Insider trade

Officer sold ~$280K of CDNS shares in the open market

Traded Apr 1, 2026 · Filed Apr 3, 2026

~$280K
Reported value · 1,000 sh @ $280.19: 129K
Holds after · shares reported: +25.2%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +16.6%, $280.19 → $350.73 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Cadence Design Systems's Sr. Vice President sold $280K 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: Apr 1, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Apr 3, 2026

Officer$100K–$500KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$280,190

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

43 days after results of Feb 17, 2026, 26 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 $280.19 on Apr 1, 2026, 21% above its 52-week low and 25% below its high, after an 8% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $231.64 (Apr 8, 2025) to $373.37 (Sep 22, 2025), 34% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $305.01 on Feb 18, 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	+3.1%	+4.1%	-1.0%
30 days	+27.0%	+11.4%	+15.7%
90 days	+34.5%	+14.0%	+20.5%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000813672-26-000040
Filed / recorded: Apr 3, 2026, 11:15 PM 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: Paul Cunningham
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Sr. Vice President
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Apr 1, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 1,000
Price per share: $280.19
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 128,586
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 3/14/2025 by the Reporting Person.

Around the same time

CFO sold ~$6.65M of Cadence Design Systems

Scheduled in advance6mo ago

7mo ago

43KShares

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

Why it stands out Official record