Executive Summary
Generated July 30, 2026
Design Software
Cadence Design Systems
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3
Chokepoint Score
3 other entities structurally depend on this one
Steady
Momentum
insider filing activity unchanged since last check
Headquarters
San Jose, California, USA
Website
Employees
13,800 (FY2025 10-K)
Founded
1988
Listing
CDNS · NASDAQ
Market Cap
$95.08B
Revenue (TTM)
$5.84B
Price
USD344.72 (+0.02%)
Market data as of Jul 29, 2026, 11:25 AM · Source: Yahoo Finance (delayed). Not investment advice.
Overview
A leading provider of electronic design automation software, alongside Synopsys forming a duopoly that controls the tools used to design nearly every modern semiconductor chip. Cadence raised its fiscal 2026 revenue guidance to $6.13-6.23 billion after Q1 2026 revenue grew 20% year-over-year to $1.474 billion with double-digit growth across every segment, reporting a record $8.0 billion backlog reflecting sustained hyperscaler demand for AI-driven design tools.
Strategic Connections
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company: Cadence partners closely with TSMC on advanced-node design infrastructure, certifying its EDA tools for TSMC's latest process technologies.
- NVIDIA: Cadence provides electronic design automation software used across the semiconductor industry, including by NVIDIA, to design advanced chips.
- Electronic Design Automation: Cadence Design Systems develops Cadence.AI, an AI-driven electronic design automation platform, and partners with TSMC on advanced-node design infrastructure.
- ChipAgents: Cadence's ChipStack AI Super Agent competes with agentic-AI startups like ChipAgents in the race toward autonomous chip design and verification.
- Synopsys: Cadence and Synopsys compete directly for the electronic design automation software market underlying modern chip design.
Strategic Risks
- Intensifying competition from Synopsys in AI-driven design tools
- Customer concentration tied to semiconductor capex cycles
Future Outlook
- Expansion into system design and analysis following its Hexagon multiphysics simulation acquisition
- Continued growth in AI-assisted PCB and chip design automation via Cadence.AI
Sources
2 sources, 84% average source confidence — full citations in the Full Analyst Report.
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