NASDAQ · CDNS · Software - Application
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) stock analysis
- CDNS gained 7.6% over the past month versus 0.0% for the S&P 500, ranking 105th of 497 S&P 500 stocks.
- Over 12 months it returned −1.1%, 16.9 points behind the S&P 500, and trades 21.7% below its 52-week high.
- In the last 30 days 1 analyst raised earnings estimates and 1 cut; forward EPS moved +0.2% (+1.8% over 90 days).
- It sits in the EDA & architecture IP segment of the Semiconductor Value Chain, where the 1-month median return is +7.6%.
- The daily chart reads Trend transition · Unresolved structure (since Oct 14, 2026).
One-year price with 50- and 200-day averages
Performance vs the market
Total price return against the S&P 500 (SPY) and the median of US stocks in the same sector.
Chart structure
Read by our daily-bar structure engine from swing highs, swing lows and moving averages.
Holding since Oct 14, 2026
- Price and averages have mixed alignment
- EMA50 rose over the last ten sessions
- Neither a stable trend nor a range is confirmed
74 occurrences in 10 years. The median move over the next 20 sessions was +1.4%, positive 58% of the time, against +2.4% for any day in the same period.
Analyst earnings revisions
Changes to the consensus forward-EPS estimate. Rising estimates mean analysts see more profit ahead.
26 analysts cover the stock
Where it sits in the supply chain
Semiconductor Value Chain · Design tools & IP
Every chip is designed and verified with EDA software, and phones and a growing share of server CPUs license the Arm architecture. Design spending precedes volume and leads industry R&D activity.
Chokepoint Nearly every chip is designed with Synopsys and Cadence EDA tools, which are hard to replace; in 2025 the US briefly restricted EDA exports to China, later rescinded.
Figures are each company's 1-month return; the segment shows its median · Doubler daily batch · company chain maps
Risk profile
Themes
- Cloud SaaS3M rank 200 / 303
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