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CDNS CADENCE DESIGN SYS INC

2026Q2 · CUSIP 127387108 · EDA & IP · Sector: Technology

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
1,465
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+66
Last quarter 1,399 → now 1,465
How unusual is that
Top 5%
Stronger buying than 97% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

1,465 funds held CDNS at the end of 2026Q2, up 66 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 96.5% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. On the business itself, revenue over the last 12 months was $5.5B(YoY +13.4%), the P/E is 71.5x, return on equity is 17.8%. CDNS has had 30 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +15.0% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Technology sector, tagged EDA & IP.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=264 2013Q4: holders=267 2014Q1: holders=270 2014Q2: holders=263 2014Q3: holders=270 2014Q4: holders=271 2015Q1: holders=278 2015Q2: holders=273 2015Q3: holders=282 2015Q4: holders=307 2016Q1: holders=314 2016Q2: holders=350 2016Q3: holders=331 2016Q4: holders=353 2017Q1: holders=381 2017Q2: holders=368 2017Q3: holders=389 2017Q4: holders=446 2018Q1: holders=435 2018Q2: holders=415 2018Q3: holders=441 2018Q4: holders=474 2019Q1: holders=516 2019Q2: holders=543 2019Q3: holders=543 2019Q4: holders=575 2020Q1: holders=526 2020Q2: holders=594 2020Q3: holders=642 2020Q4: holders=698 2021Q1: holders=704 2021Q2: holders=703 2021Q3: holders=719 2021Q4: holders=821 2022Q1: holders=796 2022Q2: holders=792 2022Q3: holders=822 2022Q4: holders=885 2023Q1: holders=953 2023Q2: holders=1028 2023Q3: holders=1039 2023Q4: holders=1181 2024Q1: holders=1252 2024Q2: holders=1269 2024Q3: holders=1202 2024Q4: holders=1278 2025Q1: holders=1226 2025Q2: holders=1331 2025Q3: holders=1385 2025Q4: holders=1438 2026Q1: holders=1399 2026Q2: holders=1465 -142 -71 +0 +71 +142 2368881539 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 30 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 5%
2025Q4 Top 10% +18.3%
2025Q3 Top 5% -4.7% +12.7%
2025Q2 Top 5% -11.6% -14.4%
2024Q4 Top 10% +8.9% +20.7%
2024Q2 Top 20% +7.8% -2.5%
2024Q1 Top 5% -2.4% +0.3%
2023Q4 Top 5% -0.5% -2.9%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
362
Change in large funds
+29
Total value they hold
$95.0B
Funds buying for the first time
212
Funds that sold out entirely
146
Price change that quarter
-11.4%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
30
Funds holding calls (bullish)
38

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

Fundamentals

PE (TTM)
71.5
EPS (TTM)
$4.29
EPS YoY
+8.9%
Revenue (TTM)
$5.5B
Revenue YoY
+13.4%
Net margin
21.2%
ROE
17.8%
Debt ratio
45.8%
FCF (TTM)
$1.4B
Dividend (TTM)
No dividend
Quarterly Revenue & EPS
2022-07-02: EPS 0.68 2022-10-01: EPS 0.68 2022-12-31: EPS 0.88 2023-03-31: EPS 0.89 2023-06-30: EPS 0.81 2023-09-30: EPS 0.93 2023-12-31: EPS 1.19 2024-03-31: EPS 0.91 2024-06-30: EPS 0.84 2024-09-30: EPS 0.87 2024-12-31: EPS 1.23 2025-03-31: EPS 1.00 2025-06-30: EPS 0.59 2025-09-30: EPS 1.05 2025-12-31: EPS 1.42 2026-03-31: EPS 1.23 0B 0.7B 1.5B $B 0.00 0.78 1.56 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Revenue EPS

Quarterly figures, revenue up to 10 years back; EPS split-adjusted, early quarters hidden when not calibrable

P/E (TTM) over time
4Y median 76 59 79 100 2023202420252026

P/E = close around day 47 after quarter-end ÷ TTM EPS then; this is a consistent valuation date, not the company’s actual filing date; loss quarters hidden

Quarterly free cash flow
0K256M512M 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Latest quarter $307M (2026-03-31)

FCF = operating cash flow − capex, computed from SEC XBRL; banks/insurers have no standard cash-flow structure and are hidden

As of 2026-03-31 · SEC filings (XBRL)

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