Cadence Design Systemsvs.Synopsys
CDNS vs SNPS · both in Semiconductor equipment & IP, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: The machines and chip IP advanced semiconductor manufacturing cannot do without.
Cadence Design Systems and Synopsys are similar in size by market cap; Cadence Design Systems trades at the lower P/E (71.2 vs 89.5); year to date, Cadence Design Systems leads (+15.0% vs +7.0%).
Side by side
| CDNS | SNPS | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $98.1B | $96.3B |
| Price | $348.84 | $497.75 |
| Today | −2.0% | −1.0% |
| Return YTD | +15.0% | +7.0% |
| Return 1Y | +1.8% | +5.2% |
| Since June 26, 2026 | −7.5% | +9.6% |
| P/E | 71.2 | 89.5 |
| P/S | 16.8 | 10.2 |
| P/B | 14.3 | 3.1 |
Data as of 2026-10-08 · 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 →SynopsysSNPS
Chips are designed and verified in Synopsys' EDA software, and much of the reusable silicon IP inside them is licensed from Synopsys too. With Cadence it forms a duopoly.
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