CDNS Cadence Design Systemsdata gap · 91% coverage
Information Technology · Application Software · close $319.51 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-03-31
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 53/100 (grade C), ranking #41 of 199 in Information Technology. Its strongest pillars are profitability (83) and cash flow (60); its weakest is valuation (20). Data gap: 1 factor without usable data, so 91% of the method weight is covered. TTM revenue growth is 13.4% and operating margin 28.3%.
Data as of .
Data gap
No usable data for: 4Q gross-margin change. Data gap: no usable data for this factor, so it is left out and its weight is shared among the factors that do have data (no value is imputed). 91% of the full method weight is backed by data.
Analyst sentiment
weight 7.5% · 50| Consensus score (1–5) (3.8%) | derived | 87 |
| 90-day net rating shift (3.8%) | derived | 38 |
Growth
weight 30.83% · 45| Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 13.4% | 37 |
| EPS growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 8.9% | 32 |
| Revenue acceleration (6.2%) | 12.5% | 86 |
Profitability
weight 18.5% · 83| Operating margin (18.5%) | 28.3% | 83 |
| 4Q gross-margin change (0.0%)data gap | — | — |
Balance sheet
weight 18.5% · 56| Net debt / EBITDA (9.9%) | -0.62× | 66 |
| Current ratio (4.9%) | 1.47 | 32 |
| Interest coverage (3.7%) | 13.40× | 60 |
Cash flow
weight 12.33% · 60| FCF margin (6.2%) | 30.0% | 82 |
| FCF yield (6.2%) | 1.8% | 39 |
Valuation
weight 12.33% · 20| P/E (inverted) (6.2%) | 74.48× | 22 |
| EV/Sales (inverted) (6.2%) | 15.74× | 17 |
Technicals (EOD)
| RSI(14) | 44.1 |
| EMA 9 / 21 | 333.93 / 330.67 |
| 200-day SMA | 326.99 |
| Volume vs 20d avg | 1.03× |
| 20-day return | 13.8% |
Exit-rule monitor
- EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
- WATCHTrend: close below 200-day average
Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestExpense · D&A: DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).
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FAQ
- What is CDNS's House Rating?
- CDNS scores 53 out of 100 (grade C) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #41 of 199 Information Technology stocks we cover.
- What do analysts say about CDNS?
- ThetaGrade's analyst-sentiment pillar for CDNS scores 50/100 against its sector peers, which we read as mixed. This is our own derived score; we do not republish individual analyst ratings, counts or targets.
- When does CDNS report earnings next?
- CDNS's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-10-26 (window 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-29), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
- Is CDNS a buy?
- ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.
Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology