CDNS · Cadence Design Systems Inc
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $92.04B |
| P/E | 68.74 |
| Float | 274.6M |
| Beta | 1.11 |
| Volatility | 27.7% |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Technology |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 64.6 |
| Price | 329.91 |
| Change | −1.28% |
| Prev Close | 334.20 |
| Open | 343.68 |
| Day Low | 333.79 |
| Day High | 344.12 |
| Avg Vol | 2 |
| Avg $ Vol | $686.9M |
| 52W High | 416.69 |
| 52W Low | 262.75 |
| 52W Pos | 43.6% |
| From High | −20.83% |
| From Low | +25.56% |
| Max DD 1Y | — |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Deep |
| SMA 20 | — |
| SMA 50 | — |
| SMA 200 | — |
| RSI (14) | — |
| Vol 30D | — |
| Vol 90D | — |
| 1Y Range | 263–417 |
| Daily bars | — |
| Perf Week | — |
| Perf Month | — |
| Perf Quarter | — |
| Perf Half Y | — |
| Perf Year | — |
| Perf YTD | — |
| Prev Day | −1.28% |
| Clavix | C+ |
| Debt / Eq | 0.45 |
| Curr Ratio | 2.86 |
| Int Cover | 20.0× |
| FCF Margin | 30.0% |
| Rev Growth | +14.1% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Low |
| Sector rank | 28 / 100 |
What CDNS does
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 In novus 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 Ten Silica, 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.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayCDNS grades C+, 64.6 of 100. Steadiest on News Sentiment (64), most exposed on Macro Resilience (39, fragile). 3 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Technology median. Ranks 28 of 100 in Technology by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| CDNS | Technology median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 1.11 | 1.28 |
| Volatilityannualized | 27.7% | 32.3% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | — | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | — | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 0 sessions | — | — |
Market sensitivity
| CDNS | Technology median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 1.11 | 1.28 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate 39% of 102 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Technology names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| CDNS | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | — |
| 1 month | — |
| Year to date | — |
| 1 year | — |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| CDNS | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 28 Jul |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 62 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 21 · 6 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 21 ↑ 6 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 100 Technology names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| CDNS | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +14.1% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Technology median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openCadence Design Systems has been certified by TSMC to support its next-generation A14 chip manufacturing process, which should help keep revenue steady for the next few years. Competitors Synopsys and Siemens have earned the same TSMC certification, so Cadence gains no edge over them. The article also flags a long-term risk: if AI tools gain access to advanced chip design kits, it could disrupt Cadence's business.
The article reports that Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) trades at $348.84 after a 121.7% gain over five years, and questions whether the company's earnings justify that price. It also flags a new collaboration with Analog Devices around Tensilica DSP technology, though the details are cut off.
Wall Street Zen lowered its rating on Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) from buy to hold in a Sunday report. The article also mentions FBN Securities began covering the stock on September 11, though further details were cut off.
In late September 2026, Cadence launched a new RTL Generation Agent inside its ChipStack AI product to automate early-stage chip design from natural language descriptions, and its tools also helped Global Unichip Corp. (GUC) deliver custom AI accelerator chips built on TSMC's most advanced manufacturing processes.
Wall Street Zen downgraded Cadence Design Systems from a buy rating to a hold rating in a report on Sunday.
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