XNAS · Software - Application
Last stored close · Nov 10, 2026
Close · Nov 10, 2026
$331.64-1.45%
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Valuation methods
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TickerWhale Score
41/100
Weak
Score components
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Cadence Design Systems scores 41 out of 100 overall, which we rate weak. Quality & growth is its strongest area and Valuation its weakest.
What helps
- Quality & growth
- Sentiment Signal
What to watch
- Technical
- Valuation
- Risk
Quality & growth
30%56Positive
- Revenue growth 14.7%
- EPS growth 36.0%
Valuation
25%12Weak
- P/E 66.5
- EV/Sales 15.9
Cadence Design Systems is a provider of electronic design automation software, intellectual property, and system design and analysis products. EDA software automates and aids in the chip design process, enhancing design accuracy, productivity, and complexity in a full-flow end-to-end solution. Cadence offers a portfolio of design IP, as well as system design and analysis products, which enables system-level analysis and verification solutions.
#146 by market cap in our coverage · ~13,800 employees · Listed 1987-06-10 · www.cadence.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#144 / 205sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 41 vs sector average 47.9 (-6.9)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 56%
Gross margin (industry)Top 10%
Return on equity (industry)Top 44%
P/E (industry)Pricier than 76%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
46/100Moderate vs universe
Ranks 46th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 54/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Buy
3 buy · 1 sell · 4 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates CDNS's technical setup middling — 46th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean buy — they read this stock on its own over days, where our score ranks it against every covered name over months, so the two often part company.
Moving averages
8 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+1.2%
- vs 50-day+3.8%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)52 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength13· weak trend
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -0.341)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on buy — 8 buy vs 1 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 2 buy · 1 sell · 4 neutral.
Result — 3 buy vs 1 sell of 8 votes = Buy. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-11-10 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)66.5
- P/S (TTM)15.7
- P/B13.4
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales15.9
- PEG1.85
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin85.9%
- Net margin23.6%
- ROE20.5%
- Debt/Equity0.36
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)14.7%
- EPS growth (YoY)35.9%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $91.6B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
| Metric | Dec '25 | Dec '24 | Dec '23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.3B | $4.6B | $4.1B |
| Gross profit | $4.6B | $4.0B | $3.7B |
| Operating income | $1.5B | $1.4B | $1.3B |
| Net income | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.0B |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.06 | $3.85 | $3.82 |
| Free cash flow | $1.6B | $1.1B | $1.2B |
| Cash | $3.0B | $2.6B | $1.0B |
| Total debt | $2.5B | $2.5B | $649M |
| Equity | $5.5B | $4.7B | $3.4B |
| Net debt | -$521M | -$168M | -$359M |
| Debt / equity | 0.45 | 0.53 | 0.19 |
| Liabilities / assets | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.40 |
Fundamentals are stored revised/latest (ADR-009): each period reflects the most recent vendor refresh, NOT point-in-time as-reported values. Do not use this series to claim what was known on a past date.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDNSCurrentCadence Design Systems | 41 | 54 | 66.5 | — | 13.4 | 15.9 | $331.64 | -1.45% | +14.7% | ||
| DUOLDuolingo Inc - | 77 | 67 | 19.1 | — | 5.6 | 5.8 | $156.67 | +1.57% | +29.4% | ||
| GGenpact | 75 | 78 | 12.6 | — | 2.8 | 1.5 | $43.07 | +1.22% | +6.5% | ||
| LYFTLyft Inc Cls A | 75 | 57 | 2.3 | — | 2.2 | 0.9 | $17.02 | +1.55% | +10.8% | ||
| MSFTMicrosoft | 75 | 71 | 29.7 | — | 9.0 | 12.0 | $533.16 | -2.20% | +17.8% | ||
| KVYOKlaviyo Inc - Series A | 71 | 62 | 893.2 | — | 6.3 | 3.8 | $20.43 | -1.87% | +28.9% |
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