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Cadence Design Systems CDNS Free cash flow yield

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.5B+18.7%
Operating income$431.3M+19.3%
Net income$335.7M+22.7%
EPS (diluted)$1.23+23.0%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.4B-49.4%
Total debt$177.2M
Total equity$6.6B+37.4%
Total assets$12.1B+34.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$355.8M-27.0%
CapEx$48.8M+112%
Free cash flow$307.0M-33.8%

Valuation

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Market cap$107.46B+10.0%
Enterprise value$106.23B
P/E91.8×+1.4×
P/S19.4×-0.6×

Profitability

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Operating margin28.3%-1.7pp
Net margin21.2%-1.0pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity20.7%-5.3pp
Debt / equity
Current ratio1.5×-1.6×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Cadence Design Systems’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Cadence Design Systems’s 10-Q, filed May 1, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Cadence Design Systems's free cash flow yield?
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) reported free cash flow yield of 1.9% in Q1 2026.
How has Cadence Design Systems's free cash flow yield changed year-over-year?
Cadence Design Systems's free cash flow yield decreased by 5.7% year-over-year, from 2% to 1.9%.
What is the long-term trend for Cadence Design Systems's free cash flow yield?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Cadence Design Systems's free cash flow yield has grown at a -4.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 8.7% to 7.3%.
What does free cash flow yield mean?
The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
How do you interpret free cash flow yield?
Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?
Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.