Cadence Design Systems (CDS) Stock Overview
Develops computational, AI-driven software, hardware, and silicon intellectual property products and solutions. More details
| Snowflake Score | |
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| Valuation | 1/6 |
| Future Growth | 4/6 |
| Past Performance | 3/6 |
| Financial Health | 5/6 |
| Dividends | 0/6 |
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Risk Analysis
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Competitors
Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
|---|---|
| Current Share Price | US$238.90 |
| 52 Week High | US$329.80 |
| 52 Week Low | US$217.45 |
| Beta | 1.04 |
| 1 Month Change | -5.82% |
| 3 Month Change | -14.94% |
| 1 Year Change | 5.24% |
| 3 Year Change | 22.58% |
| 5 Year Change | 94.45% |
| Change since IPO | 717.93% |
Recent News & Updates
Recent updates
Shareholder Returns
| CDS | DE Software | DE Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7D | -1.0% | -6.1% | 2.6% |
| 1Y | 5.2% | -39.3% | 11.4% |
Return vs Industry: CDS exceeded the German Software industry which returned -39.3% over the past year.
Return vs Market: CDS underperformed the German Market which returned 11.4% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| CDS volatility | |
|---|---|
| CDS Average Weekly Movement | 6.0% |
| Software Industry Average Movement | 6.2% |
| Market Average Movement | 6.0% |
| 10% most volatile stocks in DE Market | 13.7% |
| 10% least volatile stocks in DE Market | 2.7% |
Stable Share Price: CDS has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the German market.
Volatility Over Time: CDS's weekly volatility (6%) has been stable over the past year.
About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 13,800 | Anirudh Devgan | www.cadence.com |
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.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Fundamentals Summary
| CDS fundamental statistics | |
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| Market cap | €66.35b |
| Earnings (TTM) | €948.32m |
| Revenue (TTM) | €4.53b |
Is CDS overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| CDS income statement (TTM) | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | US$5.30b |
| Cost of Revenue | US$722.25m |
| Gross Profit | US$4.57b |
| Other Expenses | US$3.47b |
| Earnings | US$1.11b |
Last Reported Earnings
Dec 31, 2025
Next Earnings Date
Apr 27, 2026
| Earnings per share (EPS) | 4.02 |
| Gross Margin | 86.36% |
| Net Profit Margin | 20.94% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 45.3% |
How did CDS perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonCompany Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2026/04/10 13:26 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/04/09 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is covered by 41 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Joseph Vruwink | Baird |
| Gary Mobley | Benchmark Company |
| Nay Soe Naing | Berenberg |