Insider trade

Director sold ~$16K of CDNS shares in the open market

Traded Mar 17, 2026 · Filed Mar 19, 2026

~$16K
Reported value · 55 sh @ $295.1103: 7,522
Holds after · shares reported: +19.4%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +13.9%, $293.75 → $350.73 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A board member of Cadence Design Systems sold $16K of Cadence Design Systems shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Mar 17, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Mar 19, 2026

Director<$25KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$16,231

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

28 days after results of Feb 17, 2026, 41 days before results of Apr 27, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $293.75 on Mar 17, 2026, 27% above its 52-week low and 21% below its high, after a 2% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $231.64 (Apr 8, 2025) to $373.37 (Sep 22, 2025), 44% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $289.19 on Feb 2, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-2.4%	-2.2%	-0.1%
30 days	+10.8%	+7.4%	+3.4%
90 days	+35.6%	+12.3%	+23.3%
180 days	-4.7%	+14.8%	-19.5%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000813672-26-000029
Filed / recorded: Mar 19, 2026, 3:55 AM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC
Issuer CIK: 813672
Ticker: CDNS
Reporting person: Ita M Brennan
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Mar 17, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 55
Price per share: $295.1103
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 7,522
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The transaction reported in this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan adopted on 11/24/2025 by the Reporting Person.
The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $294.57 to $295.56, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.