$9.83

0.11 (1.13%)

7/8/2008 4:00 PM

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS)

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Licenses electronic design automation software, sells or leases hardware technology and intellectual property and provides design and methodology services throughout the world to help manage and accelerate electronic product development processes.

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Ticker Tags

Technical & System Software (35), Mid Cap (670), System Software (23), Nasdaq 100 (99)
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price:	$9.83
Last Trade Time:	7/8/2008 4:00 PM
Open:	$0.00
Previous Close:	$9.83
Daily Range:	$9.59 - $9.86
52-Week Range:	$9.56 - $22.99
Volume:	3,358,658
Market Cap:	$2.53B
P/E Ratio:	11.43
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Avatar gr8iml8 (24.88) Submitted: 11/06/06 11:02 PM

Cadence owns the best IC mask design software. Bottom line improvement over the next 4 quaters contines the resurgence.

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Recs 0 (CDNS) PhillyDan (< 20) Submitted: 6/24/08 4:25 PM : Start Price: $10.65 CDNS Score: 4.26 Cadence is one of those companies that can't get out of it's own way. Their bid for Mentor Graphics was clumsy and ill-timed plus they offered too little to appeal to MG shareholder's. Magma is a much stronger up and coming player in the ASIC arena. Cadence wanted Mentor Graphics for their Electronic Board Level design tools that are far better than what Cadence offers therefore they should have offered at least 3 to 5 dollars more to buy MG. Cadence's stock price will continue to muddle along and will underperform the S&P 500 in the next two years. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (CDNS) dpid (75.36) Submitted: 6/19/08 12:21 AM : Start Price: $10.78 CDNS Score: -3.65 This was highlighted in Schwab's, "How to Bottom Fish," Feb 2008. Also was highlighted recently in Morningstar. Not to sure of this Co., but testing it out in CAPS. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (CDNS) jawilde (< 20) Submitted: 6/05/08 9:29 AM : Start Price: $11.55 CDNS Score: -6.56 One of the leading providers of chip design software. Increasing complexity of semiconductor chips continues to drive need for more sophiscated design software. Switching to a business model which allows customers to buy what they need now and add features as required, versus pruchasing a complete software package. New business model causing some near-term pain, but the long-term growth story remains solid. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (CDNS) sprezzatura (96.76) Submitted: 6/03/08 3:03 PM : Start Price: $11.25 CDNS Score: -4.72 Morningstar is pitching this company (http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=24017... saying that they have a nice moat and that customers are locked in due to the high cost of switching to competitors. They state CDS is the industry standard, that they are undervalued, and that they estimate a 25% return over the next 3 years. Sounds good enough to me. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (CDNS) lawyerguy (20.52) Submitted: 5/29/08 7:10 PM : Start Price: $11.28 CDNS Score: -3.82 Had bad earnings, even worse guidance, stock tanked. Ahmet Okumus (successful hedge fund manager) likes enough to hold as his largest position. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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	TrackJPMorgan	95.01	01/31/08		NS	$10.94	-10.15%	-4.65%	+5.50
	TrackHSBC	94.23	04/26/07		NS	$22.34	-56.00%	-14.88%	+41.12
	TrackDeutscheSec	87.33	12/08/06		NS	$17.65	-44.31%	-9.85%	-34.46
	TrackNeedham	< 20	10/26/06		NS	$17.63	-44.24%	-8.29%	-35.95
	TrackRBCCapMkts	88.15	10/26/06		NS	$17.63	-44.24%	-8.29%	-35.95

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