Stock Analysis on Net

Cadence Design Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNS)

This company has been moved to the archive! The financial data has not been updated since July 24, 2023.

Analysis of Bad Debts

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Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable (bad debts) is a contra account which reduce the balance of the company gross accounts receivable. The relationship between the allowance and the balance in receivables should be relatively constant unless there is a change in the economy overall or a change in customer base.


Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable

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Dec 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Dec 28, 2019 Dec 29, 2018
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Allowance for doubtful accounts 2,290 3,692 2,867 869 3,936
Receivables, gross 491,735 346,386 345,009 308,497 306,990
Financial Ratio
Allowance as a percentage of receivables, gross1 0.47% 1.07% 0.83% 0.28% 1.28%

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-29).

1 2022 Calculation
Allowance as a percentage of receivables, gross = 100 × Allowance for doubtful accounts ÷ Receivables, gross
= 100 × 2,290 ÷ 491,735 = 0.47%

Financial ratio Description The company
Allowance as a percentage of receivables, gross Allowance for doubtful accounts divided by the gross accounts receivable. Cadence Design Systems Inc. allowance as a percentage of receivables, gross increased from 2020 to 2021 but then decreased significantly from 2021 to 2022.