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CDNS vs CRM
Side-by-side comparison of Cadence Design Systems Inc. (CDNS) and Salesforce Inc. (CRM): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both CDNS and CRM operate in Computer Software: Prepackaged Software (Technology), so they compete in similar markets.
- CRM is the larger of the two at $158.05B, about 1.7x CDNS ($92.83B).
- Over the past year, CDNS is down 6.5% and CRM is down 22.6% - CDNS leads by 16.2 points.
- CRM has been more active in the news (11 items in the past 4 weeks vs 9 for CDNS).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
- Company
- Cadence Design Systems Inc.
- Salesforce Inc.
- Price
- $337.00-1.04%
- $192.84+0.97%
- Market cap
- $92.83B
- $158.05B
- 1M return
- -9.14%
- +13.77%
- 1Y return
- -6.45%
- -22.60%
- Industry
- Computer Software: Prepackaged Software
- Computer Software: Prepackaged Software
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NYSE
- IPO
- 2004
- News (4w)
- 9
- 11
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 25
Cadence Design Systems Inc.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. provides software, hardware, services, and reusable integrated circuit (IC) design blocks worldwide. The company offers functional verification services, including emulation and prototyping hardware. Its functional verification offering consists of JasperGold, a formal verification platform; Xcelium, a parallel logic simulation platform; Palladium, an enterprise emulation platform; and Protium, a prototyping platform for chip verification. The company also provides digital IC design products, including Genus logic synthesis and RTL power solutions, as well as Modus software solution to reduce systems-on-chip design-for-test time; physical implementation tools, including place and route, optimization, and multiple patterning preparation; and signoff products to signoff the design as ready for manufacture by a silicon foundry. In addition, it offers custom IC design and simulation products to create schematic and physical representations of circuits down to the transistor level for analog, mixed-signal, custom digital, memory, and radio frequency designs; and system design and analysis products to develop printed circuit boards and IC packages, as well as to analyze electromagnetic, electro-thermal, and other multi-physics effects. Further, the company provides intellectual property (IP) products consisting of pre-verified and customizable functional blocks to integrate into customer's ICs; and verification IP and memory models to verify the correct interaction with dozens of design IP interface protocols. Additionally, it offers services related to methodology, education, and hosted design solutions, as well as technical support and maintenance services. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Salesforce Inc.
salesforce.com, inc. develops enterprise cloud computing solutions with a focus on customer relationship management worldwide. The company offers Sales Cloud to store data, monitor leads and progress, forecast opportunities, and gain insights through analytics and relationship intelligence, as well as deliver quotes, contracts, and invoices. It also provides Service Cloud, which enables companies to deliver personalized customer service and support, as well as a field service solution that enables companies to connect agents, dispatchers, and mobile employees through a centralized platform, which helps to schedule and dispatch work, and track and manage jobs in real-time. In addition, the company offers Marketing Cloud to plan, personalize, and optimize one-to-one customer marketing interactions; and Commerce Cloud, which enables companies to enhance engagement, conversion, revenue, and loyalty from their customers. Further, it provides Customer 360 Platform that offers no-code to pro-code Platform-as-a-Service tools for building, securing, integrating, and managing the business apps; MuleSoft Anypoint Platform enables customers to connect any system, application, data, or device; Quip collaboration platform, which combines documents, spreadsheets, apps, and chat with live CRM data; and Tableau and Einstein Analytics, provides analytical technology to customers. Additionally, the company offers various solutions for financial services, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, consumer goods, government, and philanthropy. The company also provides professional services and education services, including instructor-led and online courses; and support and adoption programs. It provides its services through direct sales; and consulting firms, systems integrators, and other partners. Salesforce and Siemens has a strategic partnership. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Latest CDNS
- Director Sohn Young gifted 9 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 0.06% to 15,243 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Cadence Design Systems Inc.
- Cadence Design Systems Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Cadence Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
- Sr. Vice President Teng Chin-Chi exercised 1,000 shares at a strike of $202.94 and sold $1,527,555 worth of shares (4,500 units at $339.46) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 2% to 141,781 units (SEC Form 4)
- Sr. Vice President Cunningham Paul exercised 1,000 shares at a strike of $138.02 and sold $766,720 worth of shares (2,000 units at $383.36) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 0.79% to 125,586 units (SEC Form 4)
- Rapidus and Cadence Partner on Agentic AI for Advanced SoC Design
- The Benchmark Company initiated coverage on Cadence Design with a new price target
- Cadence Introduces AuraStack AI Super Agent, the World’s First Agentic AI Platform for PCB and Advanced Packaging
- Cadence Announces Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results Webcast
Latest CRM
- Salesforce Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update
- Salesforce Announces Date of Second Quarter Fiscal 2027 Earnings Release and Webcast
- Salesforce upgraded by Erste Group
- Missionforce National Security Unveils IL5-Authorized AI Agents and Apps to Drive Decision Advantage, Readiness, and Enhanced Warfighter Support
- U.S. Army Human Resources Command Deploys Agentforce to Deliver 24/7 AI-Powered Support to 9.2 Million Soldiers, Veterans, and Military Families
- Salesforce Grants Equity Awards to Qualified and MeshMesh Under Its Inducement Equity Incentive Plan
- VA Awards Salesforce $1.6B Contract to Transform Veteran Care and Services
- Chief Eng/Cust Success Officer Tallapragada Srinivas covered exercise/tax liability with 886 shares and converted options into 1,786 shares, increasing direct ownership by 1% to 71,067 units (SEC Form 4)
- Co-Founder and CTO, Slack Harris Parker converted options into 1,786 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 886 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.55% to 163,288 units (SEC Form 4)
- Salesforce downgraded by Morgan Stanley with a new price target