Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) is a Software - Application company in the Technology sector, currently trading at $292.37. It has a SharesGrow Score of 78/100, indicating a strong investment profile with 6 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of CDNS = $198.87 (-32% from the current price, the stock appears overvalued). Analyst consensus target is CDNS = $375 (+28.2% upside).
Valuation: CDNS trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 69.5 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 4.6.
Financials: revenue is $5.3B, +14.1%/yr average growth. Net income is $1.1B, growing at +9.7%/yr. Net profit margin is 20.9% (strong). Gross margin is 86.4% (-3.2 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $2.5B against $5.5B equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 0.45, conservative). Current ratio is 2.86 (strong liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 24.4%. Total assets: $10.2B.
Analyst outlook: 25 / 30 analysts rate CDNS as buy (83%) — strong consensus.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 27/100 (Fail), Growth 73/100 (Pass), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 100/100 (Pass), Moat 71/100 (Pass), Future 88/100 (Pass), Income 85/100 (Pass).
