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Cadence Design Systems Inc

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Cadence Design Systems Inc

CDNS·NASDAQ·Technology·CIK 0000813672

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. develops computational, AI-driven software, hardware, and silicon intellectual property products and solutions. The company offers functional verification services, including 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. Its digital IC design and sign-off products include the Innovus platform, while custom IC design and simulation products include Virtuoso, a platform for designing and verifying analog. The company also provides the Xcelium logic simulator and other front-end verification and virtual prototyping technologies, as well as controllers and physical interfaces such as PCI Express, universal accelerator and compute express links, and multiple memory interfaces. Ten Silica is offered as a digital signal processor. Cadence Design Systems' design IP portfolio includes serializer/deserializer, peripheral component interconnect, USB, and other standard protocols, along with Secure-IC, a solution for embedded security IP. The company provides the System Design and Analysis (SD&A) platform, which enables end-to-end system-level design and verification across chips, packages, PCBs, and electronic systems. Other offerings include 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; and Integrity 3D-IC solution for 3D-IC and multi-chiplet designs. The company also offers the Optimality Intelligent System Explorer, Reality digital twin, and Millennium enterprise multiphasic platforms, the Allegro system design platform, and molecular modeling and simulation solutions and services. The company has a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Cadence Design Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CDNS) is a publicly traded company in the Technology sector. Wiseek has independently scored 18 items for CDNS at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-09-23, rated 7/10. Across its 18 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 9 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for CDNS spans 10-Q, 8-K, 144, DEF 14A.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Cadence Certifies Tools for TSMC A14, Delivers Silicon-Proven UALink IP
  • Cadence Raises FY26 Outlook, Launches AuraStack AI Agent
  • Cadence Q2 Revenue Jumps 24% to $1.58B, EPS More Than Doubles; Backlog Hits $8.1B
  • Cadence lifts 2026 outlook as Q2 revenue climbs 24% to $1.58B and backlog reaches record $8.1B
  • Cadence Guides FY Revenue to $6.26B-$6.34B, In Line with Expectations

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$5.3B
Net Income
$1.11B
Diluted EPS
$4.06
Op. Cash Flow
$1.73B
Free Cash Flow
$1.59B
Operating Income
$1.49B
Cash & Equivalents
$3B
Debt / Equity
0.00×
Net Margin
20.9%
Shares Outstanding
271.8M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-18 · accession 0000813672-26-000016

Short Interest & Short Volume

1.62 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 4,347,608 shares in CDNS as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 25.2% decrease from the prior period — about 1.6 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 63.8% of CDNS volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)4,347,608 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 25.2%
Days to cover1.62 at avg daily volume of 2,687,011
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)63.8% of 738,761 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume65.5%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$351.55 +0.20% today
52-week range · as of 2026-07-28 $262.75 – $416.69
Market cap
$96.76B
Volume
2.1M (0.8× avg)
3-mo avg 2.6M
Live data · 2026-10-05 03:33 UTC · Market closed

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Sep 23, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT
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Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $313.20
Real-time Price: $351.55 info
Change: +$38.35 (+12%) info
Market Cap: $96.759B info
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Aug 03, 2026, 7:33 AM EDT
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Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $343.00
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Change: +$8.55 (+2%) info
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Jul 28, 2026, 5:45 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $345.00
Real-time Price: $351.55 info
Change: +$6.55 (+2%) info
Market Cap: $96.759B info
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Jul 27, 2026, 4:03 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $339.01
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Change: +$12.54 (+4%) info
Market Cap: $96.759B info
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Jul 27, 2026, 4:02 PM EDT
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Importance Score:
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Price at Filing: $339.33
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Change: +$12.22 (+4%) info
Market Cap: $96.759B info
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Jun 08, 2026, 4:45 PM EDT
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Importance Score:
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Price at Filing: $394.00
Real-time Price: $351.55 info
Change: -$42.45 (-11%) info
Market Cap: $96.759B info
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Jun 01, 2026, 4:27 PM EDT
Filing Type: 144
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $418.88
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Change: -$67.33 (-16%) info
Market Cap: $96.759B info
CDNS
May 11, 2026, 6:14 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $362.30
Real-time Price: $351.55 info
Change: -$10.75 (-3%) info
Market Cap: $96.759B info
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May 01, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $340.60
Real-time Price: $351.55 info
Change: +$10.95 (+3%) info
Market Cap: $96.759B info
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Apr 27, 2026, 4:03 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $331.96
Real-time Price: $351.55 info
Change: +$19.59 (+6%) info
Market Cap: $96.759B info
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Apr 27, 2026, 4:02 PM EDT
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Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $345.01
Real-time Price: $351.55 info
Change: +$6.54 (+2%) info
Market Cap: $96.759B info
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Apr 15, 2026, 1:32 PM EDT
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Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $300.96
Real-time Price: $351.55 info
Change: +$50.59 (+17%) info
Market Cap: $96.759B info
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Mar 25, 2026, 4:48 PM EDT
Filing Type: DEF 14A
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $281.39
Real-time Price: $351.55 info
Change: +$70.16 (+25%) info
Market Cap: $96.759B info
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Feb 27, 2026, 4:32 PM EST
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $299.36
Real-time Price: $351.55 info
Change: +$52.19 (+17%) info
Market Cap: $96.759B info
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Feb 27, 2026, 4:06 PM EST
Filing Type: S-3ASR
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $299.36
Real-time Price: $351.55 info
Change: +$52.19 (+17%) info
Market Cap: $96.759B info
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Feb 23, 2026, 9:00 AM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $293.60
Real-time Price: $351.55 info
Change: +$57.95 (+20%) info
Market Cap: $96.759B info
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Feb 18, 2026, 5:45 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $302.98
Real-time Price: $351.55 info
Change: +$48.57 (+16%) info
Market Cap: $96.759B info
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Feb 17, 2026, 4:02 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $303.26
Real-time Price: $351.55 info
Change: +$48.29 (+16%) info
Market Cap: $96.759B info
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