Growth Metrics

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

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DateValue
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