US · CDNS
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
- Sector
- Technology · Software - Application
- Headquarters
- San Jose, CA 95134
- Website
- cadence.com
Price · as of 2025-12-31
$340.94
Market cap 82.18B
Valuation summary
Four models, one snapshot. Upside is target ÷ current − 1.
| Valuation method | Value, $ | Upside, % |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence(AI) | $199.28 | -41.55% |
| Intrinsic Value(DCF) | $164.63 | -51.71% |
| Graham-Dodd Method(GD) | $30.48 | -91.06% |
| Graham Formula(GF) | $88.74 | -73.97% |
Valuation history
Annual price (USD per share) overlaid with each model's fair value. Y-axis is log scale.
| Year | Price | AI | DCF | Graham-Dodd | Graham Formula |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | $12.01 | $38.02 | $2.43 | $2.20 | $8.20 |
| 2012 | $14.48 | $42.96 | $2.84 | $10.65 | $37.18 |
| 2013 | $15.91 | $48.71 | $3.43 | $5.47 | $10.46 |
| 2014 | $18.11 | $57.45 | $3.72 | $5.56 | $8.96 |
| 2015 | $22.54 | $62.45 | $2.76 | $7.24 | $13.50 |
| 2016 | $31.40 | $47.33 | $3.88 | $4.16 | $10.31 |
| 2017 | $39.68 | $53.77 | $13.03 | $4.94 | $11.12 |
| 2018 | $59.16 | $62.68 | $16.43 | $8.60 | $22.35 |
| 2019 | $64.73 | $72.98 | $16.99 | $23.37 | $61.28 |
| 2020 | $125.74 | $98.19 | $23.32 | $17.04 | $48.09 |
| 2021 | $144.91 | $110.87 | $24.37 | $19.35 | $48.44 |
| 2022 | $195.67 | $134.99 | $64.42 | $20.71 | $82.94 |
| 2023 | $308.60 | $183.79 | $114.46 | $26.26 | $86.14 |
| 2024 | $243.21 | $173.24 | $135.24 | $27.92 | $81.52 |
| 2025 | $303.36 | $199.28 | $123.45 | $30.48 | $88.74 |
AI valuation
Our deep-learning model estimates Cadence Design Systems, Inc.'s (CDNS) per-share fair value from quarterly fundamentals, sector trend, and historical valuation patterns.
- AI fair value
- $199.28
- Current price
- $340.94
- AI upside
- -41.55%
Methodology and confidence bands appear in the dedicated valuation theory section. The AI score is an estimate, not a recommendation.
Intrinsic value (DCF)
Open DCF calculatorThree textbook valuation models, recomputed daily from the latest financial statements. The DCF uses our Chepakovich model. Graham-Dodd and Graham Formula are conservative reference points.
DCF
$164.63
-51.71% upside
Graham-Dodd
$30.48
-91.06% upside
Graham Formula
$88.74
-73.97% upside
Peer comparison
Same-industry comparables, ranked by market cap.
| Basic Info | Model Valuation | Core Valuation | Profitability | Leverage & Liquidity | Growth | Cash Flow | Dividends | Enterprise Value | Risk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ticker | Company Name | Price | Market Cap | AI Upside | DCF Upside | GD Upside | GF Upside | P/E | P/B | P/S | EV/EBITDA | PEG | P/TBV | Gross Margin | Operating Margin | Net Margin | ROE | ROIC | ROA | Debt/Equity | Interest Coverage | Current Ratio | Quick Ratio | Net Debt/EBITDA | EPS Growth | Sales Growth | FCF Growth | FCF Yield | Op Cash Flow Ratio | Cash ROIC | Dividend Yield | Dividend Payout | Shareholder Yield | EV/EBIT | EV/FCF | EV/Sales | Altman Z-Score |
| CDNS | Cadence Design Systems, I… | $340.94 | 82.18B | -42% | -52% | -91% | -74% | 74.23 | 15.04 | 15.54 | 43.82 | 1360.86 | 41.02 | 85.61% | 31.15% | 20.94% | 21.85% | 25.50% | 11.59% | 0.45 | 14.16 | 2.86 | 2.41 | -0.28 | 545.00% | 1412.00% | 4194.00% | 1.93% | 1.06 | 33.67% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.69% | 49.58 | 51.54 | 15.44 | 11.97 |
| ADSK | Autodesk, Inc. | $245.87 | 52.37B | -8% | -53% | -92% | -61% | 46.80 | 17.27 | 7.76 | 29.33 | 2178.12 | -30.63 | 96.75% | 26.48% | 16.59% | 39.68% | 38.85% | 9.65% | 0.90 | — | 0.85 | 0.69 | 0.27 | 215.00% | 1052.00% | 6007.00% | 4.58% | 0.42 | 74.40% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 3.57% | 29.40 | 21.89 | 7.78 | 4.12 |
| DELL | Dell Technologies Inc. | $147.95 | 99.16B | -21% | +913% | — | +51% | 17.90 | -43.02 | 0.94 | 17.38 | 54.91 | -4.00 | 20.00% | 7.18% | 5.23% | -300.40% | 36.04% | 6.56% | -12.75 | — | 0.91 | 0.46 | 2.75 | 3260.00% | 1880.00% | 35757.00% | 8.05% | 0.18 | 46.28% | 1.37% | 24.60% | 7.94% | 15.49 | 14.76 | 1.11 | 1.98 |
| GLW | Corning Incorporated | $150.38 | 129.02B | -50% | -51% | -98% | -67% | 85.06 | 11.50 | 8.69 | 38.68 | 38.85 | 15.67 | 35.28% | 14.91% | 10.21% | 14.19% | 10.55% | 5.44% | 0.87 | 6.94 | 1.59 | 0.76 | 2.33 | 21897.00% | 1914.00% | 4507.00% | 1.04% | 0.48 | 7.53% | 0.74% | 62.60% | 0.86% | 61.97 | 102.23 | 9.24 | 5.99 |
| MSI | Motorola Solutions, Inc. | $482.26 | 80.32B | -29% | -43% | — | -58% | 37.51 | 33.52 | 6.92 | 25.36 | 98.07 | -10.78 | 50.18% | 25.12% | 18.44% | 104.74% | 26.27% | 12.68% | 4.05 | 8.04 | 1.04 | 0.81 | 2.44 | 3824.00% | 800.00% | 2052.00% | 3.18% | 0.47 | 29.97% | 0.90% | 33.80% | 2.33% | 30.46 | 34.76 | 7.65 | 4.16 |
| MSTR | Strategy Inc | $129.50 | 35.95B | -52% | -46% | -34% | — | -10.52 | 0.79 | 84.80 | -8.54 | -6.95 | -5.18 | 68.69% | -1140.82% | -844.76% | -11.11% | -9.19% | -8.80% | 0.16 | -83.80 | 5.62 | 5.50 | -1.10 | 15132.00% | 297.00% | -9953.00% | -0.26% | -0.15 | -0.25% | 0.94% | -9.90% | 4.01% | -8.53 | -445.58 | 97.33 | 2.19 |
| NTES | NetEase, Inc. | $114.97 | 73.39B | -3% | -39% | -77% | -25% | 15.94 | 3.26 | 4.78 | 9.80 | 145.07 | 3.26 | 64.29% | 31.82% | 29.98% | 21.96% | 434.58% | 15.73% | 0.04 | — | 3.45 | 3.29 | -1.22 | 1099.00% | 405.00% | 2896.00% | 9.23% | 0.94 | 706.85% | 2.57% | 41.00% | 3.94% | 10.41 | 7.51 | 3.31 | 7.28 |
| RBLX | Roblox Corporation | $68.66 | 48.66B | -22% | +145% | — | — | -43.67 | 117.89 | 9.51 | -56.21 | -628.80 | 199.07 | 78.07% | -25.20% | -21.78% | -345.84% | 175.17% | -12.73% | 4.15 | -30.79 | 0.96 | 0.77 | -0.54 | 694.00% | 3577.00% | 11090.00% | 2.91% | 0.35 | -192.66% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.42% | -36.59 | 33.27 | 9.22 | 2.36 |
| SNOW | Snowflake Inc. | $168.41 | 57.63B | -40% | +67% | — | — | -43.25 | 28.47 | 12.27 | -51.88 | -1855.09 | 99.45 | 67.17% | -30.64% | -28.43% | -52.96% | -161.41% | -14.63% | 1.36 | -172.95 | 1.30 | 1.21 | 0.08 | 233.00% | 2916.00% | 2264.00% | 1.95% | 0.28 | 126.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.77% | -39.16 | 50.16 | 12.00 | 5.02 |
| SNPS | Synopsys, Inc. | $414.00 | 79.21B | -2% | -26% | -88% | -54% | 63.09 | 2.97 | 11.92 | 38.18 | — | -7.48 | 76.98% | 12.97% | 18.89% | 7.15% | 3.88% | 4.35% | 0.50 | 2.05 | 1.62 | 1.20 | 4.56 | -4459.00% | 1512.00% | 509.00% | 1.60% | 0.41 | 5.96% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 104.33 | 70.75 | 13.53 | 3.10 |
| WDAY | Workday, Inc. | $133.76 | 35.71B | +16% | +52% | -83% | -59% | 50.52 | 4.49 | 3.67 | 22.42 | 156.38 | 18.48 | 75.70% | 10.72% | 7.26% | 8.23% | 18.57% | 3.84% | 0.11 | — | 1.32 | 1.22 | -0.49 | 3231.00% | 1309.00% | 2686.00% | 7.93% | 0.46 | 73.32% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 15.37% | 29.69 | 10.95 | 3.18 | 2.86 |
About Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. provides software, hardware, services, and reusable integrated circuit (IC) design blocks worldwide. The company offers functional verification services, including emulation and prototyping hardware. Its functional verification offering consists of JasperGold, a formal verification platform; Xcelium, a parallel logic simulation platform; Palladium, an enterprise emulation platform; and Protium, a prototyping platform for chip verification. The company also provides digital IC design and sign off products, including Genus logic synthesis and Joules RTL power solutions, as well as Modus software solution to reduce systems-on-chip design-for-test time; physical implementation tools, such as place and route, optimization, and multiple patterning preparation; and signoff products to signoff the design as ready for silicon manufacturing. In addition, it offers custom IC design and simulation products to create schematic and physical representations of circuits down to the transistor level for analog, mixed-signal, custom digital, memory, and radio frequency designs; and system design and analysis products to develop printed circuit boards and IC packages, as well as to analyze electromagnetic, electro-thermal, and other multi-physics effects. Further, the company provides intellectual property (IP) products comprising pre-verified and customizable functional blocks to integrate into customer's ICs; and verification IP and 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. The company serves 5G communications, aerospace and defense, automotive, industrial and healthcare, mobile, consumer, and hyperscale computing markets. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
- CEO
- Anirudh Devgan
- Employees
- 12.84K
- Beta
- 1.00
Disclaimer: Information on this page is provided for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Upside computed as ($164.63 ÷ $340.94) − 1 = -51.71% (DCF, example).