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Cadence Design Systems CDNS Ratios & Valuation

TTM Q1 '26TTM Q4 '25TTM Q3 '25TTM Q2 '25TTM Q1 '25
Profitability
Operating margin112.6%-1.7pp114.4%-0.9pp115.3%+0.2pp115.1%-0.5pp115.6%+1.1pp
Net margin82.4%-1.0pp83.4%-1.8pp85.2%-3.5pp88.7%-5.5pp94.2%-3.5pp
EBITDA margin130.1%-1.4pp131.4%-0.9pp132.3%+0.3pp132%-0.1pp132.2%+1.7pp
Free cash flow margin115.3%-2.4pp117.7%+5.9pp111.9%+6.5pp105.4%+8.5pp96.9%-1.4pp
Returns
Return on equity86.1%-5.3pp91.4%-4.3pp95.6%-5.3pp101%-7.6pp108.6%-6.3pp
Return on assets46.1%-3.6pp49.7%-2.8pp52.5%-2.9pp55.4%-5.0pp60.4%-4.5pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover2.2×-0.1×2.4×-0.1×2.5×0.0×2.5×-0.1×2.6×-0.1×
Liquidity
Current ratio10.2×-1.6×11.8×-0.1×11.9×+0.6×11.3×+1.4×9.9×+1.8×
Quick ratio9.5×-1.6×11.1×-0.1×11.2×+0.6×10.6×+1.4×9.2×+1.7×
Cash ratio6.3×-1.5×7.8×-0.1×7.9×+0.3×7.6×+1.2×6.4×+1.4×
Leverage
Interest coverage51.2×-2.0×53.2×-5.0×58.2×-9.6×67.8×-17.1×84.9×-17.9×
Per Share
Book value per share$81.33+8.7%$74.82+4.1%$71.86+3.4%$69.53+4.1%$66.76+7.1%
Valuation
Market capitalization$338.56B+2.1%$331.6B+0.8%$328.92B+7.3%$306.64B-0.6%$308.57B-4.4%
Price / earnings312.5×+1.0×311.5×-1.3×312.9×+19.6×293.3×+1.5×291.9×-15.6×
Price / sales64.2×-0.4×64.7×-1.7×66.4×+1.5×64.9×-4.0×68.9×-6.3×
Price / book61.8×-2.9×64.7×-2.1×66.8×+2.3×64.5×-3.3×67.8×-8.9×
Free cash flow yield7.2%-0.1pp7.3%+0.5pp6.8%+0.2pp6.6%+0.8pp5.8%+0.5pp
Earnings yield5.2%0.0pp5.2%0.0pp5.2%-0.3pp5.5%0.0pp5.5%+0.3pp

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