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Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Cadence Design Systems' Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.27% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 2.0% year-over-year to 0.27%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.21%, down 2.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.21%, 2.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.27% in Q4 2025 per CDNS's latest filing, up from 0.21% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.3% in Q4 2023 to a low of 0.13% in Q2 2025.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.23%, with a median of 0.23% recorded in 2021.
  • The largest YoY upside for Return on Sales was 5bps in 2021 against a maximum downside of -88bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.23% in 2021, then grew by 14bps to 0.27% in 2022, then grew by 13bps to 0.3% in 2023, then decreased by -17bps to 0.25% in 2024, then increased by 7bps to 0.27% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CDNS's Return on Sales are 0.27% (Q4 2025), 0.21% (Q3 2025), and 0.13% (Q2 2025).