Cadence Design Systemsvs.Teradyne
CDNS vs TER · 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 is about 1.9× larger than Teradyne by market cap; Teradyne trades at the lower P/E (66.1 vs 90.5); year to date, Teradyne leads (+85.8% vs +22.9%).
Side by side
| CDNS | TER | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $106B | $56.5B |
| Price | $384.17 | $359.60 |
| Today | −0.5% | −0.9% |
| Return YTD | +22.9% | +85.8% |
| Return 1Y | +19.1% | +264.6% |
| P/E | 90.5 | 66.1 |
| P/S | 19.2 | 14.9 |
| P/B | 16.1 | 18.0 |
Data as of 2026-07-11 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
Cadence Design SystemsCDNS
EDA software, chip IP and system design tools; the #2 EDA player alongside Synopsys.
Full CDNS profile →TeradyneTER
Automatic test equipment (ATE) for chips plus industrial robots (Universal Robots).
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