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Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Stock Price & Market Analysis

CDNS · NASDAQ · Software - Application

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$351.35

▲ +$0.6200(+0.18%)4:00 PM ET - vs previous close

Quote as of Oct 2, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT

Regular-session close · Oct 2, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT.

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Last session65%
$341.76L Oct 2 '26$356.50H Oct 2 '26
52-week58%
$262.75L Feb 3 '26$416.69H Jun 2 '26
Long-term rangesAvailable history
Available history(2000-10-03)84%
$2.42L Oct 23 '08$416.69H Jun 2 '26

Available history: 2000-10-03–2026-10-02. This is the supplied data window, not a verified inception date. Range extremes use intraday highs/lows where supplied, otherwise closes. Provider-reported; adjustment basis unspecified. The separate 52-week range uses Yahoo Finance figures; its adjustment basis is unspecified.

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Reported fundamentals

CDNS research snapshot

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.

Company · Profile

About Cadence Design Systems (CDNS)

Sector, leadership, and how Cadence Design Systems earns its revenue.

Cadence Design Systems

NASDAQ · CDNS · US

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.

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

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AI business exposure

Revenue exposure
AI-specific revenue is not separated in the available company statements.
Capital-spending dependency
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Compute role
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Platform examples
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Ecosystem links
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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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