A share price of Cadence Design Systems, Inc [CDNS] is currently trading at $347.27, down -0.50%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The CDNS shares have gain 2.58% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.52%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Cadence Design Systems, Inc [NASDAQ: CDNS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on July 29, 2025, when Piper Sandler downgraded its rating to a Neutral but kept the price target unchanged to $355 for it. Previously, Goldman started tracking the stock with Buy rating on July 10, 2025, and set its price target to $380. On April 24, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight but maintained its price target of $325 on the stock. Redburn Atlantic started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $350 on January 13, 2025. Wells Fargo initiated its recommendation with a Overweight and recommended $350 as its price target on November 22, 2024. Loop Capital started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on November 12, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $360. In a note dated October 22, 2024, Mizuho initiated an Outperform rating and provided a target price of $325 on this stock.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $221.56 and $376.45. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $351.67 within the next 12 months. Cadence Design Systems, Inc [NASDAQ: CDNS] shares were valued at $347.27 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 1.27% based on the average CDNS price forecast.
Analyzing the CDNS fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Cadence Design Systems, Inc [NASDAQ:CDNS] were 5.09B which represents 20.25% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.85% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.3%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.28%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.2%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.11, Equity is 0.21 and Total Capital is 0.19. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.49.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Cadence Design Systems, Inc [NASDAQ:CDNS] is 2.82. As well, the Quick Ratio is 2.67, while the Cash Ratio is 1.89. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 18.59, the price to book ratio is 18.90 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 93.96.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Brennan Ita M, Director, that happened on Sep 10 ’25 when 180.0 shares were sold. Board Member, Ita Brennan completed a deal on Sep 10 ’25 to buy 180.0 shares. Meanwhile, Sr. Vice President Cunningham Paul sold 1000.0 shares on Sep 02 ’25.
