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  • Price (USD)302.27
  • Today's Change-1.09 / -0.36%
  • Shares traded945.48k
  • 1 Year change+25.04%
  • Beta1.0243
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About the company

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is an electronic systems designing company. The Company applies its Intelligent System Design strategy to deliver software, hardware and intellectual property (IP) that turn design concepts into reality. Its product categories include Core Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Semiconductor IP, and System Design and Analysis (SD&A). Core EDA includes software, hardware, and services used to design and verify a wide variety of semiconductors. The semiconductor IP portfolio includes silicon subsystems, software, and services that are used in semiconductor design. The SD&A category includes the software and services used to design and verify a wide variety of physical electronic systems. Its semiconductors are used in various industries, including automotive, aerospace, biotech, hyperscale and cloud computing, data centers, telecommunications, medical technology, industrial Internet of things (IIoT), and artificial intelligence (AI).

  • Revenue in USD (TTM)5.30bn
  • Net income in USD1.11bn
  • Incorporated1987
  • Employees13.80k
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Mergers & acquisitions

Acquired companyDeal statusDateDate /
Deal status
CDNS:NSQ since
announced
Transaction
value
ChipStack IncDeal completed10 Nov 202510 Nov 2025Deal completed-7.01%--
Hexagon Smart Solutions AB-Design & Engineering BusinessDeal completed04 Sep 202504 Sep 2025Deal completed-12.97%3.15bn
VLab Works Pty LtdDeal completed29 May 202529 May 2025Deal completed4.73%122.10m
Arm Holdings Plc-Artisan foundation IP BusinessDeal completed16 Apr 202516 Apr 2025Deal completed14.36%--
Arm Embedded Techonologies Pvt Ltd-Secure IcDeal completed21 Mar 202521 Mar 2025Deal completed16.93%--
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Peer analysis

Key Information
CompanyRevenue (TTM)Net income (TTM)Market capEmployeesPrice/earnings (TTM)Price/book value (MRQ)Price/cash flow (TTM)Price/sales (TTM)EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM)EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM)Revenue per share (TTM)Book value per share (MRQ)Asset turnover (TTM)Inventory turnover (TTM)Receivables turnover (TTM)Revenues per employee (TTM)Return on avg assets (TTM)Return on avg assets (5 yr avg)Return on investment (TTM)Return on investment (5 yr avg)Gross margin (TTM)Gross margin
(5 yr avg)
Net profit margin (TTM)Net Profit margin
(5 yr avg)
Quick ratio (MRQ)Interest coverage (TTM)Total debt to capital (MRQ)Payout ratio
(5 yr avg)
Revenue
(YOY change %)
Revenue
(5 yr growth rate)
Net income
(YOY change %)
Net income
(5 yr growth rate)
Capital expenditure
(5 yr growth rate)
Dividend
(5 yr growth rate)
Strategy Inc477.23m-4.23bn43.79bn1.54k--0.9735--91.77-18.36-18.361.63163.570.0109--2.39310,092.90-8.80-9.67-8.88-9.9268.6976.14-806.35-269.35---83.800.1383--2.97-0.1461-262.53--81.90--
Roblox Corp4.89bn-1.07bn47.80bn3.07k--121.10--9.77-1.54-1.547.090.55690.5846--6.451,595,612.00-12.81-15.90-26.88-31.8978.0776.89-21.91-29.86----0.7288--35.7739.56-13.86--31.42--
Electronic Arts Inc7.31bn680.00m50.32bn14.50k75.388.1750.426.892.672.6728.7424.610.5466--9.30503,862.105.097.347.099.6878.2676.179.3113.75----0.234518.77-1.316.15-11.94-18.089.56--
Autodesk Inc7.21bn1.12bn52.35bn14.10k47.2017.1939.697.265.235.2333.5214.360.6185--5.89--9.659.1718.2216.7690.9890.6615.6015.81----0.4492--17.5313.711.08-1.43-4.54--
Sea Ltd (ADR)21.04bn1.42bn62.29bn80.70k46.976.1134.122.962.242.2433.3317.220.868556.5266.78260,682.006.02-5.9712.17-10.4944.9241.426.93-8.321.42--0.217--28.7550.54194.79--5.41--
DoorDash Inc13.72bn935.00m76.64bn31.40k82.967.6445.645.592.132.1331.2023.100.844--14.91436,847.105.73-2.548.51-3.6250.8848.836.79-3.04----0.2133--27.9336.58660.16--30.64--
Airbnb Inc12.24bn2.51bn81.12bn8.20k32.989.9331.176.634.044.0419.6413.420.5672--1.901,492,805.0011.6313.1025.9426.2072.1270.6120.5124.12----0.1960.0010.2629.37-5.17------
Synopsys Inc8.01bn1.11bn81.35bn28.00k65.702.6637.2610.166.466.4445.98159.570.26574.933.55285,987.903.668.124.0910.1475.1479.2813.7920.731.262.670.24740.0015.1213.87-7.3215.00115.83--
Cadence Design Systems Inc5.30bn1.11bn83.69bn13.80k74.7715.0662.6115.804.064.0619.3820.140.55382.576.15383,823.1011.5915.2213.7619.2186.3687.9320.9423.082.67--0.31180.0014.1214.575.0613.438.39--
MercadoLibre Inc28.89bn2.00bn90.09bn123.67k45.1113.2932.003.1239.3939.39569.96133.700.851537.034.51233,629.805.895.9917.6516.6444.5046.276.916.621.158.920.57670.0039.0648.704.50--40.29--
Spotify Technology SA20.09bn2.59bn104.41bn7.29k41.5610.7338.585.2012.2112.2195.6947.291.27--31.942,756,322.0016.375.1426.849.0431.9828.4012.873.49----0.19020.009.6516.8894.38---4.80--
Adobe Inc23.77bn7.13bn106.34bn31.36k15.639.2713.384.4716.7016.7055.6328.140.7959--9.69757,940.1023.8819.6036.5627.8089.2788.4930.0028.24--39.570.34820.0010.5313.0628.246.27-15.64--
ServiceNow Inc13.28bn1.75bn114.45bn29.19k65.538.8447.108.621.671.6712.6812.380.5721--5.46454,928.607.536.8912.6612.0077.5378.1813.1611.77----0.10320.0020.8824.0522.6771.3016.07--
Data as of Mar 03 2026. Currency figures normalised to Cadence Design Systems Inc's reporting currency: US Dollar USD

Institutional shareholders

33.73%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
The Vanguard Group, Inc.as of 31 Dec 202524.50m9.00%
BlackRock Fund Advisorsas of 31 Dec 202515.32m5.63%
SSgA Funds Management, Inc.as of 31 Dec 202512.60m4.63%
Jennison Associates LLCas of 31 Dec 20257.72m2.84%
Geode Capital Management LLCas of 31 Dec 20257.63m2.80%
Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLCas of 31 Dec 20257.31m2.68%
Massachusetts Financial Services Co.as of 31 Dec 20254.45m1.63%
Norges Bank Investment Managementas of 31 Dec 20254.33m1.59%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.as of 31 Dec 20253.99m1.47%
AllianceBernstein LPas of 31 Dec 20253.96m1.46%
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