Analysis of Short-term (Operating) Activity Ratios
Quarterly Data
Activity ratios measure how efficiently a company performs day-to-day tasks, such us the collection of receivables and management of inventory.
Short-term Activity Ratios (Summary)
Cadence Design Systems Inc., short-term (operating) activity ratios (quarterly data)
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).
| Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Inventory turnover | An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by inventory. | Cadence Design Systems Inc. inventory turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024. |
| Receivables turnover | An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. | Cadence Design Systems Inc. receivables turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024. |
| Working capital turnover | An activity ratio calculated as revenue divided by working capital. | Cadence Design Systems Inc. working capital turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024. |
| Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Average inventory processing period | An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by inventory turnover over the period. | Cadence Design Systems Inc. number of days of inventory outstanding improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024. |
| Average receivable collection period | An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by receivables turnover. | Cadence Design Systems Inc. number of days of receivables outstanding deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024. |
| Operating cycle | Equal to average inventory processing period plus average receivables collection period. | Cadence Design Systems Inc. operating cycle improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024. |
Inventory Turnover
Cadence Design Systems Inc., inventory turnover calculation (quarterly data)
| 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 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | 163,044) | 139,270) | 125,197) | 104,130) | 109,581) | 96,858) | 124,472) | 93,515) | 87,600) | 92,665) | 97,843) | 69,693) | 76,587) | 76,759) | 83,967) | 73,536) | 82,284) | 75,215) | 74,463) | 73,328) | 60,975) | 61,469) | 70,585) | |||||||
| Inventories | 293,350) | 171,508) | 185,784) | 181,661) | 163,693) | 139,576) | 127,566) | 128,005) | 114,283) | 106,372) | 110,213) | 115,721) | 101,575) | 90,479) | 76,592) | 75,956) | 47,979) | 43,924) | 60,575) | 55,802) | 66,745) | 49,299) | 37,480) | |||||||
| Short-term Activity Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inventory turnover1 | 1.81 | 2.79 | 2.35 | 2.39 | 2.59 | 2.88 | 3.12 | 2.90 | 3.04 | 3.17 | 2.91 | 2.65 | 3.06 | 3.50 | 4.11 | 4.02 | 6.36 | 6.47 | 4.46 | 4.77 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inventory Turnover, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | 19.90 | 22.19 | 22.72 | 23.74 | 19.66 | 18.29 | 17.30 | 17.94 | 15.59 | 16.30 | 14.96 | 15.68 | 15.08 | 17.43 | 18.90 | 20.69 | 19.95 | 21.10 | 22.49 | 25.11 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 54.62 | 42.63 | 22.24 | 26.35 | 22.77 | 21.81 | 15.10 | 16.74 | 18.27 | 19.09 | 16.09 | 19.81 | 22.53 | 25.21 | 17.25 | 24.32 | 26.86 | 23.78 | 16.56 | 20.80 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | 3.24 | 3.36 | 3.31 | 3.75 | 4.15 | 4.43 | 4.94 | 5.02 | 4.62 | 4.45 | 4.28 | 3.76 | 3.53 | 3.65 | 3.51 | 4.13 | 4.71 | 4.49 | 5.09 | 5.32 | 4.90 | 4.57 | 5.44 | |||||||
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
Inventory turnover
= (Cost of revenueQ3 2024
+ Cost of revenueQ2 2024
+ Cost of revenueQ1 2024
+ Cost of revenueQ4 2023)
÷ Inventories
= (163,044 + 139,270 + 125,197 + 104,130)
÷ 293,350 = 1.81
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Inventory turnover | An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by inventory. | Cadence Design Systems Inc. inventory turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024. |
Receivables Turnover
Cadence Design Systems Inc., receivables turnover calculation (quarterly data)
| 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 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue | 1,215,499) | 1,060,681) | 1,009,103) | 1,068,623) | 1,023,094) | 976,579) | 1,021,690) | 899,877) | 902,554) | 857,521) | 901,766) | 773,036) | 750,895) | 728,285) | 736,028) | 759,909) | 666,607) | 638,418) | 617,957) | 599,555) | 579,603) | 580,419) | 576,742) | |||||||
| 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) | |||||||
| Short-term Activity Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Receivables turnover1 | 7.76 | 7.37 | 10.46 | 8.36 | 9.19 | 8.62 | 7.54 | 7.32 | 8.78 | 8.38 | 8.72 | 8.85 | 9.09 | 7.41 | 7.21 | 7.93 | 8.40 | 7.79 | 8.37 | 7.67 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Receivables Turnover, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adobe Inc. | 11.62 | 12.67 | 9.69 | 8.73 | 10.20 | 10.94 | 9.99 | 8.53 | 9.98 | 10.51 | 9.58 | 8.41 | 9.77 | 9.74 | 9.00 | 9.20 | 9.44 | 8.82 | 8.40 | 7.28 | 7.76 | 7.94 | 7.12 | |||||||
| Autodesk Inc. | 9.23 | 12.97 | 15.42 | 5.21 | 7.63 | 10.93 | 11.89 | 6.13 | 7.26 | 11.29 | 11.94 | 5.89 | 6.76 | 7.22 | 9.61 | 5.02 | 5.98 | 8.44 | 10.24 | 5.42 | — | — | — | |||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 5.07 | 4.90 | 5.30 | 3.58 | 4.19 | 4.38 | 4.43 | 3.94 | 4.54 | 4.27 | 4.73 | 3.66 | 4.41 | 4.38 | 3.91 | 2.92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | 11.61 | 10.81 | 10.27 | 8.57 | 11.48 | 10.67 | 10.52 | 9.25 | 10.95 | 10.17 | 9.79 | 8.49 | 9.23 | 9.57 | 10.72 | 10.32 | 12.30 | 11.54 | 11.05 | 9.80 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Intuit Inc. | 20.02 | 16.27 | 39.65 | 35.48 | 19.62 | 15.15 | 34.68 | 28.53 | 17.44 | 12.84 | 25.10 | 24.64 | 16.04 | 16.60 | 79.16 | 51.54 | 31.31 | 11.82 | 66.66 | 77.98 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 5.37 | 5.31 | 5.91 | 4.35 | 5.55 | 5.70 | 6.49 | 4.48 | 5.90 | 5.52 | 6.44 | 4.42 | 6.08 | 5.61 | 6.44 | 4.47 | 6.11 | 5.71 | 6.80 | 4.26 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Oracle Corp. | 7.20 | 7.59 | 7.82 | 7.22 | 7.72 | 7.43 | 7.44 | 7.13 | 9.12 | 9.28 | 9.11 | 7.48 | 8.56 | 8.91 | 8.57 | 7.04 | 9.55 | 9.77 | 10.35 | 7.69 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 4.54 | 3.97 | 5.10 | 2.80 | 4.50 | 4.82 | 4.70 | 2.57 | 4.17 | 5.10 | 5.61 | 3.43 | 5.20 | 5.65 | 5.30 | 3.29 | 4.88 | 5.78 | 6.04 | 4.98 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Salesforce Inc. | 7.00 | 6.12 | 6.95 | 2.92 | 7.09 | 6.18 | 7.07 | 2.72 | 6.22 | 5.78 | 7.04 | 2.73 | 6.12 | 5.63 | 5.93 | 2.77 | 6.16 | 6.32 | 6.51 | 2.70 | — | — | — | |||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | 8.00 | 6.56 | 7.26 | 4.41 | 7.26 | 7.33 | 6.87 | 4.20 | 7.71 | 7.74 | 7.59 | 4.24 | 7.13 | 6.62 | 7.49 | 4.48 | 6.69 | 6.26 | 6.04 | 4.14 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | 7.74 | 7.41 | 5.76 | 6.17 | 8.29 | 6.78 | 5.00 | 6.38 | 7.25 | 6.58 | 4.34 | 7.40 | 7.06 | 6.51 | 4.84 | 4.72 | 5.50 | 5.36 | 4.22 | 6.07 | 7.23 | 6.14 | 4.16 | |||||||
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
Receivables turnover
= (RevenueQ3 2024
+ RevenueQ2 2024
+ RevenueQ1 2024
+ RevenueQ4 2023)
÷ Receivables, net
= (1,215,499 + 1,060,681 + 1,009,103 + 1,068,623)
÷ 560,973 = 7.76
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Receivables turnover | An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. | Cadence Design Systems Inc. receivables turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024. |
Working Capital Turnover
Cadence Design Systems Inc., working capital turnover calculation (quarterly data)
| 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) | |||||||
| Less: 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) | |||||||
| Working capital | 2,424,929) | 662,666) | 464,189) | 385,350) | 560,296) | 446,750) | 517,163) | 359,071) | 413,489) | 615,129) | 774,071) | 744,544) | 635,817) | 530,351) | 557,388) | 681,779) | 618,593) | 487,896) | 387,078) | 496,952) | 430,967) | 369,058) | 286,508) | |||||||
| Revenue | 1,215,499) | 1,060,681) | 1,009,103) | 1,068,623) | 1,023,094) | 976,579) | 1,021,690) | 899,877) | 902,554) | 857,521) | 901,766) | 773,036) | 750,895) | 728,285) | 736,028) | 759,909) | 666,607) | 638,418) | 617,957) | 599,555) | 579,603) | 580,419) | 576,742) | |||||||
| Short-term Activity Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Working capital turnover1 | 1.80 | 6.28 | 8.78 | 10.61 | 7.00 | 8.51 | 7.12 | 9.92 | 8.31 | 5.34 | 4.07 | 4.01 | 4.68 | 5.45 | 5.03 | 3.94 | 4.08 | 4.99 | 6.14 | 4.70 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Working Capital Turnover, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accenture PLC | 22.48 | 15.40 | 11.18 | 11.93 | 10.11 | 13.40 | 14.81 | 15.07 | 13.41 | 15.55 | 15.85 | 12.77 | 7.71 | 8.35 | 7.70 | 8.71 | 10.32 | 10.56 | 9.98 | 9.85 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Adobe Inc. | 19.54 | 13.19 | 42.33 | 6.85 | 9.10 | 14.68 | 19.89 | 20.28 | 16.36 | 31.92 | 57.86 | 9.09 | 6.22 | 7.44 | 8.67 | 4.89 | 5.51 | 8.11 | 9.50 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Autodesk Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 1.65 | 1.45 | 1.50 | 1.46 | 1.47 | 1.38 | 1.32 | 1.25 | 1.15 | 1.02 | 0.95 | 0.61 | 1.19 | 0.92 | 0.81 | 0.71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | 37.03 | 17.08 | 14.55 | — | — | 31.12 | 12.14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40.51 | 49.97 | — | 107.30 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Intuit Inc. | 5.15 | 13.92 | 11.94 | 8.13 | 6.30 | 15.31 | 10.83 | 8.98 | 5.68 | 21.87 | 4.39 | 3.85 | 3.40 | 5.45 | 1.74 | 1.73 | 3.19 | 4.80 | 4.93 | 4.17 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 8.26 | 8.63 | 2.64 | 2.65 | 2.65 | 2.68 | 2.77 | 2.66 | 2.52 | 1.91 | 1.88 | 1.76 | 1.71 | 1.44 | 1.37 | 1.30 | 1.24 | 1.25 | 1.20 | 1.19 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Oracle Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.50 | 3.86 | 3.39 | 1.70 | 1.29 | 1.69 | 1.58 | 1.26 | 1.12 | 2.25 | 1.98 | 1.68 | 1.42 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palo Alto Networks Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.52 | — | 2.15 | 1.40 | 4.81 | 1.80 | 1.89 | 1.80 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Salesforce Inc. | 42.02 | 99.31 | 90.67 | 62.21 | 30.85 | 25.15 | 54.57 | 24.95 | 27.10 | — | 4.36 | 5.11 | 7.48 | 10.29 | 9.75 | 15.29 | 28.71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | 11.50 | 11.73 | 27.96 | 21.77 | 19.04 | 9.59 | 7.83 | 11.16 | 6.63 | 11.21 | 10.61 | 21.76 | 11.15 | 16.31 | 5.62 | 5.76 | 3.73 | 8.10 | 43.84 | 46.69 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | 2.40 | 2.89 | 8.03 | 13.12 | 10.27 | 12.83 | 17.05 | 21.34 | 14.02 | 7.78 | 9.47 | 10.65 | 9.50 | 9.18 | 16.88 | 9.00 | 27.06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
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
Working capital turnover
= (RevenueQ3 2024
+ RevenueQ2 2024
+ RevenueQ1 2024
+ RevenueQ4 2023)
÷ Working capital
= (1,215,499 + 1,060,681 + 1,009,103 + 1,068,623)
÷ 2,424,929 = 1.80
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Working capital turnover | An activity ratio calculated as revenue divided by working capital. | Cadence Design Systems Inc. working capital turnover ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024. |
Average Inventory Processing Period
Cadence Design Systems Inc., average inventory processing period calculation (quarterly data)
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inventory turnover | 1.81 | 2.79 | 2.35 | 2.39 | 2.59 | 2.88 | 3.12 | 2.90 | 3.04 | 3.17 | 2.91 | 2.65 | 3.06 | 3.50 | 4.11 | 4.02 | 6.36 | 6.47 | 4.46 | 4.77 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Average inventory processing period1 | 201 | 131 | 156 | 152 | 141 | 127 | 117 | 126 | 120 | 115 | 125 | 138 | 119 | 104 | 89 | 91 | 57 | 56 | 82 | 76 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Benchmarks (no. days) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Average Inventory Processing Period, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 7 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 18 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | 112 | 109 | 110 | 97 | 88 | 82 | 74 | 73 | 79 | 82 | 85 | 97 | 103 | 100 | 104 | 88 | 77 | 81 | 72 | 69 | 74 | 80 | 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
Average inventory processing period = 365 ÷ Inventory turnover
= 365 ÷ 1.81 = 201
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Average inventory processing period | An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by inventory turnover over the period. | Cadence Design Systems Inc. number of days of inventory outstanding improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024. |
Average Receivable Collection Period
Cadence Design Systems Inc., average receivable collection period calculation (quarterly data)
| 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 | ||||||||
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| Receivables turnover | 7.76 | 7.37 | 10.46 | 8.36 | 9.19 | 8.62 | 7.54 | 7.32 | 8.78 | 8.38 | 8.72 | 8.85 | 9.09 | 7.41 | 7.21 | 7.93 | 8.40 | 7.79 | 8.37 | 7.67 | — | — | — | |||||||
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| Average receivable collection period1 | 47 | 50 | 35 | 44 | 40 | 42 | 48 | 50 | 42 | 44 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 49 | 51 | 46 | 43 | 47 | 44 | 48 | — | — | — | |||||||
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| Average Receivable Collection Period, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adobe Inc. | 31 | 29 | 38 | 42 | 36 | 33 | 37 | 43 | 37 | 35 | 38 | 43 | 37 | 37 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 41 | 43 | 50 | 47 | 46 | 51 | |||||||
| Autodesk Inc. | 40 | 28 | 24 | 70 | 48 | 33 | 31 | 60 | 50 | 32 | 31 | 62 | 54 | 51 | 38 | 73 | 61 | 43 | 36 | 67 | — | — | — | |||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 72 | 75 | 69 | 102 | 87 | 83 | 82 | 93 | 80 | 85 | 77 | 100 | 83 | 83 | 93 | 125 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | 31 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 39 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 43 | 40 | 38 | 34 | 35 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 37 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Intuit Inc. | 18 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 68 | 69 | 62 | 84 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 81 | 62 | 66 | 57 | 83 | 60 | 65 | 57 | 82 | 60 | 64 | 54 | 86 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Oracle Corp. | 51 | 48 | 47 | 51 | 47 | 49 | 49 | 51 | 40 | 39 | 40 | 49 | 43 | 41 | 43 | 52 | 38 | 37 | 35 | 47 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 80 | 92 | 72 | 130 | 81 | 76 | 78 | 142 | 88 | 72 | 65 | 106 | 70 | 65 | 69 | 111 | 75 | 63 | 60 | 73 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Salesforce Inc. | 52 | 60 | 53 | 125 | 52 | 59 | 52 | 134 | 59 | 63 | 52 | 134 | 60 | 65 | 62 | 132 | 59 | 58 | 56 | 135 | — | — | — | |||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | 46 | 56 | 50 | 83 | 50 | 50 | 53 | 87 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 86 | 51 | 55 | 49 | 82 | 55 | 58 | 60 | 88 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | 47 | 49 | 63 | 59 | 44 | 54 | 73 | 57 | 50 | 55 | 84 | 49 | 52 | 56 | 75 | 77 | 66 | 68 | 86 | 60 | 51 | 59 | 88 | |||||||
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
Average receivable collection period = 365 ÷ Receivables turnover
= 365 ÷ 7.76 = 47
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Average receivable collection period | An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by receivables turnover. | Cadence Design Systems Inc. number of days of receivables outstanding deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly improved from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024. |
Operating Cycle
Cadence Design Systems Inc., operating cycle calculation (quarterly data)
No. days
| 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 | ||||||||
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| Average inventory processing period | 201 | 131 | 156 | 152 | 141 | 127 | 117 | 126 | 120 | 115 | 125 | 138 | 119 | 104 | 89 | 91 | 57 | 56 | 82 | 76 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Average receivable collection period | 47 | 50 | 35 | 44 | 40 | 42 | 48 | 50 | 42 | 44 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 49 | 51 | 46 | 43 | 47 | 44 | 48 | — | — | — | |||||||
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| Operating cycle1 | 248 | 181 | 191 | 196 | 181 | 169 | 165 | 176 | 162 | 159 | 167 | 179 | 159 | 153 | 140 | 137 | 100 | 103 | 126 | 124 | — | — | — | |||||||
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| Operating Cycle, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | 49 | 50 | 52 | 58 | 51 | 54 | 56 | 59 | 56 | 58 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 59 | 53 | 53 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 52 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 75 | 78 | 78 | 98 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 103 | 82 | 85 | 80 | 101 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 97 | 74 | 79 | 76 | 104 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | 159 | 158 | 173 | 156 | 132 | 136 | 147 | 130 | 129 | 137 | 169 | 146 | 155 | 156 | 179 | 165 | 143 | 149 | 158 | 129 | 125 | 139 | 155 | |||||||
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
Operating cycle = Average inventory processing period + Average receivable collection period
= 201 + 47 = 248
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Operating cycle | Equal to average inventory processing period plus average receivables collection period. | Cadence Design Systems Inc. operating cycle improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024. |