Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Competitors and Alternatives 2024 (2024)

CDNS vs. CRWD, PLTR, DDOG, EA, CRM, ADBE, INTU, SNPS, WDAY, and ADSK

Should you be buying Cadence Design Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cadence Design Systems include CrowdStrike (CRWD), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Datadog (DDOG), Electronic Arts (EA), Salesforce (CRM), Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), Synopsys (SNPS), Workday (WDAY), and Autodesk (ADSK).

Cadence Design Systems vs.

Cadence Design Systems (NASDAQ:CDNS) and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

Cadence Design Systems received 107 more outperform votes than CrowdStrike when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.21% of users gave Cadence Design Systems an outperform vote while only 68.34% of users gave CrowdStrike an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cadence Design SystemsOutperform Votes

569

71.21%

Underperform Votes

230

28.79%

CrowdStrikeOutperform Votes

462

68.34%

Underperform Votes

214

31.66%

Cadence Design Systems has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Cadence Design Systems has higher revenue and earnings than CrowdStrike. Cadence Design Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CrowdStrike, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cadence Design Systems$4.09B20.79$1.04B$3.8481.28
CrowdStrike$3.06B30.51$89.33M$0.53727.25

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 38 more articles in the media than Cadence Design Systems. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for CrowdStrike and 16 mentions for Cadence Design Systems. Cadence Design Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat CrowdStrike's score of 0.74 indicating that Cadence Design Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cadence Design Systems

10 Very Positive mention(s)

1 Positive mention(s)

2 Neutral mention(s)

0 Negative mention(s)

0 Very Negative mention(s)

Positive
CrowdStrike

34 Very Positive mention(s)

3 Positive mention(s)

11 Neutral mention(s)

0 Negative mention(s)

0 Very Negative mention(s)

Positive

Cadence Design Systems has a net margin of 25.68% compared to CrowdStrike's net margin of 4.01%. Cadence Design Systems' return on equity of 32.44% beat CrowdStrike's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cadence Design Systems25.68% 32.44% 19.18%
CrowdStrike 4.01%7.39%2.63%

84.9% of Cadence Design Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Cadence Design Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Cadence Design Systems presently has a consensus target price of $331.11, indicating a potential upside of 6.09%. CrowdStrike has a consensus target price of $375.61, indicating a potential downside of 2.55%. Given Cadence Design Systems' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Cadence Design Systems is more favorable than CrowdStrike.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cadence Design Systems

0 Sell rating(s)

2 Hold rating(s)

7 Buy rating(s)

0 Strong Buy rating(s)

2.78
CrowdStrike

0 Sell rating(s)

1 Hold rating(s)

37 Buy rating(s)

1 Strong Buy rating(s)

3.00

Summary

Cadence Design Systems beats CrowdStrike on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CDNS vs. The Competition

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MetricCadence Design SystemsPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$85.02B$22.85B$22.53B$8.40B
Dividend YieldN/A1.98%2.69%4.04%
P/E Ratio81.2875.53258.8018.08
Price / Sales20.797.64551.2279.93
Price / Cash69.2068.9331.1431.32
Price / Book24.958.806.564.22
Net Income$1.04B$364.93M$629.45M$216.24M
7 Day Performance6.01%-0.29%-0.51%-0.47%
1 Month Performance6.48%-6.03%-1.46%-2.38%
1 Year Performance31.26%0.88%11.26%2.11%

Cadence Design Systems Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRWDCrowdStrike4.0549 of 5 stars$387.37
+0.7%
$375.61
-3.0%
+150.3%$93.03B$3.28B730.907,925
PLTRPalantir Technologies1.7752 of 5 stars$23.77
-0.3%
$20.65
-13.1%
+48.2%$52.93B$2.23B198.103,735
DDOGDatadog4.5909 of 5 stars$119.11
+3.7%
$137.50
+15.4%
+22.4%$39.84B$2.13B372.225,200Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
EAElectronic Arts3.9002 of 5 stars$135.63
-0.8%
$147.00
+8.4%
+6.3%$36.13B$7.56B28.9813,700Short Interest ↑
CRMSalesforce4.9523 of 5 stars$235.71
-2.2%
$292.79
+24.2%
+10.7%$228.40B$34.86B42.3972,682Insider Selling
ADBEAdobe4.7836 of 5 stars$459.87
-0.6%
$600.97
+30.7%
+9.5%$206.02B$19.94B43.9629,945Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
INTUIntuit4.9378 of 5 stars$592.22
+4.5%
$679.41
+14.7%
+33.5%$165.56B$14.37B54.6318,200Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
Short Interest ↑
SNPSSynopsys4.4571 of 5 stars$590.89
+1.9%
$616.18
+4.3%
+32.3%$90.54B$5.84B64.2320,300Insider Selling
Positive News
WDAYWorkday4.9744 of 5 stars$210.93
-1.5%
$283.96
+34.6%
-3.6%$55.90B$7.26B38.0118,800Short Interest ↑
ADSKAutodesk4.3474 of 5 stars$223.02
+5.4%
$269.05
+20.6%
+5.8%$48.06B$5.50B52.9713,700Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume

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