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Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Technology · Software - Application

$334.20

Down-$3.82 (-1.14%)

Updated Oct 14, 2026, 5:11 PM

SID Score

6.1/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

51/100

Neutral

Market cap
91.3B
P/E ratio
85.73
Dividend yield
0.00%
52-week range
$262.75 – $416.69
Volume
2.31M
Avg. volume
1.81M

Price performance · CDNS

CDNS price history

1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 13, 2026

CDNS closed at $334.20 after 21 trading sessions, up 21.99% for the selected period.

Last close
$334.20
Period change
+21.99%
Period low
$273.96
Period high
$359.55
Daily close
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CDNS OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 13, 2026$343.68$344.125$333.79$334.202.31M
Oct 12, 2026$353.00$354.57$346.84$348.421.29M
Oct 9, 2026$353.51$356.025$350.15$352.841.31M
Oct 8, 2026$354.04$357.875$347.64$348.841.56M
Oct 7, 2026$358.36$361.47$353.84$356.121.86M
Oct 6, 2026$355.14$361.91$354.2725$359.551.6M
Oct 5, 2026$354.72$360.145$352.00$353.481.95M
Oct 2, 2026$356.50$356.51$341.76$351.352.1M
Oct 1, 2026$339.36$355.03$337.85$350.733.28M
Sep 30, 2026$322.49$335.00$321.01$330.1852.97M
Sep 29, 2026$321.20$324.25$314.00$324.172.63M
Sep 28, 2026$319.00$329.3505$317.8901$326.702M
Sep 25, 2026$324.97$330.81$322.78$326.132.7M
Sep 24, 2026$306.39$322.49$305.20$322.002.48M
Sep 23, 2026$305.63$315.70$305.63$309.093.59M
Sep 22, 2026$298.65$303.85$294.00$302.952.9M
Sep 21, 2026$285.73$295.80$283.39$294.902.34M
Sep 18, 2026$281.93$284.98$280.49$282.904.13M
Sep 17, 2026$285.55$285.55$278.30$280.762.1M
Sep 16, 2026$274.25$282.00$274.16$279.902.5M
Sep 15, 2026$277.38$279.00$273.0701$273.962.61M

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Overview

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Company profile

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.

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Analyst outlook

Consensus and target data currently published for this company.

Consensus
Buy
Average target
$381.00
Implied upside
—
Analysts
13
CDNS recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Jul 28, 2026Piper SandlerNeutral—
Jul 28, 2026NeedhamBuy—
Jul 28, 2026B of A SecuritiesBuy—
Jul 28, 2026RosenblattBuy—
Jul 28, 2026CitigroupBuy—
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Yahoo · Oct 9, 2026

Is Cadence (CDNS) a Buy as Wall Street Analysts Look Optimistic?

According to the average brokerage recommendation (ABR), one should invest in Cadence (CDNS). It is debatable whether this highly sought-after metric is effective because Wall Street analysts' recommendations tend to be overly optimistic. Would it be worth investing in the stock?

Yahoo · Oct 8, 2026

1 Large-Cap Stock Worth Your Attention and 2 We Find Risky

Large-cap stocks are known for their staying power and ability to weather market storms better than smaller competitors. However, their sheer size makes it more challenging to maintain high growth rates as they’ve already captured significant portions of their markets.

Yahoo · Oct 7, 2026

Even At Today’s Multiples I Keep Adding Synopsys Over And Over

Before a single AI chip reaches a fab, it passes through Synopsys software, and that chokepoint keeps getting harder to route around. Here is why a stretched valuation, ten billion dollars of acquisition debt, and slowing EDA growth have not stopped me from buying more shares.

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