Stock Analysis on Net

Cadence Design Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNS)

Analysis of Liquidity Ratios 
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Liquidity Ratios (Summary)

Cadence Design Systems Inc., liquidity ratios (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Oct 1, 2022 Jul 2, 2022 Apr 2, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Oct 2, 2021 Jul 3, 2021 Apr 3, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 26, 2020 Jun 27, 2020 Mar 28, 2020 Dec 28, 2019 Sep 28, 2019 Jun 29, 2019 Mar 30, 2019
Current ratio 2.45 1.43 1.32 1.24 1.44 1.37 1.44 1.27 1.33 1.59 1.81 1.77 1.70 1.57 1.70 1.86 1.55 1.42 1.38 1.74 1.70 1.60 1.45
Quick ratio 2.00 1.06 0.96 0.94 1.10 1.10 1.19 1.02 1.13 1.36 1.56 1.47 1.48 1.33 1.43 1.59 1.44 1.30 1.22 1.50 1.50 1.43 1.27
Cash ratio 1.66 0.69 0.69 0.63 0.76 0.73 0.78 0.65 0.82 0.99 1.18 1.12 1.12 0.91 0.94 1.17 1.17 1.03 0.93 1.05 1.06 1.04 0.85

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-03), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-30).

Liquidity ratio Description The company
Current ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. Cadence Design Systems Inc. current ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Quick ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. Cadence Design Systems Inc. quick ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Cash ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. Cadence Design Systems Inc. cash ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 exceeding Q1 2024 level.

Current Ratio

Cadence Design Systems Inc., current ratio calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Oct 1, 2022 Jul 2, 2022 Apr 2, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Oct 2, 2021 Jul 3, 2021 Apr 3, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 26, 2020 Jun 27, 2020 Mar 28, 2020 Dec 28, 2019 Sep 28, 2019 Jun 29, 2019 Mar 30, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Current assets 4,099,923 2,196,388 1,929,932 1,976,217 1,824,463 1,643,050 1,698,544 1,706,767 1,670,483 1,657,620 1,734,897 1,715,769 1,543,013 1,457,067 1,349,729 1,478,587 1,736,482 1,639,783 1,399,507 1,169,343 1,049,949 979,241 917,947
Current liabilities 1,674,994 1,533,722 1,465,743 1,590,867 1,264,167 1,196,300 1,181,381 1,347,696 1,256,994 1,042,491 960,826 971,225 907,196 926,716 792,341 796,808 1,117,889 1,151,887 1,012,429 672,391 618,982 610,183 631,439
Liquidity Ratio
Current ratio1 2.45 1.43 1.32 1.24 1.44 1.37 1.44 1.27 1.33 1.59 1.81 1.77 1.70 1.57 1.70 1.86 1.55 1.42 1.38 1.74 1.70 1.60 1.45
Benchmarks
Current Ratio, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 1.16 1.26 1.33 1.30 1.37 1.29 1.26 1.23 1.27 1.23 1.22 1.25 1.42 1.39 1.45 1.40 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.34 1.35 1.33
Adobe Inc. 1.11 1.16 1.05 1.34 1.25 1.16 1.12 1.11 1.14 1.07 1.04 1.25 1.39 1.31 1.27 1.48 1.44 1.29 1.23 0.79 0.74 0.70 0.97
Autodesk Inc. 0.75 0.73 0.72 0.84 0.73 0.64 0.62 0.69 0.81 0.50 0.48 0.83 0.83 0.84 0.79 0.83 0.60 0.56 0.64 0.70 0.80 0.83 0.92
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 1.74 1.82 1.78 1.73 1.76 1.80 1.83 1.83 1.90 1.98 2.07 2.65 1.91 2.18 2.25 2.38 2.53 2.94 1.03
International Business Machines Corp. 1.06 1.12 1.13 0.96 0.91 1.06 1.16 0.92 0.95 0.88 0.92 0.88 0.84 0.84 0.93 0.98 1.05 1.04 0.96 1.02 1.09 1.83 1.36
Intuit Inc. 1.50 1.17 1.25 1.47 1.51 1.23 1.37 1.39 1.63 1.18 2.10 1.94 1.96 1.53 3.09 2.26 1.79 1.67 1.80 1.83 1.85 1.32 1.41
Microsoft Corp. 1.24 1.22 1.66 1.77 1.91 1.93 1.84 1.78 1.99 2.25 2.16 2.08 2.29 2.58 2.53 2.52 2.90 2.80 2.85 2.53 2.97 3.12 2.92
Oracle Corp. 0.85 0.79 0.87 0.91 0.82 0.65 0.60 1.62 1.52 1.65 2.04 2.30 2.16 2.17 2.66 3.03 2.12 2.37 2.25 2.49 2.65 2.80 3.43
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 0.84 0.83 0.86 0.78 0.74 0.64 0.70 0.77 0.74 0.66 0.68 0.91 1.38 0.98 1.63 1.91 1.29 1.78 1.78 1.78 1.86 1.87 2.10
Salesforce Inc. 1.04 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.05 1.06 1.03 1.05 1.06 0.93 1.33 1.23 1.22 1.15 1.15 1.08 1.05 0.97 0.96 0.95 0.86 0.80 1.29
ServiceNow Inc. 1.13 1.12 1.05 1.06 1.08 1.14 1.17 1.11 1.24 1.12 1.12 1.05 1.13 1.08 1.23 1.21 1.40 1.17 1.03 1.03 1.05 1.10 1.13
Synopsys Inc. 2.02 1.86 1.29 1.15 1.20 1.15 1.11 1.09 1.14 1.25 1.19 1.16 1.18 1.19 1.10 1.19 1.06 0.95 0.95 0.99 0.99 0.95 0.89

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-03), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-30).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Current ratio = Current assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 4,099,923 ÷ 1,674,994 = 2.45

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Liquidity ratio Description The company
Current ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. Cadence Design Systems Inc. current ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Quick Ratio

Cadence Design Systems Inc., quick ratio calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Oct 1, 2022 Jul 2, 2022 Apr 2, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Oct 2, 2021 Jul 3, 2021 Apr 3, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 26, 2020 Jun 27, 2020 Mar 28, 2020 Dec 28, 2019 Sep 28, 2019 Jun 29, 2019 Mar 30, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents 2,786,040 1,058,955 1,012,418 1,008,152 961,982 873,925 916,963 882,325 1,026,051 1,029,544 1,134,752 1,088,940 1,013,819 847,160 742,981 928,432 1,306,564 1,189,186 946,285 705,210 655,216 633,415 538,898
Receivables, net 560,973 564,851 389,865 489,224 426,505 440,915 488,237 486,710 391,181 391,738 361,789 337,596 327,191 389,986 388,666 338,487 300,413 312,758 284,093 304,546 274,914 237,609 264,767
Total quick assets 3,347,013 1,623,806 1,402,283 1,497,376 1,388,487 1,314,840 1,405,200 1,369,035 1,417,232 1,421,282 1,496,541 1,426,536 1,341,010 1,237,146 1,131,647 1,266,919 1,606,977 1,501,944 1,230,378 1,009,756 930,130 871,024 803,665
 
Current liabilities 1,674,994 1,533,722 1,465,743 1,590,867 1,264,167 1,196,300 1,181,381 1,347,696 1,256,994 1,042,491 960,826 971,225 907,196 926,716 792,341 796,808 1,117,889 1,151,887 1,012,429 672,391 618,982 610,183 631,439
Liquidity Ratio
Quick ratio1 2.00 1.06 0.96 0.94 1.10 1.10 1.19 1.02 1.13 1.36 1.56 1.47 1.48 1.33 1.43 1.59 1.44 1.30 1.22 1.50 1.50 1.43 1.27
Benchmarks
Quick Ratio, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 1.03 1.13 1.18 1.18 1.24 1.15 1.12 1.12 1.14 1.10 1.10 1.14 1.31 1.27 1.34 1.29 1.25 1.25 1.28 1.29 1.22 1.23 1.22
Adobe Inc. 0.97 1.02 0.93 1.22 1.12 1.03 1.00 1.00 1.01 0.93 0.89 1.11 1.25 1.18 1.12 1.34 1.28 1.11 1.06 0.70 0.64 0.62 0.86
Autodesk Inc. 0.65 0.64 0.63 0.76 0.64 0.54 0.52 0.62 0.72 0.42 0.40 0.77 0.77 0.77 0.71 0.78 0.54 0.49 0.56 0.62 0.70 0.73 0.81
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 1.59 1.66 1.63 1.58 1.62 1.66 1.68 1.68 1.76 1.81 1.93 2.50 1.76 2.01 2.07 2.18 2.36 2.76 0.87
International Business Machines Corp. 0.88 0.93 0.96 0.80 0.73 0.87 0.97 0.73 0.74 0.66 0.72 0.67 0.64 0.66 0.75 0.83 0.88 0.88 0.80 0.87 0.91 1.68 1.19
Intuit Inc. 1.00 0.55 0.66 1.25 1.29 1.02 1.10 1.17 1.29 0.78 1.71 1.60 1.72 1.20 2.74 2.04 1.54 1.30 1.34 1.44 1.57 0.94 0.89
Microsoft Corp. 1.05 1.02 1.45 1.54 1.66 1.66 1.59 1.57 1.77 2.05 1.96 1.90 2.10 2.36 2.30 2.33 2.73 2.65 2.68 2.35 2.80 2.93 2.72
Oracle Corp. 0.69 0.63 0.73 0.74 0.65 0.50 0.49 1.43 1.34 1.45 1.90 2.15 2.00 2.02 2.50 2.83 1.91 2.16 2.09 2.31 2.45 2.63 3.26
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 0.78 0.78 0.81 0.72 0.66 0.58 0.65 0.73 0.70 0.62 0.64 0.86 1.23 0.88 1.48 1.78 1.16 1.64 1.64 1.65 1.73 1.74 1.98
Salesforce Inc. 0.86 0.86 0.86 0.90 0.89 0.91 0.88 0.93 0.89 0.79 1.19 1.11 1.05 0.98 1.00 0.95 0.87 0.82 0.81 0.82 0.68 0.64 1.13
ServiceNow Inc. 1.05 1.03 0.98 1.00 1.01 1.08 1.11 1.06 1.17 1.06 1.06 1.01 1.07 1.03 1.19 1.16 1.33 1.11 0.98 0.98 0.99 1.04 1.06
Synopsys Inc. 1.10 0.99 0.88 0.85 0.92 0.90 0.86 0.85 0.87 0.99 0.93 0.89 0.90 0.92 0.83 0.94 0.82 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.70 0.67 0.67

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-03), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-30).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Quick ratio = Total quick assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 3,347,013 ÷ 1,674,994 = 2.00

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Liquidity ratio Description The company
Quick ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. Cadence Design Systems Inc. quick ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Cash Ratio

Cadence Design Systems Inc., cash ratio calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Oct 1, 2022 Jul 2, 2022 Apr 2, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Oct 2, 2021 Jul 3, 2021 Apr 3, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 26, 2020 Jun 27, 2020 Mar 28, 2020 Dec 28, 2019 Sep 28, 2019 Jun 29, 2019 Mar 30, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents 2,786,040 1,058,955 1,012,418 1,008,152 961,982 873,925 916,963 882,325 1,026,051 1,029,544 1,134,752 1,088,940 1,013,819 847,160 742,981 928,432 1,306,564 1,189,186 946,285 705,210 655,216 633,415 538,898
Total cash assets 2,786,040 1,058,955 1,012,418 1,008,152 961,982 873,925 916,963 882,325 1,026,051 1,029,544 1,134,752 1,088,940 1,013,819 847,160 742,981 928,432 1,306,564 1,189,186 946,285 705,210 655,216 633,415 538,898
 
Current liabilities 1,674,994 1,533,722 1,465,743 1,590,867 1,264,167 1,196,300 1,181,381 1,347,696 1,256,994 1,042,491 960,826 971,225 907,196 926,716 792,341 796,808 1,117,889 1,151,887 1,012,429 672,391 618,982 610,183 631,439
Liquidity Ratio
Cash ratio1 1.66 0.69 0.69 0.63 0.76 0.73 0.78 0.65 0.82 0.99 1.18 1.12 1.12 0.91 0.94 1.17 1.17 1.03 0.93 1.05 1.06 1.04 0.85
Benchmarks
Cash Ratio, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 0.30 0.32 0.41 0.50 0.50 0.38 0.36 0.45 0.41 0.35 0.37 0.52 0.67 0.65 0.68 0.67 0.54 0.49 0.52 0.55 0.45 0.44 0.43
Adobe Inc. 0.78 0.85 0.72 0.95 0.90 0.82 0.76 0.75 0.77 0.72 0.65 0.84 1.00 0.94 0.85 1.09 1.03 0.84 0.80 0.51 0.47 0.45 0.61
Autodesk Inc. 0.50 0.53 0.54 0.52 0.47 0.42 0.42 0.44 0.55 0.30 0.29 0.57 0.57 0.58 0.57 0.57 0.36 0.37 0.44 0.41 0.54 0.61 0.70
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. 1.35 1.42 1.41 1.28 1.36 1.41 1.44 1.42 1.54 1.57 1.71 2.22 1.51 1.76 1.81 1.85 2.01 2.42 0.58
International Business Machines Corp. 0.48 0.54 0.60 0.39 0.36 0.50 0.57 0.28 0.32 0.24 0.32 0.22 0.23 0.22 0.31 0.36 0.41 0.37 0.30 0.24 0.31 1.10 0.47
Intuit Inc. 0.76 0.24 0.45 0.97 0.97 0.54 0.82 0.90 1.09 0.48 1.52 1.46 1.52 1.02 2.69 2.00 1.46 1.03 1.28 1.39 1.46 0.67 0.84
Microsoft Corp. 0.68 0.67 1.15 1.07 1.22 1.22 1.23 1.10 1.35 1.62 1.62 1.47 1.74 1.96 1.97 1.89 2.34 2.25 2.35 1.93 2.44 2.54 2.41
Oracle Corp. 0.40 0.36 0.48 0.44 0.38 0.27 0.32 1.12 1.12 1.21 1.70 1.93 1.77 1.81 2.26 2.50 1.64 1.88 1.89 2.03 2.23 2.43 3.07
Palo Alto Networks Inc. 0.41 0.43 0.52 0.31 0.46 0.39 0.46 0.44 0.50 0.45 0.48 0.57 0.98 0.72 1.22 1.39 0.87 1.40 1.39 1.37 1.52 1.51 1.76
Salesforce Inc. 0.61 0.60 0.65 0.48 0.65 0.67 0.68 0.48 0.62 0.55 0.98 0.67 0.78 0.72 0.76 0.54 0.62 0.59 0.61 0.39 0.43 0.40 0.91
ServiceNow Inc. 0.78 0.75 0.73 0.66 0.73 0.82 0.85 0.71 0.89 0.81 0.83 0.67 0.80 0.76 0.94 0.83 1.04 0.82 0.68 0.61 0.67 0.74 0.79
Synopsys Inc. 0.79 0.66 0.48 0.53 0.67 0.62 0.48 0.56 0.60 0.70 0.51 0.65 0.66 0.65 0.47 0.58 0.51 0.42 0.34 0.42 0.42 0.36 0.29

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-03), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-30).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Cash ratio = Total cash assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 2,786,040 ÷ 1,674,994 = 1.66

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Liquidity ratio Description The company
Cash ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. Cadence Design Systems Inc. cash ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 exceeding Q1 2024 level.