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The price of Cadence Design Systems, Inc (NASDAQ: CDNS) closed at $318.43 in the last session, down -1.48% from day before closing price of $323.22. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.48 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.63 million shares were traded. CDNS stock price reached its highest trading level at $327.77 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $317.66.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at CDNS’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 31.48 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 58.62. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.84 and its Current Ratio is at 3.05. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.48 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.48.
On November 24, 2025, Citigroup started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $385.
On October 02, 2025, BNP Paribas Exane started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $400.BNP Paribas Exane initiated its Outperform rating on October 02, 2025, with a $400 target price.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 10 ’25 when Brennan Ita M sold 180 shares for $337.48 per share. The transaction valued at 60,747 led to the insider holds 7,650 shares of the business.
Scannell Paul sold 5,490 shares of CDNS for $1,863,495 on Dec 10 ’25. The Sr. Vice President now owns 20,321 shares after completing the transaction at $339.43 per share. On Dec 08 ’25, another insider, TENG CHIN-CHI, who serves as the Sr. Vice President of the company, sold 5,977 shares for $337.99 each. As a result, the insider received 2,020,166 and left with 120,081 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CDNS now has a Market Capitalization of 86768984064 and an Enterprise Value of 86226067456. As of this moment, Cadence’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 82.17, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 39.58. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.48. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 16.63 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 16.67. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 16.542 whereas that against EBITDA is 45.799.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CDNS is 1.02, which has changed by 0.038124323 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12838376 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CDNS has reached a high of $376.45, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $221.56. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.67%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 1.54%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, CDNS traded on average about 1.76M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1478290 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 272.20M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 271.02M. Insiders hold about 0.44% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 88.81% stake in the company. Shares short for CDNS as of 1764288000 were 4397998 with a Short Ratio of 2.50, compared to 1761868800 on 3577481. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4397998 and a Short% of Float of 1.83.
Earnings Estimates
As of right now, 18.0 analysts gave their recommendation on the stock of the company. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.81, with high estimates of $1.96 and low estimates of $1.67.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $7.09 and $6.68 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $7.04. EPS for the following year is $5.31, with 13.0 analysts recommending between $6.03 and $4.66.
Revenue Estimates
According to 18 analysts,. The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $1.42B. It ranges from a high estimate of $1.44B to a low estimate of $1.42B. As of. The current estimate, Cadence Design Systems, Inc’s year-ago sales were $1.36BFor the next quarter, 18 analysts are estimating revenue of $1.38B. There is a high estimate of $1.44B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $1.34B.
A total of 26 analysts have provided revenue estimates for CDNS’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $5.29B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $5.27B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $5.28B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $4.64BBased on 25 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $5.94B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $6.1B and the low estimate is $5.84B.
