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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) Stock Analysis

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) is a Software - Application stock listed on NASDAQ and quoted in US Dollar.

Last Updated: October 21, 2026

CDNS

$326.07

+$6.20 (+1.94%)

Oct 21, 2026 · Market close

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CDNS Key Statistics

As of Oct 21, 2026
Trading
Open
$324.50
Previous Close
$319.87
Day's Range
322.85–331.50
52-Week Range
262.75–416.69
Volume
2.16M
BetaHow much the share price moves relative to the wider market. 1.0 moves in line with it; above 1.0 swings more, below 1.0 less.
1.13
Valuation
Market Cap
$87.99B
P/E Ratio
63.52
Forward P/EShare price divided by forecast earnings for the year ahead, rather than the year just past.
33.39
PEG RatioThe P/E ratio divided by the expected earnings growth rate. It puts a high P/E in the context of how fast profits are growing.
2.44
P/S ratioMarket value divided by annual revenue. Useful for companies that are not yet profitable, where a P/E cannot be calculated.
15.07
EPS (ttm)Profit attributable to each share over the last twelve months.
5.03
Financials (FY)
Revenue (FY)
$5.30B+14.12%
Net Income (FY)
$1.11B+5.06%
Profit marginThe share of revenue left as profit after all costs and taxes.
23.61%
Shares OutstandingThe total number of shares held by all investors. Market value is this figure multiplied by the share price.
275.39M
1-Year Return
−2.21%
Dividend and dates
Earnings Date
October 26, 2026
Avg Volume
2.42M

Only metrics the company reports are shown. Data provided by Yahoo Finance via yfinance. Updated daily.

Key facts

As of October 21, 2026, CDNS closed at $326.07, −2.21% over 1 year.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) has a market capitalization of $87.99B.

In fiscal 2025, CDNS reported revenue of $5.30B.

CDNS Stock Return by Calendar Year

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) 10-year return: what $10,000 became

1 year
$10,000 $9,779
−2.21%
5 years
$10,000 $19,708
+97.08%
10 years
$10,000 $126,826
+1,168.26%

If you had invested $10,000 in Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) 10 years ago, at the close on October 21, 2016, it would have been worth $126,826 at the close on October 21, 2026: +1,168.26% in total, +28.92% a year. A historical calculation from closing prices adjusted for splits and dividends, before fees and taxes.

Calendar-year returns computed from daily closing prices. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

YearReturn
2026 (partial year)+4.32%
2025+4.03%
2024+10.31%
2023+69.55%
2022−13.80%
2021+36.59%
2020+96.70%
2019+59.52%
2018+3.97%
2017+65.82%
2016 (partial year)+2.15%

As of October 21, 2026.

CDNS Revenue and Earnings by Fiscal Year

FY ends December
Fiscal yearRevenueNet incomeNet margin
2025$5.30B$1.11B20.9%
2024$4.64B$1.06B22.7%
2023$4.09B$1.04B25.5%
2022$3.56B$848.95M23.8%
Fiscal yearRevenueGross profitOperating incomeNet incomeNet margin
2025$5.30B$4.57B$1.65B$1.11B20.9%
2024$4.64B$3.99B$1.38B$1.06B22.7%
2023$4.09B$3.65B$1.26B$1.04B25.5%
2022$3.56B$3.19B$1.07B$848.95M23.8%

Annual figures as reported, in the company's reporting currency. As of December 31, 2025.

CDNS Valuation vs Software - Application Median

Median of 240 stocks
MetricCDNSSoftware - Application medianvs median
P/E63.5229.79113% above
P/S ratio15.072.835.3x the median
Profit margin23.61%0.82%22.8 pts above

Medians across 240 Software - Application stocks that report the metric. Medians, not averages, so one outlier cannot move them. As of October 21, 2026.

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Analysis

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Company Overview

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) is capitalised at $87.99B on the latest close. The company sits in the Technology sector, in the Software - Application industry. The company reports 15,445 employees.

CDNS last closed at $326.07 on October 21, 2026. That is +$6.20 (+1.94%) against the previous close. Over the past 52 weeks the price has ranged from $262.75 to $416.69. The latest close sits 24.1% above that 52-week low.

Financial Health

The most recent full year on file, fiscal 2025, shows revenue of $5.30B. Against the prior fiscal year total of $4.64B, that is a change of +14.12%. The same year closed with net income of $1.11B. That is +5.06% against the prior fiscal year. The reported profit margin is 23.61%. That is 22.8 percentage points above the Software - Application median of 0.82%. Earnings per share on a trailing basis come to 5.03.

Across the 4 fiscal years on file, revenue moves from $3.56B in 2022 to $5.30B in 2025. Of those 4 years, 4 report positive net income.

Valuation Assessment

CDNS trades at a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of 63.52. That is 113.23% above the Software - Application median of 29.79. The forward P/E on file is 33.39. The PEG ratio, which sets the P/E against expected earnings growth, reads 2.44. The price-to-sales ratio is 15.07. On price-to-sales that is 5.3 times the Software - Application median of 2.83. The medians here are taken across 240 Software - Application companies that report the metric.

Over the trailing twelve months the total return is −2.21%. Measured over 10 years, that is +28.92% a year compounded. The reported beta is 1.13. Daily returns over the trailing 10 years annualize to a volatility of 34.66%.

Growth & Income

No dividend is on file for CDNS.

So far in 2026 the total return is +4.32%. Across the complete calendar years on file, 2020 returned +96.70% and 2022 returned −13.80%. Of the 9 complete calendar years on file, 8 finished higher.

Peer Comparison

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) operates in the Software - Application industry. Here is how it compares to its closest peers by market capitalization:

Company Ticker Market Cap P/E Ratio
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. CDNS $87.99B 63.5
SAP SE SAP $268.62B 29.9
Shopify Inc. SHOP $226.17B 117.8
Salesforce, Inc. CRM $198.98B 22.1

The Software - Application industry average P/E ratio is 29.8x. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. trades at a P/E of 63.5.

Every figure above is read from this page's own data on each daily rebuild. Informational only, not financial advice. As of October 21, 2026.

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About Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. develops computational, AI-driven software, hardware, and silicon intellectual property products and solutions. The company offers functional verification services, such as Jasper, a formal verification platform; Xcelium, a parallel logic simulation platform; Verisium, a generative AI solution; Palladium, an enterprise emulation platform; and Protium, a prototyping platform for chip verification, as well as digital IC design and sign off products, including Innovus platform; and custom IC design and simulation product include Virtuoso, a platform to design and verify analog. It also provides Xcelium logic simulator and other front-end verification and virtual prototyping technologies; controllers and physical interfaces; PCI Express, universal accelerator and compute express links, and multiple memory interfaces; and Tensilica, a digital signal processor. In addition, the company's design IP portfolio includes serializer/deserializer, peripheral component interconnect, USB, and other standard protocols; and Secure-IC, a solution for embedded security IP. Additionally, it provides System Design and Analysis (SD&A) platform, a solution that enables end-to-end system-level design and verification across chips, packages, PCBs, and electronic systems; Allegro X and Orca X platforms for PCB and advanced packaging; Sigrity X for signal and power integrity; AIR for RF design; Fidelity for computational fluid dynamics; Celsius for thermal and airflow analysis; Clarity 3D solver for electromagnetic and power electronics analysis and simulation; Integrity 3D-IC solution for 3D-IC and multi-chiplet designs; the Optimality Intelligent System Explorer, Reality digital twin, and Millennium enterprise multiphasic platforms; Allegro system design platform; and molecular modeling and simulation solutions and services. The company has a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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