Cadence Design Systems, Inc. provides software, hardware, and other services worldwide. The company offers functional verification services, such as Jasper, a formal verification platform; Xcelium, a parallel logic simulation platform; Palladium, an enterprise emulation platform; and Protium, a prototyping platform for chip verification. It also provides digital IC design and sign off products, including Genus synthesis and Joules RTL power solutions, as well as Modus DFT software solution to reduce systems-on-chip design-for-test time; physical implementation tools, such as place and route, optimization, and performing sign-off checks for manufacturing; and Innovus implementation system, a digital IC design and signoff solution. In addition, the company offers custom IC design and simulation, such as Virtuoso Studio, a solution platform for custom, analog, mixed-signal, photonics, and RF semiconductors; and system design and analysis products, a Multiphysics platform that helps in design and simulate electronics and entire systems in electromagnetic, thermal, structure, computational fluid dynamics, molecular, PCB and packaging, mechanical, and structural analysis. Further, it provides semiconductor IP product for design architectures; Functional Verification; digital ic design and signoff; EDA product that addresses the design and verification for semiconductor chips and manufacturing process technologies; and verification IP with memory models to emulate and model the expected behavior and interaction of standard industry system interface protocols. Additionally, it offers services related to methodology, education, and hosted design solutions, as well as technical support and maintenance services. It serves consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, mobile, automotive, aerospace and defense, industrial, and life science industries. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Analyst Outlook | Learn about analyst perspectives on Cadence, with price targets ranging from $328 to $375, reflecting optimism about the company's future prospects |
Market Challenges | Uncover the geopolitical risks and competitive pressures facing Cadence, including flat projections for China and the need for continuous innovation |
Financial Strength | Delve into Cadence's robust financials, including an $86B market cap, 85.86% gross margins, and a record-breaking $6.8B Q4 backlog |
AI-Driven Growth | Explore Cadence's expansion into Physical AI, a promising market for semiconductors, opening new opportunities and fueling long-term growth potential |
Metrics to compare | CDNS | Sector Sector - Average of metrics from a broad group of related Technology sector companies | Relationship RelationshipCDNSPeersSector | |
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P/E Ratio | 74.9x | −10.9x | 11.4x | |
PEG Ratio | 28.79 | 0.58 | 0.01 | |
Price / Book | 17.0x | 6.8x | 2.4x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 16.6x | 4.4x | 2.1x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | 9.5% | 26.1% | 23.3% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | 18.6% | 7.4% | Unlock |