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Cadence Design Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNS)

Income Statement
Quarterly Data

Cadence Design Systems Inc., consolidated income statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Sep 30, 2026 Jun 30, 2026 Mar 31, 2026 Dec 31, 2025 Sep 30, 2025 Jun 30, 2025 Mar 31, 2025 Dec 31, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Oct 1, 2022 Jul 2, 2022 Apr 2, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Oct 2, 2021 Jul 3, 2021 Apr 3, 2021
Product and maintenance 1,487,311 1,430,668 1,348,922 1,332,526 1,207,703 1,170,510 1,110,850 1,239,287 1,100,380 960,457 913,385 981,987 965,840 922,790 963,742 845,880 845,788 802,285 846,244 719,849 706,160 687,884 699,054
Services 146,000 153,783 125,298 107,588 131,135 104,931 131,516 116,694 115,119 100,224 95,718 86,636 57,254 53,789 57,948 53,997 56,766 55,236 55,522 53,187 44,735 40,401 36,974
Revenue 1,633,311 1,584,451 1,474,220 1,440,114 1,338,838 1,275,441 1,242,366 1,355,981 1,215,499 1,060,681 1,009,103 1,068,623 1,023,094 976,579 1,021,690 899,877 902,554 857,521 901,766 773,036 750,895 728,285 736,028
Cost of product and maintenance (173,867) (175,183) (153,312) (144,001) (118,702) (139,298) (116,672) (157,249) (109,593) (94,363) (75,395) (71,491) (85,813) (74,218) (100,238) (69,702) (62,351) (68,717) (72,795) (47,714) (54,185) (55,842) (64,906)
Cost of services (61,753) (64,135) (61,235) (44,753) (63,493) (44,869) (50,461) (62,742) (53,451) (44,907) (49,802) (32,639) (23,768) (22,640) (24,234) (23,813) (25,249) (23,948) (25,048) (21,979) (22,402) (20,917) (19,061)
Cost of revenue (235,620) (239,318) (214,547) (188,754) (182,195) (184,167) (167,133) (219,991) (163,044) (139,270) (125,197) (104,130) (109,581) (96,858) (124,472) (93,515) (87,600) (92,665) (97,843) (69,693) (76,587) (76,759) (83,967)
Gross margin 1,397,691 1,345,133 1,259,673 1,251,360 1,156,643 1,091,274 1,075,233 1,135,990 1,052,455 921,411 883,906 964,493 913,513 879,721 897,218 806,362 814,954 764,856 803,923 703,343 674,308 651,526 652,061
Marketing and sales (242,476) (241,034) (211,485) (206,778) (192,560) (200,595) (202,700) (200,406) (189,763) (186,725) (180,589) (180,368) (176,215) (167,070) (166,666) (171,817) (152,925) (139,296) (140,186) (148,068) (143,401) (135,967) (132,826)
Research and development (537,541) (531,273) (508,437) (464,582) (423,031) (442,057) (439,102) (392,026) (407,369) (370,740) (378,958) (367,443) (369,642) (354,416) (350,295) (350,423) (323,629) (286,597) (290,895) (288,953) (289,105) (285,227) (270,992)
General and administrative (113,020) (88,548) (88,217) (103,225) (78,035) (69,029) (63,098) (70,228) (71,581) (63,436) (68,716) (75,742) (58,556) (54,605) (53,527) (68,065) (73,688) (51,426) (48,937) (65,743) (42,990) (40,333) (39,952)
Amortization of acquired intangibles (33,779) (34,315) (20,210) (11,578) (10,233) (9,204) (8,922) (9,153) (9,148) (6,667) (5,407) (4,981) (4,612) (4,302) (4,267) (4,927) (3,946) (4,633) (4,964) (4,979) (5,000) (5,030) (4,631)
Loss related to contingent liability — — — — — (128,545) — (8,322) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Restructuring (42,159) 352 5 (1,862) (27,394) (47) 109 1,020 (24,538) 33 (280) 569 (11,582) — — (13) (14) (16) (12) 80 222 469 277
Income from operations 428,716 450,315 431,329 463,335 425,390 241,797 361,520 456,875 350,056 293,876 249,956 336,528 292,906 299,328 322,463 211,117 260,752 282,888 318,929 195,680 194,034 185,438 203,937
Interest expense (30,375) (35,136) (31,613) (29,440) (29,035) (28,948) (29,118) (29,907) (24,495) (12,905) (8,692) (8,989) (9,059) (8,877) (9,260) (9,082) (5,463) (4,281) (4,108) (4,251) (4,196) (4,316) (4,217)
Other income (expense), net 9,994 95,055 28,387 59,066 (3,572) 67,758 23,290 9,684 7,853 34,739 68,779 34,523 16,106 7,973 8,284 8,490 (3,017) (5,962) (4,900) 2,625 (1,143) 2,143 2,701
Income before provision for income taxes 408,335 510,234 428,103 492,961 392,783 280,607 355,692 436,652 333,414 315,710 310,043 362,062 299,953 298,424 321,487 210,525 252,272 272,645 309,921 194,054 188,695 183,265 202,421
Provision for income taxes (118,588) (143,158) (92,443) (104,825) (105,661) (120,556) (82,113) (96,442) (95,303) (86,190) (62,400) (38,163) (45,632) (77,304) (79,683) 29,867 (65,967) (85,725) (74,586) (17,475) (12,388) (27,365) (15,252)
Net income 289,747 367,076 335,660 388,136 287,122 160,051 273,579 340,210 238,111 229,520 247,643 323,899 254,321 221,120 241,804 240,392 186,305 186,920 235,335 176,579 176,307 155,900 187,169

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-03).


Revenue exhibits a consistent long-term upward trajectory, growing from 736 million dollars in April 2021 to 1.63 billion dollars by September 2026. This growth is primarily driven by the product and maintenance segment, which more than doubled over the period. The services segment also showed significant expansion, though it experienced higher relative volatility, peaking at 153 million dollars in March 2026 before stabilizing around 146 million dollars.

Gross Profitability and Margin Trends
Gross margin increased in absolute terms from 652 million dollars to nearly 1.4 billion dollars. While total cost of revenue rose from 83.9 million dollars to 235.6 million dollars, the company maintained a high gross margin percentage, indicating strong pricing power and efficient cost management of product deliveries, despite a slight increase in the cost of services over time.
Operating Expense Analysis
Research and development (R&D) represents the most significant investment area, with spending increasing from 270.9 million dollars in April 2021 to 537.5 million dollars by September 2026. Marketing and sales expenses followed a steady upward trend, rising from 132.8 million dollars to 242.4 million dollars. General and administrative costs also increased, specifically accelerating after December 2024, moving from roughly 70 million dollars to 113 million dollars by the end of the period.
Operating Income and Non-Recurring Items
Income from operations generally trended upward, reaching a peak of 463.3 million dollars in December 2025. However, operational stability was periodically interrupted by non-recurring charges. Notable impacts include a 128.5 million dollar loss related to a contingent liability in June 2025 and various restructuring charges, the largest of which occurred in September 2026 at 42.1 million dollars.
Net Income and Financial Costs
Net income grew from 187.1 million dollars in April 2021 to 289.7 million dollars in September 2026. This growth occurred despite a substantial increase in interest expenses, which rose from approximately 4.2 million dollars to 30.3 million dollars. The bottom line was further influenced by volatile other income, which peaked at 95 million dollars in June 2026, and an increase in the amortization of acquired intangibles, which rose from 4.6 million dollars to 33.7 million dollars.

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