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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS)

Technology | Software - Application | San Jose, United States | NasdaqGS
340.39 USD -7.16 (-2.060%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 329.89 -10.50 (-10.500%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:42 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★★⯪Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:53 a.m. EDT

Cadence remains a premier compounder in the semiconductor design space, delivering triple-digit earnings growth and robust revenue expansion that validates its premium valuation. While the stock has pulled back below its fifty-day moving average, creating short-term technical resistance, the long-term trajectory is undeniable with nine consecutive years of positive returns and a dominant market position. The options market is aggressively pricing in a rebound, with call volume surging at strikes significantly above the current price. For investors seeking capital appreciation rather than income, this is a core holding, though the high multiple requires patience for earnings to keep pace with expectations.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.079909
AutoARIMA0.083049
AutoETS0.085078
AutoTheta0.117693

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 39%
H-stat 32.05
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.146
Excess Kurtosis -1.27
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Debt to Equity Ratio 38.661
Revenue per Share 21.46
Market Cap 93,885,014,016
Trailing P/E 67.54
Forward P/E 35.67
Beta 1.14
Profit Margins 23.61%
Website https://www.cadence.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:53 a.m. EDT: Implied volatility is elevated around 40-45% ATM, signaling anticipation of earnings or sector volatility. Call positioning features significant open interest walls at 330, 350, and 400 strikes, with notable volume spikes at 380 and 460, indicating speculative bets on a recovery. Put activity clusters at the 280 strike, acting as a perceived floor, while deep OTM puts show IV spikes suggesting tail-risk hedging. Overall, speculators are leaning bullish on the upside potential despite the recent price pullback.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.013826847
Address1 Building 5
Address2 2,655 Seely Avenue
All Time High 416.69
All Time Low 0.861111
Ask 325.02
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 3
Average Analyst Rating 1.4 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,211,320
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,412,996
Average Volume 2,412,996
Average Volume10Days 2,211,320
Beta 1.142
Bid 336.0
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 2
Book Value 24.902
City San Jose
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 340.39
Current Ratio 1.743
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 347.43
Day Low 338.11
Debt To Equity 38.661
Display Name Cadence Design Systems
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,186,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,186,000
Earnings Growth 1.254
Earnings Quarterly Growth 1.293
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,182,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,044,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,044,800
Ebitda 2,155,915,008
Ebitda Margins 0.36931
Enterprise To Ebitda 44.0
Enterprise To Revenue 16.25
Enterprise Value 94,860,550,144
Eps Current Year 8.14245
Eps Forward 9.54363
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 5.04
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 408 428 5001
Fifty Day Average 349.4278
Fifty Day Average Change -9.037781
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.025864515
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 1.3826847
Fifty Two Week High 416.69
Fifty Two Week High Change -76.29999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.18310972
Fifty Two Week Low 262.75
Fifty Two Week Low Change 77.640015
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.29549006
Fifty Two Week Range 262.75 - 416.69
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 550,330,200,000
Float Shares 274,156,485
Forward Eps 9.54363
Forward P E 35.666725
Free Cashflow 1,609,676,544
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 15,445
Fullday Change -7.15997
Fullday Change Percent -2.06013
Fullday Price 329.89
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.85871005
Gross Profits 5,012,809,216
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00328
Held Percent Institutions 0.91799
Implied Shares Outstanding 275,816,000
Industry Software - Application
Industry Disp Software - Application
Industry Key software-application
Ir Website http://www.cadence.com/cadence/investor_relations/Pages/default.aspx
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 879,724,800
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Cadence Design Systems, Inc. develops computational, AI-driven software, hardware, and silicon intellectual property products and solutions. The company offers functional verification services, such as Jasper, a formal verification platform; Xcelium, a parallel logic simulation platform; Verisium, a generative AI solution; Palladium, an enterprise emulation platform; and Protium, a prototyping platform for chip verification, as well as digital IC design and sign off products, including In novus platform; and custom IC design and simulation product include Virtuoso, a platform to design and verify analog. It also provides Xcelium logic simulator and other front-end verification and virtual prototyping technologies; controllers and physical interfaces; PCI Express, universal accelerator and compute express links, and multiple memory interfaces; and Ten Silica, a digital signal processor. In addition, the company's design IP portfolio includes serializer/deserializer, peripheral component interconnect, USB, and other standard protocols; and Secure-IC, a solution for embedded security IP. Additionally, it provides System Design and Analysis (SD&A) platform, a solution that enables end-to-end system-level design and verification across chips, packages, PCBs, and electronic systems; Allegro X and Orca X platforms for PCB and advanced packaging; Sigrity X for signal and power integrity; AIR for RF design; Fidelity for computational fluid dynamics; Celsius for thermal and airflow analysis; Clarity 3D solver for electromagnetic and power electronics analysis and simulation; Integrity 3D-IC solution for 3D-IC and multi-chiplet designs; the Optimality Intelligent System Explorer, Reality digital twin, and Millennium enterprise multiphasic platforms; Allegro system design platform; and molecular modeling and simulation solutions and services. The company has a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Long Name Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 93,885,014,016
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_25941
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 1,377,993,984
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 95,712,837,150
Number Of Analyst Opinions 27
Open 347.43
Operating Cashflow 1,854,867,968
Operating Margins 0.28575
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 3.01
Phone 408 943 1234
Post Market Change -10.5
Post Market Change Percent -3.0846968
Post Market Price 329.89
Post Market Time 1,787,960,522
Previous Close 347.55
Price Eps Current Year 41.80437
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 13.669184
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 16.082748
Profit Margins 0.23605
Quick Ratio 1.426
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.44
Region US
Regular Market Change -7.15997
Regular Market Change Percent -2.06013
Regular Market Day High 347.43
Regular Market Day Low 338.1
Regular Market Day Range 338.1 - 347.43
Regular Market Open 347.43
Regular Market Previous Close 347.55
Regular Market Price 340.39
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,201
Regular Market Volume 1,794,901
Return On Assets 0.10613
Return On Equity 0.23229
Revenue Growth 0.242
Revenue Per Share 21.46
Sand P52 Week Change 0.1966995
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 275,816,000
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0163
Shares Short 4,498,632
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 6,187,380
Short Name Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0164
Short Ratio 1.85
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol CDNS
Target High Price 470.0
Target Low Price 300.0
Target Mean Price 403.12036
Target Median Price 405.0
Total Cash 1,531,835,008
Total Cash Per Share 5.562
Total Debt 2,651,358,976
Total Revenue 5,837,622,784
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 5.04
Trailing P E 67.537704
Trailing Peg Ratio 3.1473
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 327.1735
Two Hundred Day Average Change 13.216522
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.04039607
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,794,901
Website https://www.cadence.com
Zip 95,134