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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Stock AnalysisComprehensive stock analysis for Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) including live price, Snowflake performance metrics, financial statements, and investment research.Stock AnalysisCDNS
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

🇺🇸CDNS•NASDAQ

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

🇺🇸CDNS•NASDAQ
Market cap
$79.69B
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Company Overview

Overview

What the company does, where it operates, and who runs it.

About Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Industry
Software - Application
Sector
Technology
CEO
Anirudh Devgan
Headquarters
Building 5, San Jose, CA, US
Industry
Software - Application
Sector
Technology
CEO
Anirudh Devgan
Headquarters
Building 5, San Jose, CA, US
Description

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. provides software, hardware, services, and reusable integrated circuit (IC) design blocks worldwide. The company offers functional verification services, including emulation and prototyping hardware.

Its functional verification offering consists of JasperGold, a formal verification platform; Xcelium, a parallel logic simulation platform; Palladium, an enterprise emulation platform; and Protium, a prototyping platform for chip verification.

The company also provides digital IC design and sign off products, including Genus logic synthesis and Joules RTL power solutions, as well as Modus software solution to reduce systems-on-chip design-for-test time; physical implementation tools, such as place and route, optimization, and multiple patterning preparation; and signoff products to signoff the design as ready for silicon manufacturing.

In addition, it offers custom IC design and simulation products to create schematic and physical representations of circuits down to the transistor level for analog, mixed-signal, custom digital, memory, and radio frequency designs; and system design and analysis products to develop printed circuit boards and IC packages, as well as to analyze electromagnetic, electro-thermal, and other multi-physics effects.

Further, the company provides intellectual property (IP) products comprising pre-verified and customizable functional blocks to integrate into customer's ICs; and verification IP and memory models to emulate and model the expected behavior and interaction of standard industry system interface protocols.

Additionally, it offers services related to methodology, education, and hosted design solutions, as well as technical support and maintenance services. The company serves 5G communications, aerospace and defense, automotive, industrial and healthcare, mobile, consumer, and hyperscale computing markets.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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Fair Value

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FRC's fair value estimate for Cadence Design Systems, Inc., and the rating behind it. CDNS last traded at $289.37, 57.8× trailing earnings — the estimate is read against that market price. FRC analysts run the firm's valuation model across the companies on this platform to estimate what each one is worth, rather than republishing a consensus average. Shows the current estimate, our rating, and when it was last revised. A free account covers 7 company valuations a month; a paid subscription is unlimited.

Financial Ratios

Profitability, returns, valuation, and leverage ratios.

Valuation, profitability, liquidity and leverage ratios for Cadence Design Systems, Inc.. Starting points for Cadence Design Systems, Inc.: P/E 57.8, EPS $5.05, beta 1.14 — an Software - Application name. P/E, P/B, EV/EBITDA, margins, return on equity, current ratio and debt coverage, each shown against the company's own history.

Dividend Analysis

Yield, payout ratio, and dividend coverage metrics.

Dividend history, yield and payout sustainability for Cadence Design Systems, Inc.. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. does not currently pay a regular dividend, so this section tracks capacity rather than history. Per-share payments, yield over time, payout ratio and growth streak, with coverage measured against free cash flow.

Earnings Analysis

EPS history, beat rate, and upcoming earnings reports.

Reported vs. expected earnings history for Cadence Design Systems, Inc.. Trailing twelve-month EPS for Cadence Design Systems, Inc. stands at $5.05. EPS surprises by quarter, revenue against estimates, and the upcoming reporting date.

Financial Statements

Income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statements.

Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow history for Cadence Design Systems, Inc.. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has reported as a listed company since 1987. Annual and quarterly filings with period-over-period comparison, so you can trace how revenue, margins and cash generation have moved.

Peer Comparison

Comparables

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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. valued side by side against its closest peers. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is measured against Software - Application peers within the Technology sector. Peer-relative multiples and operating metrics, so the valuation is read in the context of its own sector rather than in isolation.

Ownership & News

Institutional Ownership

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Which institutions hold Cadence Design Systems, Inc., and how their positions are changing. At a $79.69B market value, institutional positions materially move Cadence Design Systems, Inc.'s register. Top holders, position sizes, and quarter-over-quarter accumulation or distribution from regulatory filings. Included with FRC Premium.

Insider Trading

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Recent buying and selling by company executives.

Buying and selling by Cadence Design Systems, Inc. executives and directors. Shares of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. have traded between $221.56 and $376.45 over the past 52 weeks — context for the timing of the transactions below. Insider transactions as disclosed to regulators, with role, size and date — the clearest read on how the people running the company are positioned. Included with FRC Premium.

Senate Trading

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U.S. Senator disclosures filed under the STOCK Act.

U.S. Senate disclosures naming Cadence Design Systems, Inc.. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is a $79.69B Technology company. Senators' reported transactions in this security, alongside the fundamentals — a signal most research platforms leave out entirely. Included with FRC Premium.

House Trading

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U.S. Representative disclosures filed under the STOCK Act.

U.S. House of Representatives disclosures naming Cadence Design Systems, Inc.. Representatives' reported transactions in this security, shown next to the company's fundamentals. Included with FRC Premium.

News

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Latest headlines and company announcements for Cadence Design Systems, Inc.. Coverage tracks Cadence Design Systems, Inc. within Software - Application (Technology). Press releases and market coverage, newest first.

Peer companies

  • ADSK — Autodesk, Inc.
  • DELL — Dell Technologies Inc.
  • GLW — Corning Incorporated
  • MSI — Motorola Solutions, Inc.
  • MSTR — Strategy Inc
  • NTES — NetEase, Inc.
  • RBLX — Roblox Corporation
  • SNOW — Snowflake Inc.

More Software - Application companies

  • VR1.AX — Vection Technologies Limited
  • VRTC — Veritec, Inc.
  • VS — Versus Systems Inc.
  • VSBGF — VSBLTY Groupe Technologies Corp.
  • VSMR — Verify Smart Corp.
  • VSST — Voice Assist, Inc.
  • VTEX — Vtex
  • VTSI — VirTra, Inc.
  • VXTRQ — Voxtur Analytics Corp.
  • WANSF — Cirata plc
  • WBSR — Webstar Technology Group, Inc.
  • WCT — Wellchange Holdings Company Limited

ETFs holding Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

  • MID — American Century Mid Cap Growth Impact ETFAmerican Century Mid Cap Growth Impact ETFAmerican Century Mid Cap Growth Impact ETF (4.76%)
  • KWIN — KraneShares Wahed Alternative Income Index ETF (4.44%)
  • QQQA — ProShares - Nasdaq-100 Dorsey Wright Momentum ETF (3.95%)
  • FDG — American Century Focused Dynamic Growth ETFAmerican Century Focused Dynamic Growth ETFAmerican Century Focused Dynamic Growth ETF (3.75%)

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