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Cadence Design Systems

$338.61 +$12.37 (+3.79%) 1D After hours

Key Metrics

$89.98B
Market cap
76.84×
P/E · TTM
$5.53B
Revenue · TTM
$1.17B
Net income
EPS · TTM $4.28
Dividend yield
Free cash flow $1.43B
Beta · 1Y 1.63
EBITDA · TTM $1.85B
Gross margin

The Story So Far

LAST 6 MONTHS PRIMARY SOURCES ONLY
  • Jul 23
    An insider transaction hit the record.

    Form 4s are events, not verdicts — officers, directors, and 10% owners reporting their own trades. The forms post hours before the media writes them up.

    RECEIPT: SEC FORM 4, TIMESTAMPED
  • Jul 17
    The stock moved -9.5% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, Jul 17
  • Jul 16
    Money rotated out of high-beta cohorts market-wide.

    High-beta names lagged the blue-chips by 20.3 points over ten sessions around this date. Stocks in that cohort weren't falling alone — they fell together.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION GAUGE, LIVE
  • Jun 1
    The stock moved +10.5% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, Jun 1

The story updates itself as events post · The wolf reports; you decide

Snapshot

Market cap$89.98B
Enterprise value
Shares outstanding275.8M
52-wk range$262.75 – $416.69
Avg volume · 20D1.8M
Net cash
Book value / share$23.98
IndustryServices-Prepackaged Software
ExchangeNASDAQ
About Cadence Design Systems
IPO dateJun 10, 1987
Employees13800

Cadence Design Systems is a provider of electronic design automation software, intellectual property, and system design and analysis products. EDA software automates and aids in the chip design process, enhancing design accuracy, productivity, and complexity in a full-flow end-to-end solution.

Wolf Grade COMING SOON

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Valuation

P/E76.84
P/S16.28
P/FCF62.93
EV/EBITDA
EV/Sales
Graham №$48.05

Profitability

Gross
Operating 28.8%
Net 21.2%
FCF 25.9%
ROE / ROIC 20.8% · 22.7%

Financial Health

Current ratio1.47
Quick ratio1.32
Debt / equity
Debt / EBITDA
Net cash
Working capital$1.02B

Cash Flow · TTM

Operating CF $1.60B
Capex −$167.63M
Free cash flow $1.43B
Buybacks $775.03M
Dividends paid
Shareholder yield 0.9%

Piotroski F-Score

4 / 9
Middling fundamentals · 4 of 9 signals passing

Altman Z-Score

Insufficient balance-sheet inputs

Graham Number vs Price

$48.05 vs $338.61
Trades 7.0× above classic defensive value — priced for growth
Fundamentals through 2026-03-31 · computed by TickerWolf from SEC filings