At the time of writing, Cadence Design Systems, Inc [CDNS] stock is trading at $324.1, down -0.51%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The CDNS shares have lost -7.40% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -7.14%, 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 October 02, 2025, when BNP Paribas Exane initiated its Outperform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $400. Previously, Piper Sandler downgraded its rating to Neutral on July 29, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $355. On July 10, 2025, Goldman initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $380 on the stock. JP Morgan upgraded its rating to a Overweight but stick to its price target of $325 on April 24, 2025. Redburn Atlantic initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $350 as its price target on January 13, 2025. Wells Fargo started tracking with a Overweight rating for this stock on November 22, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $350. In a note dated November 12, 2024, Loop Capital initiated a Buy rating and provided a target price of $360 on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Cadence Design Systems, Inc fluctuated between $221.56 and $376.45. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $385 within the next 12 months. Cadence Design Systems, Inc [NASDAQ: CDNS] shares were valued at $324.1 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 18.79% based on the average CDNS price forecast.
Analyzing the CDNS fundamentals
According to Cadence Design Systems, Inc [NASDAQ:CDNS], the company’s sales were 5.09B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 20.25% jump. 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
It is important to note that Cadence Design Systems, Inc [NASDAQ:CDNS] has a current ratio of 2.82. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 2.67, while the Cash Ratio is 1.89. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 17.35, the price to book ratio is 17.64 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 87.69.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved WALL JOHN M, Sr. VP & CFO, that happened on Sep 30 ’25 when 7500.0 shares were sold. Sr. Vice President, Cunningham Paul completed a deal on Oct 01 ’25 to sell 1000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer PAUL A CUNNINGHAM bought 1000.0 shares on Oct 01 ’25.
