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Added to YB: 2026-01-29

Pitch date: 2026-01-27

CDNS [neutral]

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

-13.13%

current return

Author Info

Drew Cohen is a Portfolio Manager at Davidson Kahn Capital Management. Sign up for the newsletter.

Company Info

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. develops computational, AI-driven software, hardware, and silicon intellectual property (IP) products and solutions.

Market Cap

$82.0B

Pitch Price

$321.62

Price Target

N/A

Dividend

N/A

EV/EBITDA

41.18

P/E

73.14

EV/Sales

15.39

Sector

Software

Category

growth

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Cadence Design Systems (Stock Breakdown)

CDNS (overview): EDA software leader enabling modern chip design w/ integrated toolset from synthesis to system validation. Strong moats in analog/mixed-signal & packaging. Risks from Synopsys/Ansys photonics competition. At 60x NTM P/E, needs 15% growth + margin expansion to justify $315 price.

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