“Interest rates under the Credit Facility are variable, so interest expense is impacted by changes in the interest rates, particularly for periods when there are outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility.”10-Q · Jul 29, 2026 ↗
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
CDNS
Market read
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 9 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 15 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revolving credit facility contractual cash interest expense of $2.5M was reported for Q1 2026; interest expense increased due to outstanding revolver borrowings.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if CDNS's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 9 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 15 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- Revolving credit facility contractual cash interest expense of $2.5M was reported for Q1 2026; interest expense increased due to outstanding revolver borrowings.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +14.1% year over year.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.56x in the latest annual period.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Product pipeline and R&D has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
- Net margin changed -1.8 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- EV/sales is 146% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
289.41Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Environment Because we operate globally, our business is subject to the effects of economic downturns or recessions in the regions in which we do business, volatility in foreign currency exchange rates relative to the U.S.”10-Q · Jul 29, 2026 ↗
“Facilities and other infrastructure costs included in research and development expense increased during the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to our growing workforce.”10-Q · Jul 29, 2026 ↗
“28 Nine Months Ended Change September 30, 2025 September 30, 2024 Amount Percentage (In millions, except percentages) United States $ 1,692.3 $ 1,523.2 $ 169.1 11 % Other Americas 111.7 63.9 47.8 75 % China 505.1 401.7 103.4 26 % Other Asia 721.5 617.6 103.9…”10-Q · Oct 29, 2025 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 14.9× · EV/sales 14.4×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for CDNS. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Filing analysis
No comparable filing assessment is available yet
Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for CDNS. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind CDNS
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
NVDANVIDIA CorporationpartnerFeb 19, 2026 ▾
“The M2000 is a specialized, AI-accelerated platform co-developed with NVIDIA to dramatically speed up complex simulations in fields like semiconductor design, aerospace and defense, and drug discovery.”
CEVACEVA, Inc.competitorFeb 19, 2026 ▾
“U.S.-based competitors include Keysight Technologies, Inc., Schrödinger, Inc., and CEVA, Inc., while international competitors include Altium Limited (acquired by Renesas Electronics Corporation) and Zuken, Inc.”
Depended on by
GSIT24.0% of GSITcustomerJun 5, 2026 ▾
“We maintain long-term relationships with leading original equipment manufacturer (“OEM ”) customers, including KYEC, Cadence Design Systems, and Nokia.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
CDNS is currently a Participant in the organic co-movement group Technology Tilt. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for CDNS; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.