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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. develops computational, AI-driven software, hardware, and silicon intellectual property products and solutions. The company offers functional verification services, such as Jasper, a formal verification platform; Xcelium, a parallel logic simulation platform; Verisium, a generative AI solution; Palladium, an enterprise emulation platform; and Protium, a prototyping platform for chip verification, as well as digital IC design and sign off products, including In novus platform; and custom IC design and simulation product include Virtuoso, a platform to design and verify analog. It also provides Xcelium logic simulator and other front-end verification and virtual prototyping technologies; controllers and physical interfaces; PCI Express, universal accelerator and compute express links, and multiple memory interfaces; and Ten Silica, a digital signal processor. In addition, the company's design IP portfolio includes serializer/deserializer, peripheral component interconnect, USB, and other standard protocols; and Secure-IC, a solution for embedded security IP. Additionally, it provides System Design and Analysis (SD&A) platform, a solution that enables end-to-end system-level design and verification across chips, packages, PCBs, and electronic systems; Allegro X and Orca X platforms for PCB and advanced packaging; Sigrity X for signal and power integrity; AIR for RF design; Fidelity for computational fluid dynamics; Celsius for thermal and airflow analysis; Clarity 3D solver for electromagnetic and power electronics analysis and simulation; Integrity 3D-IC solution for 3D-IC and multi-chiplet designs; the Optimality Intelligent System Explorer, Reality digital twin, and Millennium enterprise multiphasic platforms; Allegro system design platform; and molecular modeling and simulation solutions and services. The company has a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
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Trading at $350, 100% above fair value of $175. Strong competitive moat. 21% profit margins. Passes all ethical screens. Ranks better than 59% of screened stocks.
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| Date | Insider | Title | Type | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | SCANNELL PAUL | Officer | 1,071 | $369,559 | |
| 2026-05-18 | SCANNELL PAUL | Officer | 1,071 | $369,559 | |
| 2026-05-07 | PLUMMER JAMES D | Director | 779 | — | |
| 2026-05-07 | ADAMS MARK W | Director | 779 | — | |
| 2026-05-07 | LIUSON JULIA | Director | 714 | — | |
| 2026-05-07 | VAN DEN HOVE LUC | Director | 714 | — | |
| 2026-05-07 | GAVRIELOV MOSHE NACHUM | Director | 714 | — | |
| 2026-05-07 | PLUMMER JAMES D | Director | 714 | — | |
| 2026-05-07 | BRENNAN ITA M | Director | 714 | — | |
| 2026-05-07 | KRAKAUER MARY LOUISE | Director | 714 | — |
Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-15