$20,000 of CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC lobbying was just disclosed, from Q1 of 2026, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"None"
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
CDNS Insider Trading Activity
CDNS insiders have traded $CDNS stock on the open market 38 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 38 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $CDNS stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- JOHN M WALL (Sr. VP & CFO) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 27,805 shares for an estimated $8,857,772.
- ANIRUDH DEVGAN (President and CEO) has made 0 purchases and 7 sales selling 25,550 shares for an estimated $8,619,279.
- CHIN-CHI TENG (Sr. Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 18,096 shares for an estimated $5,914,007.
- PAUL SCANNELL (Sr. Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 5,490 shares for an estimated $1,863,494.
- PAUL CUNNINGHAM (Sr. Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 5 sales selling 5,000 shares for an estimated $1,561,470.
- ITA M BRENNAN has made 0 purchases and 15 sales selling 360 shares for an estimated $113,851.
- MOSHE GAVRIELOV has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 25 shares for an estimated $7,898.
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
CDNS Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 679 institutional investors add shares of CDNS stock to their portfolio, and 635 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC removed 11,429,245 shares (-75.5%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $3,572,553,402
- J. STERN & CO. LLP added 2,924,470 shares (+10159.3%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $914,130,832
- BLACKROCK, INC. removed 2,686,173 shares (-9.3%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $839,643,956
- WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP added 1,751,290 shares (+218.4%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $547,418,228
- JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC removed 1,016,098 shares (-11.6%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $317,611,912
- FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC removed 860,775 shares (-21.8%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $269,061,049
- BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT HOLDING S.A. added 760,556 shares (+240.8%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $237,734,594
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
CDNS Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $CDNS in the last several months. We have seen 6 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 1 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Morgan Stanley issued a "Overweight" rating on 02/18/2026
- Needham issued a "Buy" rating on 02/18/2026
- Citigroup issued a "Buy" rating on 11/24/2025
- Baird issued a "Outperform" rating on 10/28/2025
- JP Morgan issued a "Overweight" rating on 10/28/2025
- Oppenheimer issued a "Underperform" rating on 10/28/2025
- Wells Fargo issued a "Overweight" rating on 10/28/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for CDNS, check out Quiver Quantitative's $CDNS forecast page.
CDNS Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $CDNS recently. We have seen 9 analysts offer price targets for $CDNS in the last 6 months, with a median target of $375.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Blair Abernethy from Rosenblatt set a target price of $360.0 on 02/26/2026
- Clarke Jeffries from Piper Sandler set a target price of $319.0 on 02/18/2026
- Lee Simpson from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $370.0 on 02/18/2026
- Charles Shi from Needham set a target price of $390.0 on 02/18/2026
- Joe Quatrochi from Wells Fargo set a target price of $375.0 on 02/18/2026
- Kelsey Chia from Citigroup set a target price of $385.0 on 11/24/2025
- Joe Vruwink from Baird set a target price of $418.0 on 10/28/2025
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