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FCF Margin for Cadence Design Systems (CDNS)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

25.9%

YoY change

+5.87pp

Trough year (1986)

-36.7%

Peak year (2021)

34.6%

FCF Margin history chart for Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) from 1986 to 2025

Latest: 30.0%

FCF Margin change chart for Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) from 1986 to 2025

Latest: +5.87pp

FCF Margin history table for Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) from 1986 to 2025

  • 202530.0%+5.87pp
  • 202424.1%-6.39pp
  • 202330.5%-0.90pp
  • 202231.4%-3.22pp
  • 202134.6%+4.41pp
  • 202030.2%+2.16pp
  • 201928.0%+2.63pp
  • 201825.4%+4.16pp
  • 201721.2%-0.29pp
  • 201621.5%+1.95pp
  • 201519.6%+2.07pp
  • 201417.5%-4.58pp
  • 201322.1%+0.99pp
  • 201221.1%+2.94pp
  • 201118.2%+0.90pp
  • 201017.3%+19.20pp
  • 2009-1.9%+0.90pp
  • 2008-2.8%-22.56pp
  • 200719.7%-3.53pp
  • 200623.3%-3.42pp
  • 200526.7%+0.73pp
  • 200425.9%+18.08pp
  • 20037.9%-9.34pp
  • 200217.2%+10.45pp
  • 20016.8%+4.98pp
  • 20001.8%+0.23pp
  • 19991.5%-9.29pp
  • 199810.8%-0.74pp
  • 199711.6%-3.70pp
  • 199615.3%-15.50pp
  • 199530.8%-1.68pp
  • 199432.5%+13.08pp
  • 199319.4%+16.82pp
  • 19922.6%-9.27pp
  • 199111.8%-1.05pp
  • 199012.9%-9.60pp
  • 198922.5%+2.51pp
  • 198820.0%+23.74pp
  • 1987-3.8%+32.98pp
  • 1986-36.7%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Cadence Design Systems's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Cadence Design Systems (CDNS)

According to Cadence Design Systems's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 25.9%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

2025's annual free cash flow margin for Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) came in at 29.96% – expanded 5.9 percentage points year-over-year.

Across the available history, free cash flow margin reached its high of 34.60% in 2021 and its low of -36.75% in 1986.

Cadence Design Systems FCF Margin by Year

Cadence Design Systems FCF Margin 2025: 30.0%

Cadence Design Systems free cash flow margin in 2025 was 29.96%, expanded 5.9 percentage points from 2024.

Cadence Design Systems FCF Margin 2024: 24.1%

2024's free cash flow margin for Cadence Design Systems came in at 24.09%, contracted 6.4 percentage points from 2023.

Cadence Design Systems FCF Margin 2023: 30.5%

Cadence Design Systems posted free cash flow margin of 30.48% in 2023, contracted 0.9 percentage points from 2022.

Cadence Design Systems FCF Margin 2022: 31.4%

In 2022, Cadence Design Systems reported free cash flow margin of 31.38%, contracted 3.2 percentage points from 2021.

Cadence Design Systems FCF Margin 2021: 34.6%

Cadence Design Systems free cash flow margin in 2021 was 34.60%.

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