Enterprise Value to EBITDA (EV/EBITDA)

Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA)
EV to EBITDA Ratio, Current
EV to EBITDA Ratio, Historical

Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA)

Cadence Design Systems Inc., EBITDA calculation

US$ in thousands

12 months ended:	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2020
Net income	1,055,484)	1,041,144)	848,952)	695,955)	590,644)
Add: Income tax expense	340,335)	240,782)	196,411)	72,480)	42,104)
Earnings before tax (EBT)	1,395,819)	1,281,926)	1,045,363)	768,435)	632,748)
Add: Interest expense	75,999)	36,185)	22,934)	16,980)	20,749)
Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT)	1,471,818)	1,318,111)	1,068,297)	785,415)	653,497)
Add: Depreciation and amortization	196,935)	145,292)	132,088)	142,308)	145,653)
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)	1,668,753)	1,463,403)	1,200,385)	927,723)	799,150)

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31).

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Item	Description	The company
EBITDA	To calculate EBITDA analysts start with net earnings. To that earnings number, interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization are added. EBITDA as a pre-interest number is a flow to all providers of capital.	Cadence Design Systems Inc. EBITDA increased from 2022 to 2023 and from 2023 to 2024.

Enterprise Value to EBITDA Ratio, Current

Cadence Design Systems Inc., current EV/EBITDA calculation, comparison to benchmarks

Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Enterprise value (EV)	70,052,311)
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)	1,668,753)
Valuation Ratio
EV/EBITDA	41.98
Benchmarks
EV/EBITDA, Competitors¹
Accenture PLC	16.74
Adobe Inc.	20.38
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc.	288.26
International Business Machines Corp.	21.86
Intuit Inc.	36.98
Microsoft Corp.	21.20
Oracle Corp.	21.86
Palantir Technologies Inc.	376.78
Palo Alto Networks Inc.	88.11
Salesforce Inc.	22.75
ServiceNow Inc.	68.85
Synopsys Inc.	34.53
Workday Inc.	54.18
EV/EBITDA, Sector
Software & Services	24.37
EV/EBITDA, Industry
Information Technology	27.57

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31).

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If the company EV/EBITDA is lower then the EV/EBITDA of benchmark then company is relatively undervalued.
Otherwise, if the company EV/EBITDA is higher then the EV/EBITDA of benchmark then company is relatively overvalued.

Enterprise Value to EBITDA Ratio, Historical

Cadence Design Systems Inc., historical EV/EBITDA calculation, comparison to benchmarks

	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2020
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Enterprise value (EV)¹	70,504,589)	81,383,702)	50,546,221)	36,751,293)	36,562,087)
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)²	1,668,753)	1,463,403)	1,200,385)	927,723)	799,150)
Valuation Ratio
EV/EBITDA³	42.25	55.61	42.11	39.61	45.75
Benchmarks
EV/EBITDA, Competitors⁴
Accenture PLC	19.87	17.26	14.25	23.31	17.46
Adobe Inc.	22.06	34.07	22.32	35.44	43.06
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc.	262.20	—	—	—	—
International Business Machines Corp.	22.90	14.41	22.17	12.53	12.28
Intuit Inc.	38.55	38.71	36.22	51.96	35.70
Microsoft Corp.	23.66	22.92	20.17	24.59	21.74
Oracle Corp.	21.81	21.80	17.12	13.78	11.54
Palantir Technologies Inc.	551.39	175.93	—	—	—
Palo Alto Networks Inc.	84.17	85.08	515.19	—	349.99
Salesforce Inc.	31.64	38.31	38.88	33.83	49.45
ServiceNow Inc.	87.89	96.48	104.30	147.45	220.91
Synopsys Inc.	39.17	54.59	36.73	53.43	42.24
Workday Inc.	86.37	216.44	147.90	670.04	—
EV/EBITDA, Sector
Software & Services	27.09	25.22	22.55	25.68	23.25
EV/EBITDA, Industry
Information Technology	27.60	23.59	18.31	20.49	19.71

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31).

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³ 2024 Calculation
EV/EBITDA = EV ÷ EBITDA
= 70,504,589 ÷ 1,668,753 = 42.25

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Valuation ratio	Description	The company
EV/EBITDA	Enterprise value to earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization is a valuation indicator for the overall company rather than common stock.	Cadence Design Systems Inc. EV/EBITDA ratio increased from 2022 to 2023 but then slightly decreased from 2023 to 2024 not reaching 2022 level.

Cadence Design Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNS)

Enterprise Value to EBITDA (EV/EBITDA)

Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA)

Enterprise Value to EBITDA Ratio, Current

Enterprise Value to EBITDA Ratio, Historical