What was Cadence Design Systems's spending on stock buybacks in 2025?

In fiscal year 2025, which ended on 31 December 2025, Cadence Design Systems's spending on stock buybacks was 925.03M USD, up 17.4% on the year before.

What was Cadence Design Systems's spending on stock buybacks in 2024?

In fiscal year 2024, which ended on 31 December 2024, Cadence Design Systems's spending on stock buybacks was 787.76M USD, up 12.5% on the year before.

How much has Cadence Design Systems's spending on stock buybacks grown over 10 years?

Cadence Design Systems's spending on stock buybacks went from 366.84M USD in fiscal year 2015 to 925.03M USD in fiscal year 2025: 9.7% a year on average.

What was Cadence Design Systems's highest annual spending on stock buybacks?

Cadence Design Systems's highest annual spending on stock buybacks was 1.16B USD, in fiscal year 2022 (records from fiscal year 1986).

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Cadence Design Systems stock buybacks 1986–2026

Cadence Design Systems spent 400.02M USD buying back its shares in Q3 FY2026, the three months to 30 September 2026, up 100.0% on the same quarter a year before. Cadence Design Systems spent 1.00B USD buying back its shares over the last twelve months, up 11.7% on the twelve months before. In fiscal year 2025 it spent 925.03M USD, up 17.4% on the year before.

Last updated 7 Nov 2026 · Next report 16 Feb 2027

Stock buybacks

Growth

Fiscal year	Period ending	Stock buybacks	Growth	Dividends paid	Free cash flow
TTM	30 Sept 2026	1.00B	+11.70%	—	1.76B
FY2025	31 Dec 2025	925.03M	+17.43%	0.00	1.59B
FY2024	31 Dec 2024	787.76M	+12.52%	0.00	1.12B
FY2023	31 Dec 2023	700.13M	-39.75%	0.00	1.25B
FY2022	31 Dec 2022	1.16B	+59.11%	0.00	1.12B
FY2021	1 Jan 2022	730.28M	+49.01%	0.00	1.03B
FY2020	2 Jan 2021	490.09M	+23.53%	0.00	810.11M
FY2019	31 Dec 2019	396.73M	+23.99%	0.00	655.00M
FY2018	31 Dec 2018	319.98M	+103.57%	0.00	543.25M
FY2017	31 Dec 2017	157.19M	-83.63%	0.00	412.84M
FY2016	31 Dec 2016	960.29M	+161.77%	0.00	391.17M
FY2015	31 Dec 2015	366.84M	+193.84%	0.00	333.39M
FY2014	31 Dec 2014	124.84M	+519.88%	0.00	276.91M
FY2013	31 Dec 2013	20.14M	+28.05%	0.00	322.68M
FY2012	31 Dec 2012	15.73M	+10.57%	0.00	280.03M
FY2011	31 Dec 2011	14.23M	-70.93%	0.00	208.92M
FY2010	31 Dec 2010	48.94M	—	0.00	161.66M
FY2009	31 Dec 2009	0.00	-100.00%	0.00	-16.45M
FY2008	31 Dec 2008	273.95M	-34.56%	0.00	-29.39M
FY2007	31 Dec 2007	418.62M	-32.92%	0.00	318.64M
FY2006	31 Dec 2006	624.04M	+517.43%	0.00	345.17M
FY2005	31 Dec 2005	101.07M	+7.40%	0.00	354.63M
FY2004	31 Dec 2004	94.11M	-55.99%	0.00	310.74M
FY2003	31 Dec 2003	213.83M	+17.62%	0.00	88.12M
FY2002	31 Dec 2002	181.80M	-39.21%	0.00	222.49M
FY2001	31 Dec 2001	299.04M	+28.36%	0.00	96.60M
FY2000	31 Dec 2000	232.96M	+101.17%	0.00	22.63M
FY1999	31 Dec 1999	115.80M	-32.20%	0.00	16.78M
FY1998	31 Dec 1998	170.80M	+62.51%	0.00	131.64M
FY1997	31 Dec 1997	105.10M	-18.21%	0.00	105.93M
FY1996	31 Dec 1996	128.50M	-29.05%	0.00	113.22M
FY1995	31 Dec 1995	181.12M	+71.77%	0.00	168.76M
FY1994	31 Dec 1994	105.44M	+101.99%	0.00	139.24M
FY1993	31 Dec 1993	52.20M	+383.33%	0.00	71.40M
FY1992	31 Dec 1992	10.80M	+500.00%	600.00K	11.10M
FY1991	31 Dec 1991	1.80M	+200.00%	2.30M	46.40M
FY1990	31 Dec 1990	600.00K	—	0.00	29.80M
FY1989	31 Dec 1989	0.00	-100.00%	0.00	32.10M
FY1988	31 Dec 1988	3.30M	-70.80%	0.00	13.40M
FY1987	31 Dec 1987	11.30M	+11.88%	0.00	-900.00K
FY1986	31 Dec 1986	10.10M	—	0.00	-6.10M

Quarter	Period ending	Stock buybacks	Growth on a year before	Dividends paid	Free cash flow
Q3 FY2026	30 Sept 2026	400.02M	+100.00%	0.00	361.92M
Q2 FY2026	30 Jun 2026	200.01M	+14.28%	0.00	582.30M
Q1 FY2026	31 Mar 2026	200.00M	-42.86%	0.00	306.96M
Q4 FY2025	31 Dec 2025	200.01M	+17.46%	0.00	512.45M
Q3 FY2025	30 Sept 2025	200.01M	-0.28%	0.00	276.98M
Q2 FY2025	30 Jun 2025	175.01M	+24.31%	0.00	333.52M
Q1 FY2025	31 Mar 2025	350.01M	+179.99%	0.00	463.96M
Q4 FY2024	31 Dec 2024	170.28M	+5,927.72%	0.00	404.16M
Q3 FY2024	30 Sept 2024	200.57M	+19.24%	0.00	383.46M
Q2 FY2024	30 Jun 2024	140.78M	-65.16%	0.00	126.77M
Q1 FY2024	31 Mar 2024	125.01M	-0.00%	0.00	203.63M
Q4 FY2023	31 Dec 2023	2.83M	-99.09%	0.00	238.22M
Q3 FY2023	30 Sept 2023	168.20M	-11.27%	0.00	373.94M
Q2 FY2023	30 Jun 2023	404.10M	+15.45%	0.00	393.83M
Q1 FY2023	31 Mar 2023	125.01M	-59.19%	0.00	240.68M
Q4 FY2022	31 Dec 2022	308.80M	+157.78%	0.00	226.72M
Q3 FY2022	1 Oct 2022	189.56M	+72.31%	0.00	272.77M
Q2 FY2022	2 Jul 2022	350.03M	+44.83%	0.00	300.47M
Q1 FY2022	2 Apr 2022	306.36M	+33.98%	0.00	317.73M
Q4 FY2021	31 Dec 2021	119.79M	-22.48%	0.00	198.95M
Q3 FY2021	2 Oct 2021	110.01M	+2.94%	0.00	277.45M
Q2 FY2021	3 Jul 2021	241.69M	+165.18%	0.00	366.21M
Q1 FY2021	3 Apr 2021	228.65M	+66.23%	0.00	191.47M
Q4 FY2020	31 Dec 2020	154.53M	+70.60%	0.00	104.45M
Q3 FY2020	26 Sept 2020	106.87M	+2.43%	0.00	186.35M
Q2 FY2020	27 Jun 2020	91.14M	+3.71%	0.00	323.77M
Q1 FY2020	28 Mar 2020	137.55M	+20.73%	0.00	195.54M
Q4 FY2019	31 Dec 2019	90.58M	-17.90%	0.00	132.22M
Q3 FY2019	28 Sept 2019	104.33M	+31.22%	0.00	121.57M
Q2 FY2019	29 Jun 2019	87.88M	+63.89%	0.00	231.07M
Q1 FY2019	30 Mar 2019	113.94M	+48.88%	0.00	170.14M
Q4 FY2018	31 Dec 2018	110.33M	+107.99%	0.00	112.14M
Q3 FY2018	29 Sept 2018	79.51M	+1.51%	0.00	99.30M
Q2 FY2018	30 Jun 2018	53.62M	+1,501.13%	0.00	187.29M
Q1 FY2018	31 Mar 2018	76.53M	+240.58%	0.00	144.52M
Q4 FY2017	31 Dec 2017	53.04M	-78.06%	0.00	108.63M
Q3 FY2017	30 Sept 2017	78.32M	-69.66%	0.00	77.13M
Q2 FY2017	1 Jul 2017	3.35M	-98.62%	0.00	149.50M
Q1 FY2017	1 Apr 2017	22.47M	-91.20%	0.00	77.59M
Q4 FY2016	31 Dec 2016	241.79M	+98.33%	0.00	185.60M
Q3 FY2016	1 Oct 2016	258.14M	+89.75%	0.00	70.30M
Q2 FY2016	2 Jul 2016	242.37M	+318.02%	0.00	64.20M
Q1 FY2016	2 Apr 2016	255.23M	+593.60%	0.00	71.08M
Q4 FY2015	31 Dec 2015	121.91M	+215.66%	0.00	112.14M
Q3 FY2015	3 Oct 2015	136.04M	+178.21%	0.00	76.88M
Q2 FY2015	4 Jul 2015	57.98M	+319.35%	0.00	105.21M
Q1 FY2015	4 Apr 2015	36.80M	+56.60%	0.00	39.17M
Q4 FY2014	31 Dec 2014	38.62M	+5,587.92%	0.00	120.22M
Q3 FY2014	27 Sept 2014	48.90M	+534.80%	0.00	77.45M
Q2 FY2014	28 Jun 2014	13.83M	+363.49%	0.00	57.40M
Q1 FY2014	29 Mar 2014	23.50M	+167.78%	0.00	21.85M
Q4 FY2013	31 Dec 2013	679.00K	-70.10%	0.00	110.19M
Q3 FY2013	28 Sept 2013	7.70M	+116.38%	0.00	86.00M
Q2 FY2013	29 Jun 2013	2.98M	-19.90%	0.00	57.73M
Q1 FY2013	30 Mar 2013	8.78M	+42.15%	0.00	68.77M
Q4 FY2012	31 Dec 2012	2.27M	-77.12%	0.00	85.84M
Q3 FY2012	29 Sept 2012	3.56M	+40.32%	0.00	84.27M
Q2 FY2012	30 Jun 2012	3.72M	-17.88%	0.00	57.41M
Q1 FY2012	31 Mar 2012	6.17M	+116.29%	0.00	52.51M
Q4 FY2011	31 Dec 2011	9.93M	+68.95%	0.00	48.42M
Q3 FY2011	1 Oct 2011	2.54M	+44.07%	0.00	46.04M
Q2 FY2011	2 Jul 2011	4.54M	-89.21%	0.00	63.28M
Q1 FY2011	2 Apr 2011	2.85M	+37.28%	0.00	51.18M
Q4 FY2010	31 Dec 2010	5.88M	+208.56%	0.00	51.17M
Q3 FY2010	2 Oct 2010	1.76M	+8.97%	0.00	26.92M
Q2 FY2010	3 Jul 2010	42.03M	+2,261.35%	0.00	47.24M
Q1 FY2010	3 Apr 2010	2.08M	+215.48%	0.00	36.32M
Q4 FY2009	31 Dec 2009	1.90M	+33.99%	0.00	-9.90M
Q3 FY2009	3 Oct 2009	1.62M	-97.22%	0.00	13.12M
Q2 FY2009	4 Jul 2009	1.78M	+64.81%	0.00	2.49M
Q1 FY2009	4 Apr 2009	659.00K	-99.70%	0.00	-22.16M
Q4 FY2008	31 Dec 2008	1.42M	-95.88%	0.00	15.19M
Q3 FY2008	27 Sept 2008	58.12M	-76.97%	0.00	-40.91M
Q2 FY2008	28 Jun 2008	1.08M	-73.75%	0.00	40.38M
Q1 FY2008	29 Mar 2008	218.44M	+71.09%	0.00	-44.05M
Q4 FY2007	31 Dec 2007	34.47M	-90.57%	0.00	167.12M
Q3 FY2007	29 Sept 2007	252.36M	+158.69%	0.00	69.37M
Q2 FY2007	30 Jun 2007	4.11M	-95.52%	0.00	83.58M
Q1 FY2007	31 Mar 2007	127.68M	+84.95%	0.00	-1.43M
Q4 FY2006	31 Dec 2006	365.66M	—	0.00	183.36M
Q3 FY2006	30 Sept 2006	97.55M	—	0.00	46.82M
Q2 FY2006	1 Jul 2006	91.80M	—	0.00	88.88M
Q1 FY2006	1 Apr 2006	69.03M	—	0.00	26.12M
Q4 FY2005	31 Dec 2005	0.00	-100.00%	0.00	154.97M
Q3 FY2005	1 Oct 2005	0.00	-100.00%	0.00	36.94M
Q2 FY2005	2 Jul 2005	0.00	—	0.00	115.32M
Q1 FY2005	2 Apr 2005	0.00	—	0.00	47.41M
Q4 FY2004	31 Dec 2004	2.00K	-99.93%	0.00	123.59M
Q3 FY2004	2 Oct 2004	24.26M	-83.72%	0.00	59.82M
Q2 FY2004	3 Jul 2004	0.00	—	0.00	85.50M
Q1 FY2004	3 Apr 2004	0.00	-100.00%	0.00	41.83M
Q4 FY2003	31 Dec 2003	2.88M	-87.80%	0.00	32.15M
Q3 FY2003	27 Sept 2003	148.99M	+48.94%	0.00	55.51M
Q2 FY2003	28 Jun 2003	0.00	-100.00%	0.00	30.73M
Q1 FY2003	29 Mar 2003	61.96M	+46.13%	0.00	-42.58M
Q4 FY2002	31 Dec 2002	23.61M	—	0.00	248.09M
Q3 FY2002	28 Sept 2002	100.03M	-34.19%	0.00	112.32M
Q2 FY2002	29 Jun 2002	15.75M	-60.11%	0.00	-34.95M
Q1 FY2002	30 Mar 2002	42.40M	-31.48%	0.00	-102.96M
Q4 FY2001	31 Dec 2001	0.00	-100.00%	0.00	-47.21M
Q3 FY2001	29 Sept 2001	151.99M	+154.32%	0.00	136.70M
Q2 FY2001	30 Jun 2001	39.49M	-41.88%	0.00	-5.42M
Q1 FY2001	31 Mar 2001	61.89M	+101.60%	0.00	12.53M
Q4 FY2000	31 Dec 2000	74.56M	+121.85%	0.00	-44.07M
Q3 FY2000	30 Sept 2000	59.77M	+80.56%	0.00	24.94M
Q2 FY2000	1 Jul 2000	67.93M	+139.91%	0.00	12.39M
Q1 FY2000	1 Apr 2000	30.70M	+47.70%	0.00	29.37M
Q4 FY1999	31 Dec 1999	33.61M	+61.61%	0.00	14.99M
Q3 FY1999	2 Oct 1999	33.10M	-36.22%	0.00	-48.04M
Q2 FY1999	3 Jul 1999	28.32M	-56.50%	0.00	29.43M
Q1 FY1999	3 Apr 1999	20.78M	-37.02%	0.00	20.40M
Q4 FY1998	31 Dec 1998	20.80M	-71.11%	0.00	-48.80M
Q3 FY1998	3 Oct 1998	51.90M	+330.38%	0.00	84.16M
Q2 FY1998	4 Jul 1998	65.10M	+521.42%	0.00	26.91M
Q1 FY1998	4 Apr 1998	33.00M	+211.23%	0.00	16.62M
Q4 FY1997	31 Dec 1997	71.98M	+577.65%	0.00	-29.07M
Q3 FY1997	27 Sept 1997	12.06M	-63.10%	0.00	55.13M
Q2 FY1997	28 Jun 1997	10.48M	-70.03%	0.00	46.83M
Q1 FY1997	29 Mar 1997	10.60M	-78.92%	0.00	33.03M
Q4 FY1996	31 Dec 1996	10.62M	-81.18%	0.00	12.18M
Q3 FY1996	28 Sept 1996	32.68M	-2.29%	0.00	21.93M
Q2 FY1996	29 Jun 1996	34.96M	-39.46%	0.00	37.08M
Q1 FY1996	30 Mar 1996	50.29M	+50.13%	0.00	42.04M
Q4 FY1995	31 Dec 1995	56.43M	+57.69%	0.00	52.40M
Q3 FY1995	30 Sept 1995	33.44M	-25.04%	0.00	36.96M
Q2 FY1995	1 Jul 1995	57.74M	+147.48%	0.00	33.58M
Q1 FY1995	1 Apr 1995	33.50M	+1,861.42%	0.00	45.82M
Q4 FY1994	31 Dec 1994	35.79M	+76.28%	0.00	44.90M
Q3 FY1994	30 Sept 1994	44.62M	+913.98%	0.00	25.22M
Q2 FY1994	30 Jun 1994	23.33M	+0.14%	0.00	40.83M
Q1 FY1994	31 Mar 1994	1.71M	-59.33%	0.00	28.29M
Q4 FY1993	31 Dec 1993	20.30M	—	0.00	21.90M
Q3 FY1993	30 Sept 1993	4.40M	—	0.00	13.70M
Q2 FY1993	30 Jun 1993	23.30M	—	0.00	15.00M
Q1 FY1993	31 Mar 1993	4.20M	—	0.00	20.80M
Q4 FY1992	31 Dec 1992	0.00	—	300.00K	12.40M
Q3 FY1992	30 Sept 1992	0.00	—	0.00	-6.60M
Q2 FY1992	30 Jun 1992	0.00	—	0.00	8.40M
Q1 FY1992	31 Mar 1992	0.00	—	0.00	-3.10M
Q4 FY1991	31 Dec 1991	0.00	—	0.00	41.60M
Q3 FY1991	30 Sept 1991	0.00	—	0.00	-400.00K
Q2 FY1991	30 Jun 1991	0.00	—	0.00	4.50M
Q1 FY1991	31 Mar 1991	0.00	—	0.00	700.00K
Q4 FY1990	31 Dec 1990	0.00	—	0.00	13.70M
Q3 FY1990	30 Sept 1990	0.00	—	0.00	4.60M
Q2 FY1990	30 Jun 1990	0.00	—	0.00	6.10M
Q1 FY1990	31 Mar 1990	0.00	—	0.00	5.40M
Q4 FY1989	31 Dec 1989	0.00	—	0.00	23.70M

Figures in USD. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure. Quarterly growth is on the same quarter a year before; TTM is the last four quarters.

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