Each point was worked out with the data available that day. Scale 0-10: 5 is the index average and 10 is the cap (+3 standard deviations), not perfection. The vertical axis zooms to fit this company, so two charts are not comparable by eye.
Market and Valuation
Price & Market
Prev Close Price:$329.51
Open:$322.79
Day's Low:$310.00
Day's High:$325.99
Bid / Ask:-
Market Cap:88.83B
Enterprise Value:91.68B
52-Week Range
52-Week Low:$262.75
52-Week High:$416.69
Current position in 52-week range
52w Low-52w High
50-Day Avg:$320.74
200-Day Avg:$327.58
Volume
Volume Today:2,335,076
Avg Volume (3m):2,400,676
Avg Volume (10d):2,789,740
52-Week Change:-1.11%
vs S&P 500, 52 weeks:-
Beta:1.10
Valuation Multiples
P/E (trailing):64.36
Diluted EPS for the last 12 months: the four quarters ended Sep 30, 2026, from the accounts filed with the SEC on Oct 28, 2026. The P/E is the price divided by that EPS.
P/E (forward):32.88
PEG Ratio:2.44
Price / Book:12.92
Price / Sales (TTM):14.49
EV / Revenue:14.95
EV / EBITDA:41.29
Dividends
Current yield:-
Annual Dividend Rate:-
Dividend Trailing:$0.00
Yield Trailing:0.00%
5-Year Avg Yield:-
Payout Ratio:0.00%
Last Ex-Dividend Date:-
Valuation Context
P/E vs sector (indicative)
Most Recent Quarter:-
Fiscal Year (Next):-
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Financial Statements TTM (Trailing 12 Months)
Income Statement
Total Revenue (TTM):6.13B
Gross Profit:5.25B
EBITDA:2.22B
Net Income (TTM):1.38B
Rev Growth (YoY):+22.00%
Earnings Growth (YoY):0.00%
Quarterly earnings growth (YoY):+0.90%
Margins
Gross Margin:-
EBITDA Margin:-
Operating Margin:-
Net Margin:-
Per Share
EPS Trailing (TTM):$5.03
Diluted EPS for the last 12 months: the four quarters ended Sep 30, 2026, from the accounts filed with the SEC on Oct 28, 2026. The P/E is the price divided by that EPS.
EPS Forward (Est.):$9.85
Revenue Per Share:$22.49
Cash Per Share:-
Book Value:$25.06
Last Dividend:-
Ex-Dividend Date:-
Last Split:-
Balance Sheet & Liquidity
Total cash:1.54B
Total Debt:2.81B
Net Debt (Debt - Cash):1.27B
Debt / Equity:40.91%
Current Ratio:1.36
Quick Ratio:1.09
Cash Flows
Operating Cash Flow:1.97B
Free Cash Flow (FCF):1.75B
FCF Yield (FCF / Market Cap):-
Enterprise Value:91.68B
EV / Revenue:14.95
EV / EBITDA:41.29
Profitability
ROE (Return on Equity):22.87%
ROA (Return on Assets):10.52%
P/E (trailing):64.36
P/E (forward):32.88
Price / Book:12.92
PEG Ratio:2.44
52-Week Change:-1.11%
S&P 500 change, 52 weeks:+11.37%
Historical Evolution (Last 4 Years)
Income Statement
Balance Sheet
Cash Flow
EPS and Earnings Per Share
Key EPS Metrics
EPS Trailing (TTM):$5.03
Diluted EPS for the last 12 months: the four quarters ended Sep 30, 2026, from the accounts filed with the SEC on Oct 28, 2026. The P/E is the price divided by that EPS.
EPS Forward (Est.):$9.85
P/E (forward):32.88
PEG Ratio:2.44
Growth and Margins
Earnings Growth YoY:-
Quarterly Earnings Growth YoY:-
Rev Growth YoY:-
Net Margin:-
Gross Margin:-
EBITDA Margin:-
Per Share
Revenue Per Share:$22.49
Cash Per Share:-
Book Value:$25.06
Cash Flows (TTM)
Free Cash Flow:1.75B
Operating Cash Flow:1.97B
EBITDA:2.22B
Total Revenue (TTM):6.13B
Net Income (TTM):1.38B
Fiscal Year (Last):-
EPS Surprise History - Last 4 Quarters
Actual vs. Analyst Estimates · Green = beat expectations · Red = missed
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Actual EPS
Estimated EPS
Difference
Surprise %
Currency
Ownership Structure
Ownership Distribution
% Insiders:-
% Institutional:-
% Inst. (of Float):-
No. of Institutions:-
Visual distribution
InsidersInstitutionalFree Float
Shares & Short Interest
Shares Outstanding:274,379,000
Float (free shares):273,160,757
Short interest (shares):5,568,751
Short % of float:-
Short Ratio (days to cover):2.30
Short interest, prior month:-
Short Interest Date:-
Governance Score (1=Best, 10=Worst)
Overall risk:-
Audit Risk:-
Board risk:-
Compensation Risk:-
Shareholder rights risk:-
Top Institutional Holders
Position Change: ▲ Increased · ▼ Reduced · = Unchanged
Organization
Report Date
% Shares
No. Shares
Value (USD)
Change %
Top Mutual Funds
Position Change: ▲ Increased ▼ Decreased = Unchanged
Fund
Report Date
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No. Shares
Value (USD)
Change %
Recent Insider Trades
Executive / Insider
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Sentiment Metrics
Put/Call Ratio (Volume):-
Put/Call Ratio (O.I.):-
Max Pain (estimated):-
Total O.I. Calls:-
Total O.I. Puts:-
Expected move
Average IV (Calls ATM):-
Average IV (Puts ATM):-
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Expected move (±):-
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) SEC filings: 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K
Direct links to financial reports filed with the SEC.
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 Innovus 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 Tensilica, 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.
Senior Vice President of Global Customer Success Team
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Mr. Tarak Ray
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Mr. Richard Gu
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS): Quantitative Analysis
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) — Technology — Software - Application. CDNS is in the S&P 500 today. Model factor scores and market data, recalculated every trading day.
So far in 2026, CDNS has returned +3.6% against +11.4% for the S&P 500 (SPY): total return, dividends included on both sides, from Dec 31, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026.
CDNS ranks 272 of 461 on today's multifactor score, and 60 of the 83 Technology companies that score. Its strongest factor is quality (Z 0.39, ranked 96 of 468); its weakest is value (Z -0.79, ranked 474 of 489). Each factor ranks only the companies with data for it, and the multifactor score only those with all four: that is why the totals differ.
Factor scores
The Z-Score is how many standard deviations the company sits from the index average: 0 is average, positive is better than average, negative is worse.
Frequently asked questions about Cadence Design Systems (CDNS)
When does Cadence Design Systems report earnings?
Cadence Design Systems has no announced date in the Nasdaq public calendar checked (Nov 3, 2026 to Dec 7, 2026). Of its last 12 earnings announcements: 11 after the close (and 1 with no time on the filing) (SEC filings through Oct 23, 2026). CDNS earnings dates and times, quarter by quarter →
What is Cadence Design Systems's P/E ratio?
Cadence Design Systems's P/E (price over earnings per share for the last twelve months) is 64.4 at the Nov 3, 2026 close. That EPS is the 12-month diluted figure from the SEC, the four quarters ended Sep 30, 2026. The median of the 81 Technology companies with a P/E is 30.4, and the S&P 500's, 23.5: Cadence Design Systems is above its sector median. Technology stocks, company by company →
Where does Cadence Design Systems rank on Quant500?
In the Nov 3, 2026 multi-factor ranking, Cadence Design Systems ranks 272 of 461, and 60 of the 83 Technology companies that score. The ranking orders S&P 500 companies by the average of four factors (momentum, value, quality and growth) and is recalculated every trading day. It is a model output, not investment advice. The full ranking →How it is calculated →
Have Cadence Design Systems insiders bought or sold shares?
The latest open-market purchase of Cadence Design Systems shares filed with the SEC (Form 4) was on Mar 28, 2025, by a director, for $14k. The latest sale was on Oct 15, 2026, by an officer, for $648k. In total, from August 2025 through Nov 3, 2026: 1 purchase and 45 sales by directors, officers and large shareholders. All CDNS insider trades →
What sector is Cadence Design Systems in, and which index?
Cadence Design Systems is classified in the Technology sector (industry: Software - Application), per the data provider's classification (similar to GICS, not identical). It is in the S&P 500 today. It is one of the 85 S&P 500 companies in that sector. Technology stocks →
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