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Cadence Design Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNS)

Analysis of Long-term (Investment) Activity Ratios
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Long-term Activity Ratios (Summary)

Cadence Design Systems Inc., long-term (investment) activity ratios (quarterly data)

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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
Net fixed asset turnover 10.13 9.70 9.26 9.42 10.14 10.33 10.27 9.87 9.59 9.86 10.37 10.15 9.77 9.81 9.57 9.18 8.62
Total asset turnover 0.52 0.47 0.58 0.71 0.72 0.72 0.74 0.71 0.69 0.69 0.75 0.72 0.68 0.71 0.70 0.70 0.68
Equity turnover 0.99 0.95 0.98 1.14 1.20 1.26 1.31 1.25 1.30 1.27 1.25 1.14 1.09 1.13 1.15 1.10 1.08

Based on: 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).

Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Net fixed asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by net fixed assets. Cadence Design Systems Inc. net fixed asset turnover ratio improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 and from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024.
Total asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by total assets. Cadence Design Systems Inc. total asset turnover ratio deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then slightly improved from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024.
Equity turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by shareholders’ equity. Cadence Design Systems Inc. equity turnover ratio deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then improved from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 exceeding Q2 2024 level.

Net Fixed Asset Turnover

Cadence Design Systems Inc., net fixed asset turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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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
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Revenue 1,355,981 1,215,499 1,060,681 1,009,103 1,068,623 1,023,094 976,579 1,021,690 899,877 902,554 857,521 901,766 773,036 750,895 728,285 736,028 759,909 666,607 638,418 617,957
Property, plant and equipment, net 458,200 448,652 449,422 433,016 403,213 379,776 370,193 372,956 371,451 348,238 316,741 310,690 305,911 303,313 301,979 305,089 311,125 288,163 282,738 281,207
Long-term Activity Ratio
Net fixed asset turnover1 10.13 9.70 9.26 9.42 10.14 10.33 10.27 9.87 9.59 9.86 10.37 10.15 9.77 9.81 9.57 9.18 8.62
Benchmarks
Net Fixed Asset Turnover, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 42.66 44.42 44.26 44.00 41.90 41.40 40.46 38.17 37.12 35.78 34.22 32.49 30.83 31.16 30.44 29.69 28.68 30.82 31.33 31.71
Adobe Inc. 11.11 10.64 10.38 10.03 9.56 9.28 9.07 9.15 9.23 9.25 9.33 9.48 9.44 9.27 9.15 8.94 8.48 8.48 8.68 8.70
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 4.93 4.90 4.71 4.67 4.55 4.73 4.79 5.17 5.57 5.31 5.27 5.22 5.24 4.69 4.27 4.05 3.54
International Business Machines Corp. 10.95 11.15 11.14 11.10 11.25 11.39 11.12 11.34 11.35 11.75 11.31 10.50 10.07 6.68 6.93 7.33 7.33
Intuit Inc. 16.14 15.32 14.39 14.56 14.83 15.00 14.70 14.38 14.33 15.00 13.74 13.08 12.35 11.24 9.74 10.55 10.46 9.20 9.40 8.97
Microsoft Corp. 1.81 1.95 2.03 2.13 2.22 2.36 2.47 2.64 2.66 2.74 2.75 2.76 2.81 2.91 2.96 3.07 3.24 3.36 3.31 3.38
Oracle Corp. 2.46 2.75 2.87 2.89 2.93 2.93 3.21 3.60 4.37 4.86 5.16 5.37 5.74 5.82 5.95 6.13 6.26 6.36 6.31 6.31
Palantir Technologies Inc. 72.29 65.59 57.01 49.76 46.59 42.39 37.80 31.45 27.55 31.65 36.61 39.34 49.26
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 22.23 22.24 21.37 20.44 19.44 18.99 17.86 16.45 15.38 14.54 13.39 14.05 13.37 12.36 11.44 10.60 9.79 9.14 10.02 9.53
Salesforce Inc. 9.45 8.92 8.53 8.71 8.47 8.62 8.69 9.74 9.41 9.03 8.68 8.98 8.64 7.91 7.67 7.24 7.20
ServiceNow Inc. 6.23 6.09 6.20 6.54 6.61 7.07 6.98 6.82 6.88 7.57 7.54 7.84 7.70 7.47 7.06 6.97 6.85
Synopsys Inc. 10.88 10.66 10.68 10.57 10.48 10.31 9.68 10.01 10.51 10.17 9.68 9.43 8.90 8.67 8.32 7.85 7.62 7.25 7.23 7.38
Workday Inc. 5.88 5.79 5.50 5.31 5.17 4.88 4.60 4.55 4.58 4.37 4.12 3.87 4.44 4.26 4.17 4.08 3.87

Based on: 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).

1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Net fixed asset turnover = (RevenueQ4 2024 + RevenueQ3 2024 + RevenueQ2 2024 + RevenueQ1 2024) ÷ Property, plant and equipment, net
= (1,355,981 + 1,215,499 + 1,060,681 + 1,009,103) ÷ 458,200 = 10.13

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Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Net fixed asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by net fixed assets. Cadence Design Systems Inc. net fixed asset turnover ratio improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 and from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024.

Total Asset Turnover

Cadence Design Systems Inc., total asset turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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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
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Revenue 1,355,981 1,215,499 1,060,681 1,009,103 1,068,623 1,023,094 976,579 1,021,690 899,877 902,554 857,521 901,766 773,036 750,895 728,285 736,028 759,909 666,607 638,418 617,957
Total assets 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
Long-term Activity Ratio
Total asset turnover1 0.52 0.47 0.58 0.71 0.72 0.72 0.74 0.71 0.69 0.69 0.75 0.72 0.68 0.71 0.70 0.70 0.68
Benchmarks
Total Asset Turnover, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 1.16 1.19 1.26 1.25 1.25 1.27 1.32 1.32 1.30 1.29 1.28 1.23 1.17 1.14 1.14 1.17 1.20 1.27 1.33 1.33
Adobe Inc. 0.71 0.70 0.68 0.69 0.65 0.65 0.66 0.67 0.65 0.64 0.63 0.62 0.58 0.58 0.56 0.55 0.53 0.55 0.56 0.55
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 0.46 0.49 0.48 0.48 0.45 0.46 0.44 0.43 0.40 0.39 0.36 0.35 0.32 0.44 0.40 0.37 0.34
International Business Machines Corp. 0.46 0.47 0.47 0.45 0.46 0.47 0.46 0.45 0.48 0.48 0.47 0.44 0.43 0.42 0.44 0.47 0.47
Intuit Inc. 0.51 0.50 0.51 0.52 0.52 0.49 0.50 0.49 0.46 0.45 0.43 0.69 0.62 0.56 0.53 0.81 0.70 0.88 1.06 1.12
Microsoft Corp. 0.48 0.49 0.48 0.49 0.51 0.55 0.56 0.56 0.54 0.56 0.54 0.53 0.50 0.52 0.50 0.49 0.47 0.49 0.47 0.47
Oracle Corp. 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.37 0.37 0.36 0.36 0.34 0.39 0.39 0.39 0.33 0.31 0.34 0.36 0.35 0.34 0.41 0.40 0.37
Palantir Technologies Inc. 0.45 0.46 0.48 0.49 0.49 0.51 0.51 0.54 0.55 0.55 0.53 0.50 0.47
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 0.40 0.43 0.41 0.49 0.48 0.46 0.47 0.46 0.45 0.47 0.47 0.44 0.42 0.42 0.40 0.41 0.38 0.50 0.43 0.44
Salesforce Inc. 0.35 0.37 0.36 0.34 0.32 0.33 0.31 0.30 0.28 0.29 0.27 0.34 0.32 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.31
ServiceNow Inc. 0.54 0.57 0.55 0.54 0.52 0.56 0.54 0.56 0.54 0.62 0.59 0.57 0.55 0.58 0.56 0.55 0.52
Synopsys Inc. 0.47 0.52 0.55 0.57 0.57 0.56 0.54 0.54 0.54 0.53 0.52 0.51 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.47
Workday Inc. 0.44 0.50 0.49 0.49 0.46 0.48 0.43 0.42 0.49 0.52 0.51 0.52 0.50 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.53

Based on: 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).

1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Total asset turnover = (RevenueQ4 2024 + RevenueQ3 2024 + RevenueQ2 2024 + RevenueQ1 2024) ÷ Total assets
= (1,355,981 + 1,215,499 + 1,060,681 + 1,009,103) ÷ 8,974,482 = 0.52

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Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Total asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by total assets. Cadence Design Systems Inc. total asset turnover ratio deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then slightly improved from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024.

Equity Turnover

Cadence Design Systems Inc., equity turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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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
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Revenue 1,355,981 1,215,499 1,060,681 1,009,103 1,068,623 1,023,094 976,579 1,021,690 899,877 902,554 857,521 901,766 773,036 750,895 728,285 736,028 759,909 666,607 638,418 617,957
Stockholders’ equity 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
Long-term Activity Ratio
Equity turnover1 0.99 0.95 0.98 1.14 1.20 1.26 1.31 1.25 1.30 1.27 1.25 1.14 1.09 1.13 1.15 1.10 1.08
Benchmarks
Equity Turnover, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 2.29 2.32 2.38 2.42 2.50 2.51 2.66 2.72 2.79 2.79 2.76 2.64 2.59 2.48 2.49 2.50 2.61 2.78 2.89 2.90
Adobe Inc. 1.52 1.44 1.38 1.29 1.18 1.20 1.24 1.27 1.25 1.20 1.19 1.17 1.07 1.05 1.04 1.01 0.97 1.06 1.11 1.11
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 1.33 1.40 1.44 1.52 1.53 1.55 1.50 1.48 1.42 1.36 1.26 1.18 1.00 0.94 0.83 0.75 0.65
International Business Machines Corp. 2.30 2.56 2.60 2.67 2.75 2.65 2.73 2.80 2.76 3.02 3.07 3.06 3.03 2.75 2.98 3.24 3.57
Intuit Inc. 0.88 0.84 0.89 0.87 0.83 0.80 0.86 0.83 0.77 0.76 0.73 1.06 0.98 0.89 0.87 1.49 1.50 1.45 1.91 1.91
Microsoft Corp. 0.91 0.93 0.96 0.99 1.03 1.07 1.11 1.17 1.19 1.18 1.16 1.16 1.18 1.19 1.18 1.19 1.21 1.21 1.22 1.22
Oracle Corp. 6.08 9.34 13.35 21.50 46.56 7.73 4.46 4.98 4.13 3.24 2.79 2.54 2.14
Palantir Technologies Inc. 0.57 0.59 0.61 0.62 0.64 0.67 0.69 0.73 0.74 0.77 0.74 0.70 0.67
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 1.55 1.74 1.73 3.32 3.94 5.27 8.44 11.45 26.20 15.31 41.24 8.78 6.71 4.00 3.65 4.80 3.09 4.38 1.94 1.99
Salesforce Inc. 0.58 0.58 0.57 0.56 0.54 0.51 0.49 0.47 0.46 0.44 0.42 0.53 0.51 0.50 0.50 0.53 0.50
ServiceNow Inc. 1.14 1.13 1.15 1.17 1.18 1.18 1.16 1.36 1.44 1.53 1.57 1.57 1.60 1.57 1.58 1.59 1.59
Synopsys Inc. 0.68 0.79 0.85 0.90 0.95 0.93 0.91 0.92 0.92 0.88 0.86 0.84 0.79 0.79 0.78 0.78 0.75 0.76 0.80 0.81
Workday Inc. 0.90 1.05 1.07 1.09 1.11 1.10 1.11 1.13 1.13 1.16 1.21 1.31 1.32 1.35 1.41 1.47 1.46

Based on: 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).

1 Q4 2024 Calculation
Equity turnover = (RevenueQ4 2024 + RevenueQ3 2024 + RevenueQ2 2024 + RevenueQ1 2024) ÷ Stockholders’ equity
= (1,355,981 + 1,215,499 + 1,060,681 + 1,009,103) ÷ 4,673,578 = 0.99

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Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Equity turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by shareholders’ equity. Cadence Design Systems Inc. equity turnover ratio deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then improved from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 exceeding Q2 2024 level.