Electronic design automation company Cadence Design Systems (NASDAQ:CDNS) will be reporting results this Monday afternoon. Here’s what you need to know.
Cadence Design Systems beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.47 billion, up 18.7% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ billings estimates and full-year revenue guidance slightly topping analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Cadence Design Systems’s revenue to grow 23.6% year on year, improving from the 20.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Cadence Design Systems has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations.
Looking at Cadence Design Systems’s peers in the vertical software segment, only Adobe has reported results so far. It exceeded analysts’ revenue estimates, delivering year-on-year sales growth of 12.7%. The stock price was unchanged following the results.
Read our full analysis of Adobe’s earnings results here.There has been positive sentiment among investors in the vertical software segment, with share prices up 3.9% on average over the last month. Cadence Design Systems is down 13% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $395.94 (compared to the current share price of $328.25).
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