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.05% in Q3 2023 to a low of 0.01% in Q3 2024.
- A 5-year average of 0.03% and a median of 0.03% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Invested Capital slipped 4 bps — and 2025, when it gained 1 bps.
- Tracing CDNS's Return on Invested Capital over 5 years: stood at 0.04% in 2022, then declined by 8 bps to 0.04% in 2023, then tumbled by 79 bps to 0.01% in 2024, then soared by 132 bps to 0.02% in 2025, then soared by 63 bps to 0.03% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.03% (Q2 2026), 0.02% (Q2 2025), and 0.01% (Q1 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.03% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.02% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.01% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.01% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.01% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.01% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.02% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.04% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.05% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.03% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.03% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.04% |
| Jul 3, 2021 | 0.01% |
| Apr 3, 2021 | 0.01% |
| Sep 26, 2020 | 0.01% |
| Jun 27, 2020 | 0.02% |
| Mar 28, 2020 | 0.05% |
| Dec 28, 2019 | 0.10% |
| Sep 28, 2019 | 0.03% |
| Jun 29, 2019 | 0.01% |