Insider Cluster (3 insiders) ·Filed Aug 27, 2026

CDNS

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC
NEUTRAL
Impact 2/10
Horizonimmediate Processed1mo ago
Insider cluster: 3 insiders, $1.7M total
Actionable Insight • Neutral

Insider selling at CDNS is negligible in size and follows routine option exercise patterns. No bearish signal. Monitor next quarterly filing for any change in fundamentals, but this cluster has no actionable trading implication.

DirectionNeutral
Confidencehigh
Horizonimmediate
Latest settled — T+20d
CDNS ▼ -4.02% at T+20d
NEUTRAL call ✗ call lost -4.02% · α vs SPY -4.53% · entry $340.39 → $326.70
Next anchor: T+60d in 7w
Latest observation: T+23 +11.38% FF3 residual α
Entry anchored
Aug 27, 05:28 PM ET
via 1-min bar
T+1d
-0.47%
call -0.47% · α -0.17%
$338.78
settled 5w ago
T+5d
-14.01%
call -14.01% · α -14.12%
$292.70
settled 29d ago
T+20d
-4.02%
call -4.02% · α -4.53%
$326.70
settled 7d ago
T+60d
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call — · α —
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in 7w

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Executive Summary

Three Cadence Design Systems insiders (a director and two senior VPs) sold a total of ~$1.67M in open-market shares over a 7-day window. The largest sale was by Sr. VP Teng Chin-Chi for ~$1.49M, which followed a derivative exercise. Relative to CDNS's $92.2B market cap, the total cluster value is ~0.002% — far below the 0.1% threshold for materiality. These sales are routine and non-informative, consistent with typical post-vesting diversification.

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
selling
Total Value
$1.7M
Insiders
3

Key Facts

  • 3 insiders sold ~$1.67M total in open-market transactions over 7 days
  • Largest sale: Sr. VP Teng Chin-Chi sold 4,732 shares for ~$1.49M after exercising options
  • Total cluster value is ~0.002% of CDNS's $92.2B market cap — trivial
  • Director Sangiovanni Vincentelli Alberto sold ~$401K across multiple small lots
  • One non-cash gift of 1,000 shares by Sr. VP Cunningham Paul at $0

Financial Impact

~$1.67M in insider sales, representing ~0.002% of market cap

insider ownership

Risk Factors

  • None from this cluster — sales are immaterial relative to market cap

Market Snapshot

Exchange
Nasdaq
Sector
Services-Prepackaged Software
Analyst Consensus
91% bullish (32 analysts)

Investment Themes

Software & IT

Documents Analyzed

This report is based on 1 SEC document filed with EDGAR.

DocumentAccession Number
CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)cluster-CDNS-1787872214190
19 reports for CDNS
Performance horizon
50% Hit rate 2 of 4 directional calls best @ T+20▲ +2.30%Jul 24, 2026
Filters
Rows
Reports for CDNS — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Aug 27, 2026
5w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$340.39 $326.70▼ −4.02%▼ −4.53%$348.93 (+2.51%)
Aug 25, 2026
5w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$334.68 $294.90▼ −11.89%▼ −13.09%$348.93 (+4.26%)
Aug 17, 2026
6w ago
Court Ruling
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$323.47 $273.96▼ −15.31%▼ −13.33%$348.93 (+7.87%)
Aug 13, 2026
7w ago
Court Ruling
NEUTRAL ★ 4/10
$323.77 $289.37▼ −10.62%▼ −8.88%$348.93 (+7.77%)
Aug 6, 2026
8w ago
Institutional Cluster
BULLISH ★ 5/10
$338.42 $304.88▼ −9.91%▼ −10.51%$348.93 (+3.11%)
Jul 28, 2026
9w ago
Court Ruling
NEUTRAL ★ 1/10
$344.72 $331.90▼ −3.72%▼ −7.10%$348.93 (+1.22%)
Jul 27, 2026
9w ago
8-K
BULLISH ★ 7/10
$344.72 $331.90▼ −3.72%▼ −7.10%$348.93 (+1.22%)
Jul 24, 2026
10w ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 4/10
$326.24 $318.75▲ +2.30%▲ +5.92%$348.93 (−6.96%)
Jul 20, 2026
10w ago
Court Ruling
NEUTRAL ★ 1/10
$329.93 $323.47▼ −1.96%▼ −6.08%$348.93 (+5.76%)
Jul 16, 2026
11w ago
ANALYST-UPGRADE
BULLISH ★ 3/10
$364.65 $323.77▼ −11.21%▼ −14.83%$348.93 (−4.31%)
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Report published Aug 27, 2026