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Cadence Design Systems Inc Stock: price and insider trades · United States
No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 04 Mar 2026.
Cadence Design Systems Inc: what insiders have been doing
Cadence Design Systems Inc, founded in 1988, is a Technology company based in San Jose, United States. Its directors and officers file their transactions with SEC (Form 4). Over the twelve months to 18 October 2026, 134 filings were filed, from 17 insiders.
Both sides are active: 1 purchase worth €13k and 80 sales worth €64.9M, from 1 insider and 8 insiders respectively. The amount is not disclosed for 26 filings. Buying on the open market means paying the going price with one's own funds, a different act from receiving shares as pay. On the buying side, the filings list 1 senior executive among the declarants. Biggest ticket of the year: €17.6M, sold by Devgan Anirudh and made public on 3 June 2026 (0.024% of market cap).
Across the 5,814 companies tracked on its exchange, the median is 19 filings; at 134 filings, this issuer sits above that mark. The full history, which starts in 2016, counts 1 purchase against 231 sales. In its latest annual report filed with the SEC (10-K, fiscal year ended 31 December 2025), the company reported revenue of 5.30 bn USD and net income of 1.11 bn USD.
The last purchase on record was published on 4 March 2026, which is 228 days ago. The median gap between a trade and its publication by SEC (Form 4) is 2 days. The legal deadline for a Form 4 is two business days after the transaction. Selling is not necessarily a view on the stock: liquidity needs and diversification are common motives.
Other companies in the same sector with recent insider buying flagged by our signals: Core Scientific, Inc./tx and Gitlab Inc. Every figure here comes from the filings published by SEC (Form 4) and describes the past, not future prices; it is not investment advice.
Insider Decl.
601
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€12,846
1 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€160M
231 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleChin-Chi Teng34 sales
Paul Cunningham25 sales
Ita M. Brennan22 sales
Vincentelli Alberto Sangiovanni7 sales
Anirudh Devgan6 sales
Paul Scannell6 sales
+4 other insiders
Since the insiders bought
- +36.1%Entry US$299.84 · Close at T+90 US$408.00
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
Analyst consensus: bullish or bearish?
Analysts rate Cadence Design Systems Inc Strong Buy (bullish), based on 26 analysts. Average price target: US$406.24.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Fundamental score
Ranked 9,768 of 24,148 companies
56.4
score / 100
Value30
Quality82
FCF yld1.8%
Earn yld1.3%
EV/EBITDA48.5x
ROE23%
Gross mgn86%
Net mgn21%
Debt/EBITDA1.4x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended December 2025 · cache
US$329.46
Analyst consensus
26 analystsStrong buy
US$300.00Target US$406.24(+23%)US$470.00
Income statement
RevenueUS$5.3B
Gross profitUS$4.6B86% margin
EBITDAUS$1.9B35% margin
Net incomeUS$1.1B23.6% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)66.4x
PER (forward)34.4x
P/Book13.2x
Beta1.13
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$90.9B
Total debtUS$2.6B
Free Cash FlowUS$1.6B
Debt / Equity39%
Profitability & ownership
ROE23.2%
ROA10.6%
% insiders0.3%
% institutions91.6%
Last declaration on 16 October 2026
Declarations601 total
1,000 shares@ US$138.02Common StockSEC:0000813672-26-000112:0
2,000 shares@ US$324.13Common StockSEC:0000813672-26-000112:1
1,250 shares@ US$350.07190.0004% mcap3.3% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000813672-26-000109:0
1,250 shares@ US$350.0720.0005% mcap3.4% of flowCommonSEC144:0001921094-26-001062
1,181 shares@ US$280.760.0004% mcap0.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000813672-26-000106:0
3,779 shares@ US$280.760.0012% mcap0.8% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000813672-26-000107:0
937 shares@ US$280.760.0003% mcap1.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000813672-26-000108:0
1,181 shares@ US$280.760.0004% mcap1.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000813672-26-000104:0
1,433 shares@ US$280.760.0005% mcap0.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000813672-26-000105:0
793 shares@ US$273.960.0003% mcap0.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000813672-26-000100:0
2,000 shares@ US$277.120.0006% mcap1.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000813672-26-000100:2
983 shares@ US$273.960.0003% mcap0.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000813672-26-000101:0
1,000 shares@ US$138.020.0002% mcap0.4% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000813672-26-000100:1
2,539 shares@ US$273.960.0008% mcap0.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000813672-26-000102:0
793 shares@ US$273.960.0003% mcap0.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000813672-26-000103:0
6,000 shares@ US$279.060.10% mcap42.1% of flowCommonSEC144:0001950047-26-009531
14 shares@ US$286.46860.0000% mcap3.1% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000813672-26-000099:2
33 shares@ US$284.43760.0000% mcap7.1% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000813672-26-000099:0
127 shares@ US$285.57660.0000% mcap27.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000813672-26-000099:1
6 shares@ US$287.790.0000% mcap1.3% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000813672-26-000099:3
180 shares@ US$1,586.16670.0003% mcap100.0% of flowCommonSEC144:0001968582-26-000944
41 shares@ US$324.66370.0000% mcap0.1% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000813672-26-000097:4
1,000 shares0Common StockSEC:0000813672-26-000096:0
280 shares@ US$318.33290.0001% mcap0.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000813672-26-000097:0
240 shares@ US$319.310.0001% mcap0.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000813672-26-000097:1
25 of 601 declarations
About Cadence Design Systems Inc
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (ticker: CDNS) is a leading provider of electronic design automation software and related hardware platforms, listed on the U.S. NASDAQ market in the United States. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Cadence has built a strong global franchise in semiconductor and electronic systems design. The company sits at the center of the chip-design value chain, helping customers architect, simulate, verify and sign off highly complex integrated circuits before they are manufactured. Its business model is increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, accelerated computing and multiphysics system design.
Cadence structures its offering around three main categories: Core EDA, Semiconductor IP, and System Design and Analysis (SD&A). Core EDA includes the tools used to design and verify a broad range of chips, while the IP portfolio provides prebuilt silicon subsystems and related services that accelerate customers’ development cycles. SD&A extends Cadence’s reach beyond chips into board, package and full-system analysis, covering electromagnetic, thermal, structural, fluid and mechanical simulation. The company also offers cloud-based access through its Cadence OnCloud platform, reinforcing the software-centric, recurring nature of the business.
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From a competitive standpoint, Cadence is one of the key global leaders in EDA, alongside a small number of highly specialized peers. Its differentiation comes from technical depth, broad product coverage and the ability to serve the most demanding design environments. Cadence is particularly well positioned in analog, RF, mixed-signal and custom IC design enablement, areas that remain essential as semiconductor architectures become more advanced and heterogeneous. The company’s tools are used by semiconductor manufacturers and systems companies across hyperscale computing, mobile communications, automotive, aerospace, industrial, life sciences and robotics applications.
Recent developments have reinforced Cadence’s strategic positioning. In 2026, management highlighted strong AI-driven demand and raised full-year revenue expectations after a solid first quarter. Cadence also expanded partnerships with NVIDIA, Google and TSMC to accelerate agentic AI chip and system design workflows, reflecting the company’s push to embed AI more deeply into engineering productivity. In addition, Cadence completed the acquisition of Hexagon’s Design and Engineering business, broadening its System Design and Analysis portfolio and strengthening its multiphysics and system-level capabilities. Overall, CDNS remains a high-quality technology name with a strong competitive moat, exposure to secular growth in semiconductors and electronic systems, and a meaningful footprint in the global design ecosystem.
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