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Want To Know What's Happening In Semiconductor? Read Our Cadence Design Systems Q2 FY12/24 Earnings Review

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Want To Know What's Happening In Semiconductor? Read Our Cadence Design Systems Q2 FY12/24 Earnings Review
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Orders Good, Cashflow Not So Good

by Alex King

Cadence Design Systems ($CDNS) reported its Q2 of FY12/24 yesterday after the close.

Even if you've never heard of $CDNS, its numbers are market-important right now. The company is one of two primary suppliers of design software and design licenses to the semiconductor sector (the other is Synopsys, $SNPS). If CDNS is doing well, it means semiconductor companies are buying more design tools and more circuit design licenses. And that's good for semiconductor. And since semiconductor has led the market up since the Q4 2022 bear market lows, good for semiconductor means good for the market. The converse of all the above is also true.

This quarter, $CDNS delivered:

  • Accelerating revenue growth (+9% qtr vs. prior year qtr, compared to -1% qtr vs. prior year qtr in Q1)
  • Declining cashflow margins (29% TTM unlevered pretax FCF margins, vs. 36% last quarter and a recent high of 44% in March 2022)
  • Improving order book growth (RPO +13% vs. prior year compared to +11% last quarter and recent lows of -5% in June 2023)
  • A modest weakening of its balance sheet, now with $235m net cash ($874m gross cash).

Here’s the headline numbers as of this quarter, including guidance for next quarter.

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