Cadence Design Systems, Inc. operates globally, delivering a comprehensive suite of solutions that includes software, specialized hardware, professional services, and pre-designed integrated circuit (IC) building blocks. The company's robust functional verification offerings feature dedicated emulation and prototyping hardware. This portfolio encompasses JasperGold for formal verification, Xcelium for parallel logic simulation, Palladium as an enterprise-grade emulation platform, and Protium, a prototyping platform designed for thorough chip verification. Cadence additionally provides extensive products for digital IC design and final sign-off. These include the Genus logic synthesis solution, Joules for RTL power analysis, and the Modus software solution, which streamlines design-for-test (DFT) processes for systems-on-chip. Their tools further extend to physical implementation, covering place and route, optimization, and multiple patterning preparation, alongside essential sign-off products for validating designs prior to silicon manufacturing. Moreover, the company furnishes custom IC design and simulation tools capable of generating both schematic and physical representations of circuits down to the transistor level. These tools support a wide array of applications, such as analog, mixed-signal, custom digital, memory, and radio frequency (RF) designs. Cadence also offers system design and analysis products crucial for developing printed circuit boards (PCBs) and integrated circuit packages, along with capabilities to analyze complex multi-physics effects like electromagnetic and electro-thermal interactions. Furthermore, Cadence supplies intellectual property (IP) products, consisting of pre-verified, customizable functional blocks ready for integration into customer ICs. This includes verification IP and memory models used to simulate and characterize the behavior and interactions of standard industry system interface protocols. Complementing its product portfolio, Cadence provides a range of services, including methodology consulting, educational programs, hosted design solutions, and ongoing technical support and maintenance. Its diverse clientele spans sectors such as 5G communications, aerospace and defense, automotive, industrial and healthcare, mobile technology, consumer electronics, and hyperscale computing. Established in 1987, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Stock Price & Market Analysis
CDNS · NASDAQ · Software - Application
$351.35
▲ +$0.6200(+0.18%)4:00 PM ET - vs previous closeQuote as of Oct 2, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
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Annual revenue
USD 5.3B
Sales for the fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2025. This is not trailing twelve-month revenue.
Revenue change
+14.1%
Change versus the fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2024.
Net profit margin
20.9%
Net income divided by revenue for the fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2025. This is not the trailing margin.
These reported results describe the business’s recent scale and profitability. Compare cash generation and valuation before forming an investment view; historical growth is not a forecast.
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About Cadence Design Systems (CDNS)
Sector, leadership, and how Cadence Design Systems earns its revenue.
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Company · Profile
About Cadence Design Systems (CDNS)
Sector, leadership, and how Cadence Design Systems earns its revenue.
Cadence Design Systems
NASDAQ · CDNS · US
Company narrative is editorial context. Source observation date: 2026-10-03T00:06:10.256Z. Narratives and leadership records are excluded from current quality ratings.
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Software - Application
- Headquarters
- San Jose, CA, United States
- Country
- US
- Founded
- 1988
- Employees
- 13,800
- CEO
- Anirudh Devgan
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
Business model & operating evidence
AI business exposure
- Revenue exposure
- AI-specific revenue is not separated in the available company statements.
- Capital-spending dependency
- No reviewed quantitative dependency model is available.
- Compute role
- See the sourced business description; AI labels do not establish compute revenue.
- Platform examples
- An exhaustive, consistently defined product inventory is unavailable.
- Ecosystem links
- Supplier and customer links require reviewed disclosures.
Narrative versus numbers
Demand is expanding
Supporting observation: 18.7%
Year-over-year growth in the latest quarter. This is not the fiscal-year revenue change in the snapshot above. · TECHi unified data · 2026-03-31
Growth produces accounting profit
Supporting observation: 21.2%
Trailing net margin. A positive figure supports profitability, not cash generation, and it is not the fiscal-year margin above. · SEC Companyfacts · 2026-10-03T10:54:09.551Z
The business generates cash after investment
Supporting observation: USD 306.96M
Latest reported free cash flow. It is not a forecast and it is not the fiscal-year snapshot. · SEC Companyfacts · 2026-03-31
These are explicit tests of individual claims, not an overall bull/bear rating. Demand growth can coexist with valuation, concentration and financing risk.
Operating measures
- Revenue
- $1.47Bquarter ended Mar 31, 2026
- Operating margin
- 29.3%quarter ended Mar 31, 2026
- EPS
- $1.23quarter ended Mar 31, 2026
- Capital expenditure
- $48.82Mquarter ended Mar 31, 2026
- Free cash flow
- $306.96Mquarter ended Mar 31, 2026
- Free cash flow margin
- 20.8%quarter ended Mar 31, 2026
- Operating cash / net income
- 1.06×quarter ended Mar 31, 2026
- Revenue growth year over year
- 18.7%quarter ended Mar 31, 2026
Leadership
CEO: Anirudh Devgan
Source: Financial Modeling Prep · 2026-10-03T00:06:10.256Z
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