Cadence Design Systems Inc
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Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 145.8 | 33.6 | 240.3 | – | 144.5 | 39.8 | 43.9 | – | 56.7 | 107.7 | 39.2 | 17.0 | – | – | 15.5 | 39.0 | 8.6 | 25.1 | 36.7 | 25.7 | 36.1 | 57.4 | 35.4 | 19.7 | 64.6 | 74.7 | 52.0 | 71.4 | 78.0 | 77.0 | |
| 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 8.3 | 14.2 | 17.4 | 12.4 | 18.2 | 17.7 | 16.1 | |
| 9.6 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 14.3 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 9.9 | 11.8 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 15.3 | 19.0 | 16.1 | 21.8 | 17.6 | 15.6 | |
| 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 8.2 | 14.0 | 17.2 | 12.4 | 18.1 | 17.7 | 16.0 | |
| 16.2 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 26.3 | 26.4 | 10.2 | 5.2 | 16.7 | 11.5 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 9.3 | – | – | 35.5 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 12.8 | 16.8 | 15.3 | 18.6 | 26.2 | 23.1 | 30.8 | 46.8 | 56.0 | 36.6 | 50.5 | 49.3 | 45.4 | |
| 37.4 | 53.8 | 58.4 | 336.2 | 319.2 | 58.2 | 14.2 | 54.5 | 13.6 | 15.0 | 16.2 | 15.8 | – | – | 13.7 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 12.8 | 21.0 | 19.5 | 18.8 | 28.4 | 22.5 | 29.7 | 47.1 | 50.3 | 39.5 | 59.6 | 73.6 | 53.8 | |
| 2.7% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.7% | 7.0% | 1.8% | 7.4% | 6.7% | 6.2% | 6.3% | -3.1% | -1.1% | 7.3% | 7.4% | 7.4% | 7.8% | 4.8% | 5.1% | 5.3% | 3.5% | 4.4% | 3.4% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.5% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 1.9% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 79.3% | 80.0% | 76.9% | 70.3% | 71.2% | 75.2% | 80.7% | 80.6% | 81.1% | 82.8% | 84.7% | 86.7% | 79.8% | 80.2% | 83.3% | 83.0% | 85.6% | 86.3% | 85.8% | 86.0% | 85.9% | 87.8% | 87.9% | 88.6% | 88.6% | 89.7% | 89.6% | 89.4% | 86.0% | 86.4% | |
| 12.3% | 25.5% | 8.6% | -1.2% | 5.0% | 16.8% | 13.5% | -0.9% | 8.4% | 8.9% | 15.1% | 19.7% | -151.5% | -14.5% | -1.4% | 10.5% | 16.0% | 12.9% | 13.1% | 16.8% | 13.5% | 16.7% | 18.5% | 21.1% | 24.1% | 26.1% | 30.1% | 30.6% | 29.1% | 31.1% | |
| 3.9% | 18.5% | 2.6% | -1.3% | 3.9% | 9.9% | 5.6% | -1.6% | 6.2% | 3.7% | 9.6% | 18.3% | -178.5% | -17.6% | 15.2% | 6.3% | 33.2% | 11.2% | 10.1% | 14.8% | 11.2% | 10.5% | 16.2% | 42.3% | 22.0% | 23.3% | 23.8% | 25.5% | 22.7% | 20.9% | |
| 15.3% | 11.6% | 10.8% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 6.8% | 17.2% | 7.9% | 25.9% | 26.7% | 23.3% | 19.7% | -2.8% | -1.9% | 17.3% | 18.2% | 21.1% | 22.1% | 17.5% | 19.6% | 21.5% | 21.2% | 25.4% | 28.0% | 30.2% | 34.6% | 31.4% | 30.5% | 24.1% | 30.0% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6.6% | 23.3% | 3.4% | -1.4% | 5.5% | 12.6% | 4.4% | -1.1% | 4.4% | 2.7% | 8.4% | 14.2% | -993.0% | -138.3% | 51.4% | 17.6% | 48.1% | 14.2% | 11.9% | 18.3% | 27.4% | 20.6% | 26.8% | 47.0% | 23.7% | 25.4% | 30.9% | 30.6% | 22.6% | 20.3% | |
| 4.0% | 16.6% | 2.3% | -1.0% | 3.4% | 8.2% | 3.0% | -0.6% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 4.1% | 7.7% | -110.4% | -10.6% | 8.3% | 4.1% | 19.2% | 6.8% | 5.0% | 10.7% | 9.7% | 8.4% | 14.0% | 29.5% | 15.0% | 15.9% | 16.5% | 18.4% | 11.8% | 10.9% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -281 | -206 | -182 | -107 | -80 | -203 | -317 | 36 | -29 | -281 | -176 | -333 | -58 | -125 | -7.7 | -176 | -279 | -211 | -241 | -257 | 228 | 41 | -88 | -334 | -548 | -716 | -134 | -359 | -168 | -521 | |
| -1.2 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.6 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.7 | -0.4 | -0.7 | – | – | -0.1 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | -0.2 | -0.5 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.3 | |
| 61.8% | 71.0% | 67.4% | 67.6% | 61.6% | 64.8% | 67.4% | 55.8% | 56.9% | 54.2% | 49.4% | 53.7% | 11.1% | 7.7% | 16.2% | 23.3% | 40.0% | 47.6% | 41.6% | 58.5% | 35.4% | 40.9% | 52.2% | 62.6% | 63.1% | 62.5% | 53.4% | 60.0% | 52.1% | 53.9% | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.14 | 0.73 | 0.12 | -0.06 | 0.19 | 0.55 | 0.27 | -0.07 | 0.24 | 0.16 | 0.46 | 1.00 | -7.29 | -0.58 | 0.54 | 0.27 | 1.57 | 0.56 | 0.52 | 0.81 | 0.70 | 0.73 | 1.23 | 3.53 | 2.11 | 2.50 | 3.09 | 3.82 | 3.85 | 4.06 | |
| 3.46 | 3.94 | 4.72 | 4.65 | 4.87 | 5.57 | 4.83 | 4.20 | 3.92 | 4.23 | 4.75 | 5.46 | 4.08 | 3.31 | 3.52 | 4.25 | 4.73 | 4.96 | 5.15 | 5.45 | 6.24 | 6.93 | 7.60 | 8.33 | 9.59 | 10.72 | 12.95 | 15.00 | 16.95 | 19.38 | |
| 2.07 | 3.13 | 3.68 | 4.20 | 3.46 | 4.37 | 6.15 | 5.89 | 5.56 | 5.87 | 5.44 | 7.04 | 0.73 | 0.42 | 1.04 | 1.52 | 3.26 | 3.92 | 4.35 | 4.41 | 2.55 | 3.53 | 4.58 | 7.50 | 8.92 | 9.83 | 9.98 | 12.48 | 17.07 | 20.03 | |
| 0.53 | 0.46 | 0.51 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.38 | 0.83 | 0.33 | 1.02 | 1.13 | 1.10 | 1.08 | -0.12 | -0.06 | 0.61 | 0.77 | 1.00 | 1.10 | 0.90 | 1.07 | 1.34 | 1.47 | 1.93 | 2.33 | 2.90 | 3.71 | 4.06 | 4.57 | 4.08 | 5.81 | |
Data as of: September 30, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.