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Cadence Design Systems CDNS Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Operating margin28.3%+0.1pp28.2%-0.3pp28.5%+0.8pp27.7%-2.3pp30%+0.9pp
Net margin21.2%+0.2pp20.9%+0.6pp20.4%+0.5pp19.9%-2.3pp22.2%-0.6pp
EBITDA margin32.9%+0.5pp32.5%-0.2pp32.7%+0.7pp32%-2.4pp34.3%+1.0pp
Free cash flow margin25.9%-4.1pp30%+1.6pp28.4%-2.8pp31.1%+2.9pp28.3%+4.2pp
Returns
Return on equity20.7%-1.2pp21.9%+0.1pp21.7%-0.1pp21.8%-4.1pp25.9%-0.2pp
Return on assets11.1%-0.5pp11.6%+0.3pp11.3%-0.8pp12.1%-2.6pp14.7%+0.3pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.5×0.0×0.6×0.0×0.6×-0.1×0.6×-0.1×0.7×0.0×
Liquidity
Current ratio1.5×-1.4×2.9×-0.2×+0.2×2.8×-0.3×3.1×+0.1×
Quick ratio1.3×-1.3×2.7×-0.2×2.8×+0.2×2.7×-0.2×2.9×+0.2×
Cash ratio0.7×-1.2×1.8×-0.1×+0.1×1.9×-0.2×2.1×+0.2×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.0×
Debt-to-assets0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA-0.7×+1.0×-1.6×
Interest coverage13.1×+0.3×12.8×+0.1×12.7×+0.2×12.5×-2.6×15.2×-2.6×
Per Share
Book value per share$23.97+19.7%$20.03+5.5%$18.99+3.5%$18.35+5.1%$17.46+2.3%
Valuation
Market capitalization$76.72B-9.8%$85.08B-11.1%$95.71B+18.1%$81.04B+16.2%$69.77B-15.3%
Enterprise value$75.49B-8.2%$82.27B
Price / earnings65.5×-11.2×76.7×-13.5×90.2×+10.1×80.1×+15.6×64.5×-13.6×
Price / sales13.9×-2.2×16.1×-2.3×18.4×+2.4×15.9×+1.6×14.3×-3.4×
Price / book11.7×-3.9×15.5×-2.9×18.4×+2.2×16.2×+1.6×14.6×-3.0×
EV / EBITDA41.4×-6.4×47.8×
EV / sales13.7×-1.9×15.5×
Free cash flow yield1.9%0.0pp1.9%+0.3pp1.5%-0.4pp2%0.0pp2%+0.6pp
Earnings yield1.5%+0.2pp1.3%+0.2pp1.1%-0.1pp1.2%-0.3pp1.6%+0.3pp
PEG ratio7.9×-7.3×15.2×-27.9×43×19.6×-37.1×

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