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Cadence Design Systems stock: growth
CDNSCadence Design Systems reported $5.3B in revenue for fiscal 2025, up 14.1% on the prior year, up 14.6% a year on average over up to five years.
Daily figure as of 13 Nov 2026
Revenue (Annual rate)
6.9%
per year from 2006 to 2025, per share 7.1%
Earnings (Annual rate)
11.4%
per year from 2006 to 2025, per share 11.6%
Free cash flow (Annual rate)
8.4%
per year from 2006 to 2025, per share 8.5%
Growth per year by period
What reaches shareholders is growth per share: buybacks lift it, new shares dilute it.
| since 2020 | since 2015 | since 2006 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 14.6% | 12.0% | 6.9% |
| Revenue per share | 14.8% | 12.7% | 7.1% |
| Earnings | 13.4% | 16.0% | 11.4% |
| Earnings per share | 13.6% | 16.6% | 11.6% |
| Free cash flow | 14.4% | 16.9% | 8.4% |
| Free cash flow per share | 14.6% | 17.6% | 8.5% |
Fiscal years at a glance
How revenue and earnings grow
- Revenue
- Earnings
- Free cash flow
Figures as a table
| Year | Revenue | Earnings | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | $1.48B | $142.59M | $345.17M |
| 2007 | $1.62B | $296.25M | $318.64M |
| 2008 | $1.04B | −$1.85B | −$29.39M |
| 2009 | $852.63M | −$149.87M | −$16.45M |
| 2010 | $935.95M | $142.34M | $161.66M |
| 2011 | $1.15B | $72.23M | $208.92M |
| 2012 | $1.33B | $439.95M | $280.03M |
| 2013 | $1.46B | $164.24M | $322.68M |
| 2014 | $1.58B | $158.9M | $276.91M |
| 2015 | $1.7B | $252.42M | $333.39M |
| 2016 | $1.82B | $203.09M | $391.17M |
| 2017 | $1.94B | $204.1M | $412.84M |
| 2018 | $2.14B | $345.78M | $543.25M |
| 2019 | $2.34B | $988.98M | $655M |
| 2020 | $2.68B | $590.64M | $810.11M |
| 2021 | $2.99B | $695.96M | $1.03B |
| 2022 | $3.56B | $848.95M | $1.12B |
| 2023 | $4.09B | $1.04B | $1.25B |
| 2024 | $4.64B | $1.06B | $1.12B |
| 2025 | $5.3B | $1.11B | $1.59B |
Revenue by segment
How Cadence Design Systems, Inc. makes its money and how that has shifted. Names are as the company reports them.
- Product and maintenance91%
- Technology Service9%
Figures as a table
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Share 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product and maintenance | $2B | $2.2B | $2.54B | $2.81B | $3.34B | $3.83B | $4.21B | $4.82B | 91% |
| Technology Service | $140.14M | $131.7M | $146.27M | $175.3M | $221.52M | $255.63M | $427.76M | $475.17M | 9% |
| Total revenue | $2.14B | $2.34B | $2.68B | $2.99B | $3.56B | $4.09B | $4.64B | $5.3B | 100% |
Data status and sources
- Score
- Daily value of 13 Nov 2026, recalculated nightly
- Price
- Closing price of 12 Nov 2026
- Latest annual report
- Fiscal year 2025, period end 31 Dec 2025
- Source
- Financial statements, ratios and prices from Financial Modeling Prep (FMP), based on the company's reports. MEQIRI calculates the score and fair value from them.
Mandatory disclosures for this rating
- ; time horizon around 12 months
- Rated Strong since 7 Nov 2026, previously Neutral
- Valuation signal Overvalued since 7 Nov 2026
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- Score and fair value are estimates from a disclosed model. They are not facts and not a price target.
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