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 2.7× larger than Cadence Design Systems by market cap; KLA trades at the lower P/E (52.8 vs 69.7); year to date, KLA leads (+61.9% vs +13.9%).
Side by side
| CDNS | KLAC | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $96.1B | $255B |
| Price | $352.84 | $195.57 |
| Today | +1.1% | −0.6% |
| Return YTD | +13.9% | +61.9% |
| Return 1Y | +3.1% | +85.1% |
| Since June 26, 2026 | −6.5% | −21.3% |
| P/E | 69.7 | 52.8 |
| P/S | 16.5 | 18.8 |
| P/B | 14.0 | 40.2 |
Data as of 2026-10-09 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since June 26, 2026: the change in the closing price, from the daily closes Sectivia records itself since that date.
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.
Full CDNS profile →KLAKLAC
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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