Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Shares Repurchased (2010 - 2026)
Cadence Design Systems posted quarterly Shares Repurchased of $200.0 million for Q1 2026, down 42.86% year-on-year from $350.0 million in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from $200.0 million in Q4 2025.
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has 15 years of Shares Repurchased data on file, last reported at $200.0 million in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Shares Repurchased fell 42.86% year-over-year to $200.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $775.0 million (changed 0.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $925.0 million, up 68.18% from the prior year.
- Shares Repurchased for Q1 2026 stood at $200.0 million, roughly flat from $200.0 million in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Shares Repurchased topped out at $362.2 million in Q1 2022 and bottomed at $125.0 million in Q2 2024.
- The 5-year median for Shares Repurchased is $187.5 million (2025), against an average of $210.4 million.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Shares Repurchased slumped 61.55%; it then soared 179.99% in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Shares Repurchased shows it stood at $300.0 million in 2022, then slumped by 58.34% to $125.0 million in 2023, then climbed by 20.0% to $150.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 33.33% to $200.0 million in 2025, then retreated by 0.0% to $200.0 million in 2026.
- The last three Shares Repurchased figures came in at $200.0 million (Q1 2026), $200.0 million (Q4 2025), and $200.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Shares Repurchased (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | -2.67 Bn |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 3.94 Bn |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 147.39 Bn | 146.35 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 3.01 Bn |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 491.00 Mn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 2.23 Bn |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 200.00 Mn |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 2.48 Bn |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 581.40 Mn |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 1.55 Bn |
| 10 | Datadog | 78.54 Bn | 73.78 Bn | 797.20 Mn | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 200.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 200.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 200.01 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 200.01 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 200.01 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 200.01 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 175.01 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 175.01 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 350.01 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 350.01 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 150.01 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 150.01 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 150.01 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 150.01 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 125.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 125.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 125.01 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 125.01 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 125.01 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 125.01 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 125.01 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 125.01 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 325.11 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 325.11 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 125.01 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 125.01 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 300.03 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 300.03 Mn |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 150.01 Mn |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 150.01 Mn |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 350.03 Mn |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 350.03 Mn |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 250.02 Mn |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 250.02 Mn |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 362.25 Mn |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 362.25 Mn |
| Apr 3, 2021 | 172.27 Mn |
| Apr 3, 2021 | 172.27 Mn |
| Sep 26, 2020 | 75.01 Mn |
| Sep 26, 2020 | 75.01 Mn |
| Jun 27, 2020 | 75.01 Mn |
| Jun 27, 2020 | 75.01 Mn |
| Mar 28, 2020 | 100.02 Mn |
| Mar 28, 2020 | 100.02 Mn |
| Dec 28, 2019 | 75.02 Mn |
| Dec 28, 2019 | 75.02 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2019 | 75.01 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2019 | 75.01 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2019 | 75.01 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2019 | 75.01 Mn |
| Mar 30, 2019 | 81.11 Mn |
| Mar 30, 2019 | 81.11 Mn |
| Dec 29, 2018 | 100.02 Mn |
| Dec 29, 2018 | 100.02 Mn |
| Sep 29, 2018 | 50.01 Mn |
| Sep 29, 2018 | 50.01 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 50.01 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 50.01 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 50.01 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 50.01 Mn |
| Dec 30, 2017 | 50.01 Mn |
| Dec 30, 2017 | 50.01 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 50.01 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 50.01 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 240.09 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 240.09 Mn |
| Oct 1, 2016 | 240.10 Mn |
| Oct 1, 2016 | 240.10 Mn |
| Jul 2, 2016 | 240.10 Mn |
| Jul 2, 2016 | 240.10 Mn |
| Apr 2, 2016 | 240.00 Mn |
| Apr 2, 2016 | 240.00 Mn |
| Jan 2, 2016 | 270.61 Mn |
| Jan 2, 2016 | 270.61 Mn |
| Apr 4, 2015 | 36.80 Mn |
| Apr 4, 2015 | 36.80 Mn |
| Sep 27, 2014 | 37.54 Mn |
| Sep 27, 2014 | 37.54 Mn |
| Jun 28, 2014 | 12.52 Mn |
| Jun 28, 2014 | 12.52 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2014 | 12.52 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2014 | 12.52 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2011 | -40.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2011 | -40.00 Mn |
| Jul 3, 2010 | 40.00 Mn |
| Jul 3, 2010 | 40.00 Mn |