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Cadence Design Systems (Cadence Design Systems) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 64.24 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-18), Cadence Design Systems's share price is $293.62. Cadence Design Systems's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.57. Hence, Cadence Design Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 64.24.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cadence Design Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

CDNS' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.41   Med: 25.52   Max: 70.61
Current: 64.23

During the past 13 years, Cadence Design Systems's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 70.61. The lowest was 12.41. And the median was 25.52.

CDNS's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
81.86% of 1466 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 23.355 vs CDNS: 64.23

Cadence Design Systems's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.87. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $4.57.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Cadence Design Systems was 12.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 16.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 19.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 18.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, Cadence Design Systems's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 267.20% per year. The lowest was -39.80% per year. And the median was 17.05% per year.


Cadence Design Systems Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cadence Design Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* Premium members only.

Cadence Design Systems Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 29.70 47.09 50.26 39.53 59.59

Cadence Design Systems Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 39.53 55.36 56.57 51.76 59.59

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Cadence Design Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Cadence Design Systems Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Cadence Design Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cadence Design Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Cadence Design Systems Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Cadence Design Systems's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=293.62/4.571
=64.24

Cadence Design Systems's Share Price of today is $293.62.
Cadence Design Systems's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $4.57.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Cadence Design Systems  (NAS:CDNS) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Cadence Design Systems (Cadence Design Systems) Business Description

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Address
2655 Seely Avenue, Building 5, San Jose, CA, USA, 95134
Cadence Design Systems is a provider of electronic design automation software, intellectual property, and system design and analysis products. EDA software automates 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 enable system-level analysis and verification solutions. Cadence's comprehensive portfolio is benefiting from a mutual convergence of semiconductor companies moving up-stack toward systems-like companies, and systems companies moving down-stack toward in-house semiconductor design. The resulting expansion in EDA customers, alongside secular digitalization of various end markets, benefits EDA vendors like Cadence.
Executives
John M Wall officer: Sr. VP & CFO 2655 SEELY AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Vincentelli Alberto Sangiovanni director
Karna Nisewaner officer: Corporate VP, General Counsel 2655 SEELY AVENUE, BUILDING 5, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Paul Cunningham officer: Sr. Vice President 2655 SEELY AVENUE, BUILDING 5, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Aneel Zaman officer: Sr. Vice President 2655 SEELY AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Anirudh Devgan officer: Sr. Vice President of R&D 2655 SEELY AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Chin-chi Teng officer: Sr. Vice President 2655 SEELY AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Mark Adams director 834 TERRACE DRIVE, LOS ALTOS CA 94024
James D Plummer director 233 KANSAS STREET, EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
Thomas P Beckley officer: Sr. Vice President of R&D 2655 SEELY AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Lip Bu Tan director ONE CALIFORNIA STREET 28TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Young Sohn director 1390 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
John B Shoven director
Mary L Krakauer director 176 SOUTH STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748
Surendra Babu Mandava officer: Sr. Vice President 47211 LAKEVIEW BLVD, FREMONT CA 94538