Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

LSE:0HS2 Stock Report

Market Cap: US$85.5b

Cadence Design Systems Valuation

Is 0HS2 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 0HS2 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 0HS2 ($313.09) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($230.02)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 0HS2 is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 0HS2?

Key metric: As 0HS2 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 0HS2. This is calculated by dividing 0HS2's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 0HS2's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio82.3x
EarningsUS$1.04b
Market CapUS$85.53b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 0HS2's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 0HS2 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average51.1x
SGE Sage Group
39.6x11.9%UK£12.8b
BYIT Bytes Technology Group
21.1x6.7%UK£1.1b
GBG GB Group
114.6x36.6%UK£932.8m
ALFA Alfa Financial Software Holdings
29.1x6.3%UK£643.4m
0HS2 Cadence Design Systems
82.3x16.4%US$85.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 0HS2 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (82.3x) compared to the peer average (51.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 0HS2's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Software Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SORT Sorted Group Holdings
3xn/aUS$5.46m
No more companies available in this PE range
0HS2 82.3xIndustry Avg. 35.8xNo. of Companies6PE020406080100+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 0HS2 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (82.3x) compared to the UK Software industry average (35.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 0HS2's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

0HS2 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio82.3x
Fair PE Ratio63.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 0HS2 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (82.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (63.9x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst 0HS2 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$313.09
US$312.12
-0.3%
11.5%US$360.00US$225.00n/a20
Nov ’25US$281.91
US$307.42
+9.0%
11.3%US$355.00US$225.00n/a18
Oct ’25US$266.52
US$310.72
+16.6%
12.4%US$355.00US$225.00n/a16
Sep ’25US$266.62
US$317.77
+19.2%
10.6%US$355.00US$240.00n/a15
Aug ’25US$260.82
US$319.16
+22.4%
10.3%US$355.00US$240.00n/a16
Jul ’25US$311.20
US$324.86
+4.4%
8.9%US$355.00US$240.00n/a17
Jun ’25US$279.63
US$324.43
+16.0%
8.9%US$350.00US$240.00n/a17
May ’25US$275.76
US$323.23
+17.2%
8.5%US$350.00US$240.00n/a18
Apr ’25US$312.17
US$316.89
+1.5%
8.4%US$350.00US$240.00n/a17
Mar ’25US$314.84
US$316.89
+0.7%
8.4%US$350.00US$240.00n/a17
Feb ’25US$290.09
US$287.38
-0.9%
10.8%US$326.00US$209.00n/a13
Jan ’25US$272.07
US$277.29
+1.9%
9.7%US$315.00US$209.00n/a15
Dec ’24US$270.23
US$270.96
+0.3%
9.3%US$307.00US$209.00n/a16
Nov ’24US$245.05
US$270.96
+10.6%
9.3%US$307.00US$209.00US$281.9116
Oct ’24US$234.07
US$256.83
+9.7%
11.6%US$300.00US$161.00US$266.5216
Sep ’24US$242.93
US$255.58
+5.2%
11.3%US$300.00US$161.00US$266.6216
Aug ’24US$233.35
US$255.58
+9.5%
11.3%US$300.00US$161.00US$260.8216
Jul ’24US$235.37
US$229.78
-2.4%
10.0%US$260.00US$161.00US$311.2016
Jun ’24US$231.47
US$224.43
-3.0%
9.0%US$248.00US$161.00US$279.6315
May ’24US$209.98
US$221.00
+5.2%
8.8%US$240.00US$161.00US$275.7615
Apr ’24US$208.93
US$211.40
+1.2%
7.9%US$235.00US$161.00US$312.1715
Mar ’24US$191.69
US$211.40
+10.3%
7.9%US$235.00US$161.00US$314.8415
Feb ’24US$183.60
US$191.63
+4.4%
8.3%US$215.00US$161.00US$290.0915
Jan ’24US$160.53
US$189.63
+18.1%
8.8%US$215.00US$161.00US$272.0715
Dec ’23US$174.63
US$187.76
+7.5%
8.3%US$215.00US$161.00US$270.2315
Nov ’23US$150.05
US$187.76
+25.1%
8.3%US$215.00US$161.00US$245.0515

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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