CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Technology · Software - Application

Desk view

Watchingmedium conviction · entry a pullback that holds the $317.27 support shelf, then a close above $352.55 (top of the one-year value area) — not entered
Basis Open desk call ·Logged decision
Updated

Market read

POC $317.27 · VWAP $325.18 · -1.7% vs 12m avg buyer

pullback vol: normalchurn: quiet as of

Insiders quiet 0 buy / 0 sell · Form 4, 90d

Cluster VP, Director + 2 others sold $2.6M, Aug 19–27

Coverage

10 watchlists

Watchlists @cloud-etf-holdings@nvidia-open-agent-ecosystem@thebuildout-advanced-packaging-2d3d-leaders@thebuildout-china-ai-semiconductor-stack@thebuildout-co-packaged-optics-cpo@thebuildout-custom-ai-silicon-hyperscaler-asics@thebuildout-eda-software@thebuildout-hbm-memory@thebuildout-package-substrate-interposer-ecosystem@thebuildout-semiconductor-ip-licensors

CDNS Price Structure

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Peers

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@thebuildout-eda-software
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@thebuildout-semiconductor-ip-licensors
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@thebuildout-china-ai-semiconductor-stack
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SNPS+20.1% -2.9%1d -10.9%7d CDNS+14.2% -1.5%1d -9.4%7d ASX+4.2% -5.6%1d -14.9%7d ASML+2.5% -1.0%1d -7.8%7d BABA+1.7% -1.8%1d -2.0%7d NVDA+0.1% -1.4%1d -6.6%7d KLAC-1.0% -5.0%1d -15.3%7d TSM-1.2% -2.3%1d -9.0%7d AMAT-1.5% -4.8%1d -19.3%7d LRCX-2.0% -4.9%1d -17.2%7d MU-5.2% -5.6%1d -14.6%7d ARM-6.6% -6.9%1d -14.4%7d BIDU-9.5% -2.9%1d -6.1%7d SKHY-21.9% -6.6%1d -19.3%7d
@thebuildout-hbm-memory
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@thebuildout-package-substrate-interposer-ecosystem
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SNPS+20.1% -2.9%1d -10.9%7d CDNS+14.2% -1.5%1d -9.4%7d ASX+4.2% -5.6%1d -14.9%7d MMME+1.3% -0.3%1d +3.0%7d Q+0.4% -3.5%1d -8.9%7d KLAC-1.0% -5.0%1d -15.3%7d TSM-1.2% -2.3%1d -9.0%7d AMAT-1.5% -4.8%1d -19.3%7d LRCX-2.0% -4.9%1d -17.2%7d GLW-8.4% -4.6%1d -15.8%7d ONTO-9.4% -4.8%1d -25.1%7d AMKR-9.6% -5.1%1d -14.9%7d INTC-11.1% -5.8%1d -14.2%7d UMC-12.0% -5.3%1d -13.7%7d TTMI-17.6% -7.4%1d -22.4%7d
@cloud-etf-holdings
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@thebuildout-custom-ai-silicon-hyperscaler-asics
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@thebuildout-advanced-packaging-2d3d-leaders
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@thebuildout-co-packaged-optics-cpo
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SNPS+20.1% -2.9%1d -10.9%7d CDNS+14.2% -1.5%1d -9.4%7d GFS+8.5% -4.3%1d -3.2%7d CRDO+5.1% -4.9%1d -21.6%7d MTSI+4.2% -3.4%1d -20.6%7d ASX+4.2% -5.6%1d -14.9%7d AMD+3.2% -6.0%1d -13.1%7d KEYS+2.9% -3.2%1d -13.5%7d FORM+0.2% -7.3%1d -24.8%7d NVDA+0.1% -1.4%1d -6.6%7d CSCO-0.3% -2.2%1d -9.3%7d MRVL-0.8% -5.6%1d -17.2%7d TSM-1.2% -2.3%1d -9.0%7d AMAT-1.5% -4.8%1d -19.3%7d LRCX-2.0% -4.9%1d -17.2%7d IBM-2.3% -0.8%1d +2.2%7d CIEN-2.3% -6.7%1d -26.0%7d HPE-2.7% -6.0%1d -24.9%7d VIAV-3.2% -9.3%1d -26.6%7d AVGO-3.2% -4.5%1d -9.1%7d TSEM-3.3% -6.8%1d -14.5%7d TER-4.7% -5.3%1d -19.3%7d STM-5.6% -2.6%1d -12.8%7d CLS-6.2% -3.6%1d -16.1%7d JBL-6.4% -3.1%1d -9.2%7d FN-7.4% -5.6%1d -25.3%7d GLW-8.4% -4.6%1d -15.8%7d ONTO-9.4% -4.8%1d -25.1%7d AMKR-9.6% -5.1%1d -14.9%7d LITE-10.4% -5.2%1d -25.3%7d INTC-11.1% -5.8%1d -14.2%7d SMTC-18.4% -5.2%1d -27.0%7d COHR-19.7% -7.1%1d -25.5%7d AAOI-21.9% -9.8%1d -31.1%7d
@nvidia-open-agent-ecosystem
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ACN+21.1% +2.1%1d +9.9%7d SNPS+20.1% -2.9%1d -10.9%7d CDNS+14.2% -1.5%1d -9.4%7d NTSK+9.9% -7.1%1d -8.5%7d ZS+8.3% -5.9%1d -11.3%7d MSFT+7.9% -1.9%1d -1.1%7d PLTR+6.7% -7.2%1d -11.0%7d SAP+5.2% -0.3%1d +4.4%7d FFIV+4.3% -3.2%1d -7.9%7d PWR+2.0% -1.6%1d -10.5%7d NOW+1.5% -4.4%1d +0.8%7d CHKP+0.1% -0.2%1d +0.5%7d NVDA+0.1% -1.4%1d -6.6%7d CSCO-0.3% -2.2%1d -9.3%7d OKTA-0.5% -10.2%1d -19.3%7d NEE-0.7% +1.1%1d +3.1%7d FTNT-1.5% -7.0%1d -13.2%7d IBM-2.3% -0.8%1d +2.2%7d JPM-2.6% +1.3%1d +2.0%7d HPE-2.7% -6.0%1d -24.9%7d SPCXE-3.2% -1.7%1d -10.2%7d MNDY-3.9% -4.2%1d +1.6%7d CRM-3.9% -2.5%1d +5.0%7d CRWD-5.8% -7.0%1d -17.3%7d C-6.5% +0.8%1d -4.2%7d ARM-6.6% -6.9%1d -14.4%7d S-6.9% -7.7%1d -17.9%7d SAIL-7.9% -5.1%1d -9.7%7d HPQ-8.2% -2.7%1d -0.6%7d NET-8.7% -6.3%1d -17.9%7d PANW-9.0% -7.6%1d -18.3%7d FROG-9.0% -10.8%1d -17.5%7d ORCL-10.4% -4.6%1d -9.3%7d SMCI-14.2% -9.9%1d -24.4%7d AKAM-16.0% -4.9%1d -17.9%7d DELL-19.8% -4.6%1d -22.9%7d DOCN-20.3% -9.8%1d -26.8%7d NBIS-21.0% -12.2%1d -25.1%7d CRWV-26.4% -11.9%1d -25.2%7d BTDR-30.0% -8.1%1d -19.8%7d IREN-36.7% -11.2%1d -23.3%7d

Next earnings CDNS reports in 9 days Oct 26

Last report Jul 27

Reported the quarter ending 2026-06-30: revenue $1.58B, diluted EPS $1.33, net income $367M (the desk's provider cache). Across the print the stock moved +5.7% (close before → first close after).

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Against street estimates

How CDNS's reported EPS compared with analyst consensus. Street estimates are single-source vendor consensus (yfinance). Actuals are vendor consensus-basis EPS (often non-GAAP); edgarEps is GAAP diluted from filings — disputed flags large disagreement only. EPS only.

8 most recent of 9 quarters · newest report Jul 27 · projection Oct 16

Result
Jul 27 2.062.11+2.7%Beat
Apr 27 1.891.96 GAAP ≠ +4.0%Beat
Feb 17 1.911.99+4.1%Beat
Oct 27 '25 1.791.93 GAAP ≠ +7.8%Beat
Jul 28 '25 1.561.65 GAAP ≠ +6.0%Beat
Apr 28 '25 1.501.57 GAAP ≠ +4.8%Beat
Feb 18 '25 1.821.88+3.2%Beat
Oct 28 '24 1.441.64 GAAP ≠ +13.7%Beat

Recent news

Headlines about CDNS from the desk's news pull — links go to the publisher. Not a desk read: the market read above is the desk's own.

pulled 1 day ago · Oct 16

“On or before” marks an article that arrived without a publish date — the date shown is when the desk pulled it, so the article is at least that old.

CDNS research tape

15 dated scans, research, and events, newest first — the full record. Desk commentary and scheduled prints sit in their own panes.

brief Everything Bounced but the Chips brief A Flat Index Over a Chip Rout, and Cipher's Zero-Coupon Haircut brief AI's Suppliers Sold Twice While Its Buyers Rose brief The Index Barely Moved; Crypto, Neoclouds and Quantum Sold as One brief Reactors and Fiber Carry the Record; Genomics Comes Undone
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Oct 15 Market Brief Everything Bounced but the Chips
ABBVACMRAPDPCTYFMCMANAPPNKRMN +4 more
Oct 13 Market Brief A Flat Index Over a Chip Rout, and Cipher's Zero-Coupon Haircut
AFRMAGMAI.PAALLYEAMBAFRMICIFRS +4 more
Oct 12 Market Brief AI's Suppliers Sold Twice While Its Buyers Rose
APHARQQAVAX-USDCASYCECOCHATFIGSCBRS +4 more
Oct 7 Market Brief The Index Barely Moved; Crypto, Neoclouds and Quantum Sold as One
ACGLAI.PAAIQALOYPAYCBULLPENGFCEL +4 more
Oct 6 Market Brief Reactors and Fiber Carry the Record; Genomics Comes Undone
AAOIAMPARASMLBELFABLKTWSTTXG +4 more
Oct 5 Market Brief Megacaps Carry the Nasdaq to a Record While the Compute Landlords Sell
ADMAMCEAPAARGXAVAX-USDPCVXDNARXRX +4 more
Oct 2 Market Brief Soft Jobs, Higher Yields, Chips Keep Running
ABSIADIARWBKRBRZEBWETMXLWOLF +4 more
Sep 30 Market Brief Neoclouds Sell as One, Then Micron Says Memory Stays Short Through 2028
AKAMAPAAYABDRYBGBTDRMNDYLQDA +4 more
Sep 29 Market Brief Chip Tools Rally Together as Oil Slides and the Long Bond Hits a 2002 High
ACLSAGMALSNATRCAWKBAHIOVADNA +4 more
Sep 28 Market Brief AI’s Suppliers Split From Its Buyers
AGROAMBAAPLEASHRBOXCDNAKODMDB +4 more
Sep 25 Article Beaten-Down Software Has Split: ServiceNow, Workday and Zscaler Turned, While Intuit, Adobe and Oracle Keep Falling
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Jul 27 Catalyst CDNS earnings
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Feb 3 Scan Cloud ETFs
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