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Cadence Design Systems
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What Cadence Design Systems is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to March 31, 2026: $5.53 billion, up 14% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to March 31, 2026: $1.43 billion, up 3.6% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to March 31, 2026: $0.17 billion, up 42% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.93 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (July 27, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.90 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 6 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 0 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 19, 2026): 4 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $5.5 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,514 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+103 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 216 (121 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Cadence Design Systems is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Withheld: 50% of the evidence is readable at this date (needs 60%).
- Capital spending—
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex—
- Hiring filings77th pct
- Deals and private raises48th pct
- Patent publications79th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Mixed
- Call sentiment61st pct
- Call confidence69th pct
- Guidance changes88th pct
- Risk factors added29th pct
- Insider open-market trades39th pct
- + Guidance changes
- + Call confidence
- − Risk factors added
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver67th pct
- Stress filings49th pct
Credit
How these are built →Cadence Design Systems's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2024 | $500M | 4.200% | 2027 (3y) | +55bp | 4.206% |
| Sep 4, 2024 | $1B | 4.300% | 2029 (5y) | +75bp | 4.332% |
| Sep 4, 2024 | $1B | 4.700% | 2034 (10y) | +95bp | 4.724% |
From the pricing term sheets Cadence Design Systems filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name Cadence Design Systems, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- NeutralCadence Design Systems Inc (CDNS) Shares Fall 4.1% -- What GF Score of 99 Tells Investors
gurufocus.com · via Marketaux · Oct 13, 2026
- NeutralCadence Design Systems Inc (CDNS) Shares Surge 6.2% -- What GF Score of 99 Tells Investors
gurufocus.com · via Marketaux · Oct 1, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (PRASAM)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD)third_quarter 2026
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 13, 2026Patent
- Oct 6, 2026Patent
- Oct 1, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (MAGILL ASSOCIATES, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Sep 22, 2026Patent
- Sep 22, 2026Patent
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD)second_quarter 2026
- Jul 17, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (PRASAM)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Jul 7, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (MAGILL ASSOCIATES, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- May 12, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 12, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- May 12, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Apr 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (PRASAM)first_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Apr 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD)first_quarter 2026
- Feb 19, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)4 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Nov 17, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Sep 4, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Jul 28, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- May 12, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Mar 26, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 21, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)5 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Dec 12, 20248-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 14, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 2 removed
Peers
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|---|---|---|---|
| Palantir Technologies PLTR | $6.2B | $3.4B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Atlassian TEAM | $6.6B | $1.3B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Autodesk ADSK | $7.8B | $2.8B | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Trimble Inc. TRMB | $3.8B | $0.8B | Jul 3, 2026 |
| DocuSign DOCU | $3.4B | $1.2B | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Zscaler ZS | $3.4B | $0.8B | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Synopsys SNPS | $9.4B | $2.8B | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Okta, Inc. OKTA | $3.1B | $1.0B | Jul 31, 2026 |