Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Short-term Investments (2010 - 2018)

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has reported Short-term Investments for 9 consecutive years, with $5.4 million the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2018.

• For the quarter ending Q3 2018, Short-term Investments rose 31.7% year-over-year to $5.4 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2018 stood at $5.4 million (up 31.7% YoY), and the FY2017 full-year result was $4.5 million, up 45.73% from the prior year.
• Short-term Investments declined to $5.4 million in Q3 2018 per CDNS's latest filing, from $5.8 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Short-term Investments topped out at $523.9 million in Q1 2015 and bottomed at $3.1 million in Q4 2016.
• Historically, Short-term Investments has averaged $141.7 million across 5 years, with a median of $34.7 million in 2016.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2016 and 2018: Short-term Investments tumbled 96.77% in 2016, then surged 80.92% in 2018.
• Over 5 years, Short-term Investments stood at $452.5 million in 2014, then plunged by 78.98% to $95.1 million in 2015, then slumped by 96.79% to $3.1 million in 2016, then jumped by 45.73% to $4.5 million in 2017, then increased by 22.24% to $5.4 million in 2018.
• According to Business Quant data, Short-term Investments over the past three periods registered $5.4 million, $5.8 million, and $5.5 million for Q3 2018, Q2 2018, and Q1 2018 respectively.