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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%-2.9pp114.4%-0.1pp115.3%-0.6pp115.1%-1.3pp115.6%-1.4pp
Net margin82.4%-11.8pp83.4%-14.3pp85.2%-15.2pp88.7%-12.2pp94.2%-4.8pp
EBITDA margin130.1%-2.1pp131.4%+1.0pp132.3%+1.1pp132%+0.9pp132.2%+0.8pp
Free cash flow margin115.3%+18.4pp117.7%+19.5pp111.9%+7.2pp105.4%-8.9pp96.9%-24.6pp
Returns
Return on equity86.1%-22.5pp91.4%-23.5pp95.6%-26.9pp101%-27.4pp108.6%-22.5pp
Return on assets46.1%-14.3pp49.7%-15.2pp52.5%-17.3pp55.4%-18.5pp60.4%-15.2pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover2.2×-0.3×2.4×-0.3×2.5×-0.3×2.5×-0.4×2.6×-0.5×
Liquidity
Current ratio10.2×+0.3×11.8×+3.7×11.9×+5.4×11.3×+5.8×9.9×+4.5×
Quick ratio9.5×+0.3×11.1×+3.6×11.2×+5.2×10.6×+5.6×9.2×+4.3×
Cash ratio6.3×-0.1×7.8×+2.8×7.9×+4.2×7.6×+4.8×6.4×+3.6×
Leverage
Interest coverage51.2×-33.7×53.2×-49.6×58.2×-61.4×67.8×-60.5×84.9×-47.3×
Per Share
Book value per share$81.33+21.8%$74.82+20.0%$71.86+24.4%$69.53+32.3%$66.76+40.2%
Valuation
Market capitalization$338.56B+9.7%$331.6B+2.8%$328.92B+4.9%$306.64B+1.1%$308.57B+8.9%
Price / earnings312.5×+20.7×311.5×+4.0×312.9×+13.1×293.3×-1.7×291.9×+4.5×
Price / sales64.2×-4.6×64.7×-10.5×66.4×-9.0×64.9×-9.7×68.9×-2.3×
Price / book61.8×-6.0×64.7×-12.0×66.8×-13.8×64.5×-20.3×67.8×-19.2×
Free cash flow yield7.2%+1.5pp7.3%+2.1pp6.8%+1.3pp6.6%+0.3pp5.8%-1.1pp
Earnings yield5.2%-0.3pp5.2%0.0pp5.2%-0.2pp5.5%0.0pp5.5%-0.1pp

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