Stock Analysis on Net

Cadence Design Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNS)

Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity 
Quarterly Data

The balance sheet provides creditors, investors, and analysts with information on company resources (assets) and its sources of capital (its equity and liabilities). It normally also provides information about the future earnings capacity of a company assets as well as an indication of cash flows that may come from receivables and inventories.

Liabilities represents obligations of a company arising from past events, the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow of economic benefits from the entity.

Cadence Design Systems Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)

US$ in thousands

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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 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 26, 2020 Jun 27, 2020 Mar 28, 2020
Revolving credit facility 30,000 100,000 150,000 350,000 350,000 350,000
Current portion of long-term debt 349,958 349,732 349,507 349,285
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 631,273 766,636 570,197 632,692 627,200 505,392 456,608 576,558 598,261 510,007 430,135 557,158 454,688 437,195 360,547 417,283 363,835 340,607 271,241 349,951 290,886 306,948 236,813
Current portion of deferred revenue 775,284 729,929 730,570 737,413 697,836 678,598 659,628 665,024 665,906 686,293 721,246 690,538 652,306 605,296 600,279 553,942 543,361 586,109 521,100 446,857 477,003 494,939 425,616
Current liabilities 1,406,557 1,496,565 1,300,767 1,370,105 1,674,994 1,533,722 1,465,743 1,590,867 1,264,167 1,196,300 1,181,381 1,347,696 1,256,994 1,042,491 960,826 971,225 907,196 926,716 792,341 796,808 1,117,889 1,151,887 1,012,429
Long-term portion of deferred revenue 130,060 154,448 110,702 115,168 102,439 88,823 87,003 98,931 100,609 96,653 102,515 91,524 102,167 114,573 106,838 101,148 95,991 98,408 92,574 107,064 84,646 87,437 95,503
Long-term debt, excluding current portion 2,479,142 2,478,145 2,477,159 2,476,183 2,475,232 998,935 299,805 299,771 648,801 648,551 648,301 648,078 647,799 347,999 347,792 347,588 347,385 347,186 346,988 346,793 346,584 346,394 346,205
Other long-term liabilities 384,510 373,002 348,601 339,448 351,028 343,369 301,983 275,651 303,904 305,165 298,546 304,660 252,999 230,982 219,428 225,663 232,041 233,495 224,624 207,102 195,315 157,148 155,842
Long-term liabilities 2,993,712 3,005,595 2,936,462 2,930,799 2,928,699 1,431,127 688,791 674,353 1,053,314 1,050,369 1,049,362 1,044,262 1,002,965 693,554 674,058 674,399 675,417 679,089 664,186 660,959 626,545 590,979 597,550
Total liabilities 4,400,269 4,502,160 4,237,229 4,300,904 4,603,693 2,964,849 2,154,534 2,265,220 2,317,481 2,246,669 2,230,743 2,391,958 2,259,959 1,736,045 1,634,884 1,645,624 1,582,613 1,605,805 1,456,527 1,457,767 1,744,434 1,742,866 1,609,979
Common stock and capital in excess of par value 4,605,230 4,445,872 4,327,187 4,181,737 4,067,586 3,928,477 3,331,547 3,166,964 3,077,954 2,897,885 2,878,749 2,765,673 2,697,632 2,590,893 2,552,207 2,467,701 2,411,791 2,354,801 2,307,965 2,217,939 2,186,850 2,143,016 2,099,425
Treasury stock, at cost (6,126,147) (5,888,804) (5,693,200) (5,309,579) (5,141,957) (4,971,955) (4,840,181) (4,604,323) (4,463,484) (4,257,084) (3,987,528) (3,824,163) (3,522,219) (3,352,827) (3,025,728) (2,740,003) (2,622,675) (2,509,668) (2,275,998) (2,057,829) (1,934,107) (1,856,333) (1,778,533)
Retained earnings 6,712,620 6,425,498 6,265,447 5,991,868 5,651,658 5,413,547 5,184,027 4,936,384 4,612,485 4,358,164 4,137,044 3,895,240 3,654,848 3,468,543 3,281,623 3,046,288 2,869,709 2,693,402 2,537,502 2,350,333 2,176,595 2,014,965 1,883,677
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) 7,299 23,972 (123,177) (190,448) (13,949) (109,177) (107,797) (94,754) (113,061) (90,510) (87,389) (91,637) (122,133) (81,380) (47,919) (33,311) (27,563) (21,792) (27,037) (17,425) (33,620) (45,017) (46,575)
Stockholders’ equity 5,199,002 5,006,538 4,776,257 4,673,578 4,563,338 4,260,892 3,567,596 3,404,271 3,113,894 2,908,455 2,940,876 2,745,113 2,708,128 2,625,229 2,760,183 2,740,675 2,631,262 2,516,743 2,542,432 2,493,018 2,395,718 2,256,631 2,157,994
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity 9,599,271 9,508,698 9,013,486 8,974,482 9,167,031 7,225,741 5,722,130 5,669,491 5,431,375 5,155,124 5,171,619 5,137,071 4,968,087 4,361,274 4,395,067 4,386,299 4,213,875 4,122,548 3,998,959 3,950,785 4,140,152 3,999,497 3,767,973

Based on: 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), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-28).


Liabilities Trends

Total liabilities displayed a general upward trend from March 2020 through mid-2023, reaching a peak near mid-2024 before fluctuating slightly thereafter. This rise was largely driven by increases in both short-term and long-term obligations.

The current liabilities fluctuated moderately over the periods, with values generally increasing toward late 2023, reaching a significant high in December 2023 before experiencing some decreases. Notably, accounts payable and accrued liabilities followed a similar pattern, showing substantial rises especially in late 2022 and into 2023.

The current portion of deferred revenue exhibited steady growth across the timeline, indicating an increasing amount of revenue recognized as current liabilities, which suggests a growing volume of customer advances or unearned revenue expected to be realized within a year. The long-term portion of deferred revenue remained relatively stable with minor fluctuations, indicating consistent deferred revenue recognition beyond one year.

Long-term debt, excluding the current portion, was mostly stable at around $346 million until late 2022 when a marked increase occurred, rising substantially to over $2.4 billion by mid-2024. This sharp increase indicates significant new long-term borrowing or refinancing activities starting from the fourth quarter of 2022.

Other long-term liabilities increased from approximately $156 million in early 2020 to nearly $385 million by late 2025, showing a gradual rise over time with some fluctuations. Overall, long-term liabilities mirrored the increase in long-term debt, leading to a steep rise in total long-term obligations by mid-2024.

Equity Trends

Stockholders’ equity demonstrated a consistent upward trajectory over the entire period, increasing from around $2.16 billion in early 2020 to over $5.1 billion by late 2025. This growth was supported by rising common stock and capital in excess of par value, which more than doubled over the analyzed timeframe.

Retained earnings showed a strong and steady increase, nearly tripling from approximately $1.88 billion to over $6.7 billion, indicating sustained profitability and earnings retention. The accumulation of retained earnings reflects continued reinvestment of profits into the business.

Treasury stock exhibited a significant and continuous increase in cost (negative value), doubling from about -$1.78 billion to over -$6.1 billion, pointing to increased share repurchase activity. This likely contributed to the elevated equity value by reducing outstanding shares.

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) was volatile, fluctuating between negative and positive values without a clear upward or downward trend. However, significant swings suggest exposure to items affecting comprehensive income such as foreign currency translation adjustments or unrealized gains/losses.

Debt Management and Liquidity Indicators

The revolving credit facility was constant at $350 million until a reduction starting in late 2022, declining sharply to $30 million by early 2023, indicating payoff or restructuring of revolving debt. Concurrently, the current portion of long-term debt emerged sharply in early 2024 with values around $349 million consistently, indicating upcoming maturities or reclassification of portions of long-term debt.

Balance Sheet Composition and Growth

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity rose steadily from approximately $3.77 billion in early 2020 to near $9.6 billion by late 2025, demonstrating an overall expansion of the company’s balance sheet. This growth was balanced between rising equity and liabilities, with equity growth supporting a significant portion of the increase in total capitalization.

The mix of increasing capital stock, rising retained earnings, growing liabilities, and expanding treasury stock highlights active financial management encompassing debt financing, earnings retention, and shareholder equity restructuring through buybacks.