Cadence Design Systemsvs.KLA
CDNS vs KLAC · both in Semiconductor equipment & IP, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: The machines and chip IP advanced semiconductor manufacturing cannot do without.
KLA is about 3.1× larger than Cadence Design Systems by market cap; KLA trades at the lower P/E (56.6 vs 64.7); year to date, KLA leads (+49.4% vs +1.1%).
Side by side
| CDNS | KLAC | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $89.2B | $273B |
| Price | $331.90 | $183.34 |
| Today | +5.1% | +1.0% |
| Return YTD | +1.1% | +49.4% |
| Return 1Y | −9.6% | +108.6% |
| P/E | 64.7 | 56.6 |
| P/S | 15.3 | 20.1 |
| P/B | 13.0 | 43.0 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
Cadence Design SystemsCDNS
Ranks second in EDA behind Synopsys: design and verification software, licensable IP blocks, plus simulation that reaches past the chip to the whole system.
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Finding a defect a few nanometres across is its own industry, and KLA dominates it. Its inspection systems and yield software show a fab what is going wrong.
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