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CDNS · Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Software - ApplicationUnited StatesAnalyst view: Strong Buy

$326.24

+1.80% last session

End-of-day data · updated 2026-07-28

Neutral2 bullish · 2 bearish technical signals
Consensus: Strong Buy (1.44 from 26 analysts)
To mean target: +21.4%

Market cap

$93B

Enterprise value

$92B

Trailing P/E

79.3

Forward P/E

36.0

Dividend yield

Beta

1.15

Avg volume

2M

Employees

15K

2D change

3.79%

5D change

2.47%

10D change

2.57%

30D change

-10.25%

60D change

-9.69%

MTD change

-10.36%

YTD change

8.33%

Analyst Outlook

Consensus ratingStrong Buy
Recommendation mean (1–5)1.44
Covering analysts26
Mean price target$395.94
Low price target$275.00
Upside to mean target+21.4%

Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.

Technical Analysis

RSI (14)43.3
50-day MA$371.84
200-day MA$327.64
Price vs 50-day MA-7.3%
Price vs 200-day MA+5.2%
MACD histogram-2.69
Volume vs 3-month avg2.0×
52w low $265.6652w high $416.39

Analyst sentiment over time — CDNS

Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).

Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-07-28

Latest call per bank · past 12 months

Bank of America

Buy

$420

+28.7% vs price
▲ raised from $400Maintains · 2026-07-28

Citigroup

Buy

$420

+28.7% vs price
▲ raised from $400Maintains · 2026-07-28

Wells Fargo

Overweight

$425

+30.3% vs price
▲ raised from $400Maintains · 2026-05-26

Morgan Stanley

Overweight

$370

+13.4% vs price
▼ cut from $385Maintains · 2026-02-18

JP Morgan

Overweight

$405

+24.1% vs price
▲ raised from $390Maintains · 2025-10-28

Recent rating actions

DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
2026-07-28Bank of AmericaMaintainsBuy$400 $420
2026-07-28RosenblattMaintainsBuy$410 $420
2026-07-28CitigroupMaintainsBuy$400 $420
2026-07-28BairdMaintainsOutperform$415 $420
2026-07-28NeedhamReiteratesBuy$400
2026-07-28Piper SandlerMaintainsNeutral$325 $349
2026-07-16BenchmarkInitiatesBuy$0.00 $450
2026-07-14RosenblattMaintainsBuy$375 $410

Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.

Signal Summary as of 2026-07-28

  • RSI (14): RSI is 43 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
  • Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 7.3% below the 50-day MA ($371.84).
  • Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 5.2% above the 200-day MA ($327.64).
  • MA cross: The 50-day MA sits above the 200-day MA (golden-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points up.
  • MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is negative (-2.69) — short-term momentum is fading.
  • 52-week range: Price sits between the 52-week low ($265.66) and high ($416.39).

CDNS Price Chart

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Fundamentals

Revenue (TTM)$6.0B
EBITDA$2.0B
Free cash flow$1.0B
Operating cash flow$2.0B
Book value / share$23.79
Net debt / EBITDA0.8
WACC12.0%
Revenue growth19.00%
Earnings growth23.00%

About Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. develops computational, AI-driven software, hardware, and silicon intellectual property products and solutions. The company offers functional verification services, such as Jasper, a formal verification platform; Xcelium, a parallel logic simulation platform; Verisium, a generative AI solution; Palladium, an enterprise emulation platform; and Protium, a prototyping platform for chip verification, as well as digital IC design and sign off products, including In novus platform; and custom IC design and simulation product include Virtuoso, a platform to design and verify analog. It also provides Xcelium logic simulator and other front-end verification and virtual prototyping technologies; controllers and physical interfaces; PCI Express, universal accelerator and compute express links, and multiple memory interfaces; and Ten Silica, a digital signal processor. In addition, the company's design IP portfolio includes serializer/deserializer, peripheral component interconnect, USB, and other standard protocols; and Secure-IC, a solution for embedded security IP. Additionally, it provides System Design and Analysis (SD&A) platform, a solution that enables end-to-end system-level design and verification across chips, packages, PCBs, and electronic systems; Allegro X and Orca X platforms for PCB and advanced packaging; Sigrity X for signal and power integrity; AIR for RF design; Fidelity for computational fluid dynamics; Celsius for thermal and airflow analysis; Clarity 3D solver for electromagnetic and power electronics analysis and simulation; Integrity 3D-IC solution for 3D-IC and multi-chiplet designs; the Optimality Intelligent System Explorer, Reality digital twin, and Millennium enterprise multiphasic platforms; Allegro system design platform; and molecular modeling and simulation solutions and services. The company has a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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