CDNS's Quality Score fell 3 points on Tue, Nov 10, to 10. Buying slipped from its highest in 20 days (3 chart checks stopped).
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Up 7% from Nov 5 to Nov 10.
| The company | Profit up 30% to $1.4B |
| Latest filing | 10-Q, Oct 28 |
After its last 4 reports it closed +3.1% on average, higher 3 of 4 times.
Averagefor quality, not price, 3 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
CDNS is #71 of 268 by Quality Score.
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Share count against a year before: CDNS +1%, SNPS +20%, SSNC -3.8%, FROG +5.5%.
Expected to report Thu Feb 18, after the close (in 100 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $1.6B, 22% more than a year ago; a profit of $1.05 a share, from $1.05.
“Q3 revenue grew 22% year-over-year, with strong double-digit growth across all product categories, driven by growing momentum from AI-driven designs,”
| Line | Q3 2026 | Q3 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Product and maintenance | $1.5B | $1.2B |
Each quarter's sales and their share of its total. Figures as filed (SEC filing, Oct 28)
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Revenue growth | about 21% |
Sales grew 15% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Its share count fell 0.5% a year over 5 years.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | +1.2% | +6.5% | +2.3% |
| Jul 27, 2026 | -1.0% | +1.8% | -0.7% |
| Apr 27, 2026 | -2.0% | -3.3% | +3.9% |
Sales grew every year from 2018 to 2025, to $5.3B. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
RSI 51.8, MACD below signal, above both averages. Not scored.
20 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: CDNS is 2.6% of SMH, 1.1% of JEPI, and 0.6% of XLK, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by their holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026.
Cadence Design Systems is a provider of electronic design automation software, intellectual property, and system design and analysis products. EDA software automates and aids in the chip design process, enhancing design accuracy, productivity, and complexity in a full-flow end-to-end solution. Cadence offers a portfolio of design IP, as well as system design and analysis products, which enables system-level analysis and verification solutions.
“We operate in a highly competitive market, facing both domestic and international competition.”
CDNS scores 10 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #71 of 268 in Software by Quality Score, with 3 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 7% from Nov 5 to Nov 10. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
CDNS scores 10 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #71 of 268 in Software by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind CDNS's 10.
Expected to report Thu Feb 18, after the close, a date Breakaway expects from the company's usual timing; the company has not confirmed it. CDNS closed higher after 3 of its last 4 reports. Past behavior, not a forecast.
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