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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000813672-25-000018"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "CDNS"
cik: "0000813672"
company_name: "CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2025-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T09:58:42.938341+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cadence corrects Q1 2025 operating margin guidance in 8-K/A; GAAP 27-28%, non-GAAP 40-41%

## Summary
- Clerical error fixed: Q1 2025 GAAP op margin 27%-28% (not prior incorrect figure); non-GAAP 40%-41%.
- Q4 2024 revenue $1.356B; GAAP EPS $1.24, non-GAAP EPS $1.88; operating cash flow $441M.
- FY 2024 revenue $4.641B (+13.5% YoY); record year-end backlog $6.8B; current RPO $3.4B.
- FY 2025 outlook reaffirmed: revenue $5.14-5.22B; GAAP EPS $4.19-4.29; non-GAAP EPS $6.65-6.75.
- Q1 2025 guidance: revenue $1.23-1.25B; GAAP EPS $0.93-0.99; non-GAAP EPS $1.46-1.52.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000813672-25-000018
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: CDNS
- cik: 0000813672
- company_name: CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2025-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367225000018/0000813672-25-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367225000018/cdns-20250218.htm

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