Sands Capital Management LLC Sells 79,879 Shares of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. $CDNS

Sands Capital Management LLC lessened its holdings in shares of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNS) by 24.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 252,008 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 79,879 shares during the period. Sands Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Cadence Design Systems were worth $78,773,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of CDNS. Y.D. More Investments Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Cadence Design Systems in the 3rd quarter worth about $26,000. Caitlin John LLC purchased a new position in shares of Cadence Design Systems in the 3rd quarter worth about $29,000. Swiss RE Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of Cadence Design Systems in the 4th quarter worth about $29,000. Lodestone Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Cadence Design Systems in the 4th quarter worth about $30,000. Finally, Imprint Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Cadence Design Systems in the 3rd quarter worth about $31,000. Institutional investors own 84.85% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Cadence Design Systems news, CEO Anirudh Devgan sold 51,887 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $370.00, for a total value of $19,198,190.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 303,525 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $112,304,250. The trade was a 14.60% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, VP Paul Cunningham sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $337.49, for a total value of $337,490.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 127,586 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $43,058,999.14. This trade represents a 0.78% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 176,226 shares of company stock worth $65,900,542 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.49% of the company’s stock.

Cadence Design Systems Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CDNS opened at $384.96 on Monday. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $262.75 and a fifty-two week high of $416.69. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $344.32 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $318.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a current ratio of 1.47. The firm has a market cap of $106.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 89.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.56 and a beta of 1.15.

Cadence Design Systems (NASDAQ:CDNS) last issued its earnings results on Monday, April 27th. The software maker reported $1.96 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.91 by $0.05. Cadence Design Systems had a return on equity of 28.44% and a net margin of 21.18%.The business had revenue of $1.47 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.46 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.57 EPS. Cadence Design Systems’s revenue was up 18.6% on a year-over-year basis. Cadence Design Systems has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.850-7.950 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.020-2.080 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Cadence Design Systems, Inc. will post 6.23 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CDNS has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on Cadence Design Systems from $400.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Citigroup lifted their price target on Cadence Design Systems from $385.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on Cadence Design Systems from $395.00 to $432.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 9th. Robert W. Baird lifted their price target on Cadence Design Systems from $381.00 to $385.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on Cadence Design Systems from $385.00 to $370.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Fourteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Cadence Design Systems presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $386.59.

Cadence Design Systems Company Profile

Cadence Design Systems, Inc (NASDAQ: CDNS) is a global provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software, hardware and intellectual property used to design and verify advanced semiconductor chips, systems-on-chip (SoCs), printed circuit boards (PCBs) and packaging. Headquartered in San Jose, California and founded in 1988, Cadence serves semiconductor companies, original equipment manufacturers and system designers across the globe, helping customers accelerate design cycles and manage the complexity of modern integrated systems.

The company’s offerings span software tools for digital, custom/analog and mixed-signal design, verification and signoff, as well as solutions for system-level modeling, thermal and signal integrity analysis, and PCB and package design.