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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 $194.19B, about 2.1x CDNS ($90.73B).
- CDNS has been more active in the news (9 items in the past 4 weeks vs 7 for CRM).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
- Company
- Cadence Design Systems Inc.
- Salesforce Inc.
- Price
- -
- -
- Market cap
- $90.73B
- $194.19B
- 1M return
- -
- -
- 1Y return
- -
- -
- Industry
- Computer Software: Prepackaged Software
- Computer Software: Prepackaged Software
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NYSE
- IPO
- 2004
- News (4w)
- 9
- 7
- 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
- SEC Form 4 filed by Cadence Design Systems Inc.
- Cadence Announces Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results Webcast
- Cadence Collaborates With TSMC to Deliver Certified Tool Solutions and Industry-Leading, Silicon-Proven UALink IP on TSMC Advanced Processes
- Cadence Expands ChipStack AI Super Agent with a New Agent for RTL Generation and Early PPA Optimization
- Sr. Vice President Scannell Paul covered exercise/tax liability with 937 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 3% to 30,783 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding tax)
- Sr. VP & CFO Wall John M covered exercise/tax liability with 1,433 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 2% to 79,459 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding obligation)
- Sr. Vice President Teng Chin-Chi covered exercise/tax liability with 1,181 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 0.86% to 136,075 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding tax
- Sr. Vice President Cunningham Paul covered exercise/tax liability with 1,181 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 0.97% to 120,612 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding obligation
- President and CEO Devgan Anirudh covered exercise/tax liability with 3,779 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 2% to 247,201 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding obligation
- Sr. Vice President Cunningham Paul covered exercise/tax liability with 793 shares, exercised 1,000 shares at a strike of $138.02 and sold $554,240 worth of shares (2,000 units at $277.12) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 1% to 121,793 units (SEC Form 4) to cover withholding tax
Latest CRM
- Docusign and Salesforce Launch Intelligent Agreement Management Natively Across Salesforce to Power Agentic Agreement Workflows
- Salesforce upgraded by BofA Securities with a new price target
- Co-Founder Harris Parker converted options into 2,541 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 1,261 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.78% to 164,568 units (SEC Form 4)
- President and COFO Washington Robin L covered exercise/tax liability with 908 shares and converted options into 1,831 shares, increasing direct ownership by 2% to 49,750 units (SEC Form 4)
- President and CLO Niles Sabastian converted options into 2,032 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 1,125 shares, increasing direct ownership by 5% to 19,071 units (SEC Form 4)
- President and COO Milano Miguel converted options into 2,541 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 1,001 shares, increasing direct ownership by 5% to 33,759 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Kirk David Blair bought $999,451 worth of shares (4,176 units at $239.33), increasing direct ownership by 29% to 18,748 units (SEC Form 4)
- BMO Capital Markets reiterated coverage on Salesforce with a new price target
- Salesforce Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- President and CLO Niles Sabastian covered exercise/tax liability with 8,873 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 33% to 18,164 units (SEC Form 4)