At the time of writing, Cadence Design Systems, Inc [CDNS] stock is trading at $356.97, down -2.08%. 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 gain 7.46% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 14.80%, and 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.
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 $351.67 within the next 12 months. Cadence Design Systems, Inc [NASDAQ: CDNS] shares were valued at $356.97 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -1.48% 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 0.91% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.28%, 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 0.18 and Total Capital is 0.18. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.38.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 353.22 points at the first support level, and at 349.46 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 360.52, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 364.06.
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 19.11, the price to book ratio is 19.43 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 96.59.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved PAUL A CUNNINGHAM, Officer, that happened on Aug 01 ’25 when 1000.0 shares were purchased. Sr. Vice President, TENG CHIN-CHI completed a deal on Jul 17 ’25 to sell 9088.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer CHIN-CHI TENG bought 9088.0 shares on Jul 17 ’25.
