Company profile · Software
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS)
Nasdaq: CDNS · San Jose, CA · Data from SEC filings, updated Oct 6, 2026
Overview
Cadence Design Systems trades on Nasdaq under the ticker CDNS and is classified by RoxMag in the Software segment (SEC industry code 7372, Services-Prepackaged Software). Its principal executive offices are in San Jose, CA. The company was founded in 1988. In its annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, it reported revenue of $5.30 billion and net income of $1.11 billion. By public float it ranks #9 of the 153 software companies profiled on RoxMag.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology and computational software company headquartered in San Jose, California. Initially specialized in electronic design automation (EDA) software for the semiconductor industry, the company currently makes software and hardware for designing products such as integrated circuits, systems on chips (SoCs), printed circuit boards, as well as develops large-scale molecular modelling applications and toolkits for pharmaceutical drug developers. The company also licenses intellectual property for the electronics, aerospace, defense and automotive industries.
Financial history
Annual figures as reported in Cadence Design Systems's 10-K filings (US dollars).
- Revenue growth
- 14.1%
- vs prior year, FY2025
- Net margin
- 20.9%
- net income ÷ revenue, FY2025
- Operating margin
- 28.2%
- operating income ÷ revenue, FY2025
- R&D share of revenue
- —
- R&D ÷ revenue, FY2025
| Metric | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.3B | $4.6B | $4.1B | $3.6B | $2.7B |
| Operating income | $1.5B | $1.4B | $1.3B | $1.1B | $645.6M |
| Net income | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.0B | $849.0M | $590.6M |
| Total assets | $10.2B | $9.0B | $5.7B | $5.1B | $4.0B |
| Stockholders' equity | $5.5B | $4.7B | $3.4B | $2.7B | $2.5B |
| Cash & equivalents | $3.0B | $2.6B | $1.0B | $882.3M | $928.4M |
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Recent SEC filings
Sources & method
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