$20,000 of CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC. lobbying was just disclosed, from Q3 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"H.R.3838, Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 and S. 2296, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026; H.R.4016 and S. 2572, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Digital engineering tools and services for combat systems"
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
CDNS Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $CDNS stock 3 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 3 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $CDNS stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE VAL T. HOYLE sold up to $15,000 on 09/23.
- REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. sold up to $15,000 on 08/05.
- REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON SHREVE sold up to $100,000 on 05/12.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
CDNS Insider Trading Activity
CDNS insiders have traded $CDNS stock on the open market 53 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 53 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $CDNS stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- CHIN-CHI TENG (Sr. Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 19 sales selling 26,390 shares for an estimated $8,461,847.
- ANIRUDH DEVGAN (President and CEO) sold 10,737 shares for an estimated $3,328,470
- JOHN M WALL (Sr. VP & CFO) has made 0 purchases and 6 sales selling 7,500 shares for an estimated $2,618,670.
- PAUL CUNNINGHAM (Sr. Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 7 sales selling 6,300 shares for an estimated $2,042,120.
- PAUL SCANNELL (Sr. Vice President) sold 4,710 shares for an estimated $1,413,000
- JAMES D PLUMMER sold 868 shares for an estimated $277,715
- ITA M BRENNAN has made 0 purchases and 18 sales selling 540 shares for an estimated $164,432.
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
CDNS Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 693 institutional investors add shares of CDNS stock to their portfolio, and 550 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- BLACKROCK, INC. removed 1,423,431 shares (-4.5%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $438,630,262
- NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB removed 1,419,297 shares (-44.2%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $437,356,370
- CITADEL ADVISORS LLC removed 1,250,696 shares (-86.1%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $385,401,972
- LONE PINE CAPITAL LLC removed 1,218,389 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $375,446,570
- CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS removed 905,631 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $279,070,192
- APG ASSET MANAGEMENT N.V. added 632,069 shares (+72.6%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $194,772,062
- VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC added 622,934 shares (+914.2%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $218,811,796
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 9 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Wells Fargo issued a "Overweight" rating on 07/29/2025
- JP Morgan issued a "Overweight" rating on 07/29/2025
- Stifel issued a "Buy" rating on 07/29/2025
- Keybanc issued a "Overweight" rating on 07/29/2025
- Needham issued a "Buy" rating on 07/29/2025
- Mizuho issued a "Outperform" rating on 07/29/2025
- Loop Capital issued a "Buy" rating on 07/29/2025
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 12 analysts offer price targets for $CDNS in the last 6 months, with a median target of $385.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Clarke Jeffries from Piper Sandler set a target price of $355.0 on 07/29/2025
- Blair Abernethy from Rosenblatt set a target price of $320.0 on 07/29/2025
- Joe Quatrochi from Wells Fargo set a target price of $405.0 on 07/29/2025
- Harlan Sur from JP Morgan set a target price of $390.0 on 07/29/2025
- Ruben Roy from Stifel set a target price of $395.0 on 07/29/2025
- Jason Celino from Keybanc set a target price of $405.0 on 07/29/2025
- Charles Shi from Needham set a target price of $390.0 on 07/29/2025
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