Cadence Design Systems (NASDAQ:CDNS) Shareholders Have Enjoyed An Impressive 287% Share Price Gain
The worst result, after buying shares in a company (assuming no leverage), would be if you lose all the money you put in. But on the bright side, if you buy shares in a high quality company at the right price, you can gain well over 100%. For example, the Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNS) share price has soared 287% in the last half decade. Most would be very happy with that. On top of that, the share price is up 39% in about a quarter. This could be related to the recent financial results, released recently – you can catch up on the most recent data by reading our company report.
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While markets are a powerful pricing mechanism, share prices reflect investor sentiment, not just underlying business performance. One flawed but reasonable way to assess how sentiment around a company has changed is to compare the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price.
Over half a decade, Cadence Design Systems managed to grow its earnings per share at 16% a year. This EPS growth is slower than the share price growth of 31% per year, over the same period. This suggests that market participants hold the company in higher regard, these days. And that’s hardly shocking given the track record of growth. This optimism is visible in its fairly high P/E ratio of 46.83.
The image below shows how EPS has tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).
We know that Cadence Design Systems has improved its bottom line lately, but is it going to grow revenue? This free report showing analyst revenue forecasts should help you figure out if the EPS growth can be sustained.
A Different Perspective
It’s nice to see that Cadence Design Systems shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 49% over the last year. Since the one-year TSR is better than the five-year TSR (the latter coming in at 31% per year), it would seem that the stock’s performance has improved in recent times. In the best case scenario, this may hint at some real business momentum, implying that now could be a great time to delve deeper. Before spending more time on Cadence Design Systems it might be wise to click here to see if insiders have been buying or selling shares.
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Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on US exchanges.
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