Compare · CDNS vs MU
CDNS vs MU
Side-by-side comparison of Cadence Design Systems Inc. (CDNS) and Micron Technology Inc. (MU): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both companies sit in the Technology sector. CDNS focuses on Computer Software: Prepackaged Software, while MU focuses on Semiconductors.
- MU is the larger of the two at $974.37B, about 9.4x CDNS ($103.76B).
- Over the past year, CDNS is up 26.7% and MU is up 697.2% - MU leads by 670.5 points.
- CDNS has been more active in the news (23 items in the past 4 weeks vs 14 for MU).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
- Company
- Cadence Design Systems Inc.
- Micron Technology Inc.
- Price
- $376.25-8.64%
- $860.70-13.74%
- Market cap
- $103.76B
- $974.37B
- 1M return
- +6.03%
- +29.72%
- 1Y return
- +26.72%
- +697.20%
- Industry
- Computer Software: Prepackaged Software
- Semiconductors
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- News (4w)
- 23
- 14
- 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.
Micron Technology Inc.
Micron Technology, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells memory and storage products worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Compute and Networking Business Unit, Mobile Business Unit, Storage Business Unit, and Embedded Business Unit. It offers memory and storage technologies, including DRAM, NAND, NOR, and 3D XPoint memory under the Micron and Crucial brands, as well as through private labels. The company provides memory products for the cloud server, enterprise, client, graphics, and networking markets, as well as for smartphone and other mobile-device markets; SSDs and component-level solutions for the enterprise and cloud, client, and consumer storage markets; other discrete storage products in component and wafer forms for the removable storage markets, as well as 3D XPoint memory products; and memory and storage products for the automotive, industrial, and consumer markets. It markets its products through its direct sales force, independent sales representatives, distributors, and retailers; and web-based customer direct sales channel, as well as through channel and distribution partners. Micron Technology, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.
Latest CDNS
- President and CEO Devgan Anirudh exercised 26,821 shares at a strike of $78.76 and sold $30,846,765 worth of shares (76,827 units at $401.51) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 16% to 253,519 units (SEC Form 4)
- Sr. Vice President Scannell Paul sold $2,789,277 worth of shares (7,081 units at $393.91) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan and exercised 7,081 shares at a strike of $285.19 (SEC Form 4)
- Cadence's Richard Gu to Present at Nasdaq Conference
- SEC Form SD filed by Cadence Design Systems Inc.
- Cadence Unveils Industry's First Fully Autonomous Virtual Engineer for Chip Design, powered by NVIDIA
- Cadence and Samsung Foundry Deepen 2nm and 3D‑IC Collaboration to Meet Surging AI Infrastructure and Physical AI Demand
- President and CEO Devgan Anirudh exercised 25,000 shares at a strike of $78.76 and sold $19,198,190 worth of shares (51,887 units at $370.00) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 8% to 303,525 units (SEC Form 4)
- Sr. Vice President Teng Chin-Chi exercised 1,000 shares at a strike of $202.94 and sold $1,662,087 worth of shares (4,500 units at $369.35) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 2% to 148,781 units (SEC Form 4)
- Cadence's Anirudh Devgan to Present at BofA Conference
- Amendment: Sr. Vice President Scannell Paul covered exercise/tax liability with 75 shares and sold $369,559 worth of shares (1,071 units at $345.06) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 3% to 32,181 units (SEC Form 4) to cover taxes
Latest MU
- Morgan Stanley reiterated coverage on Micron with a new price target
- President and CEO Mehrotra Sanjay sold $2,498,589 worth of shares (2,561 units at $975.63) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 0.66% to 384,503 units (SEC Form 4)
- President and CEO Mehrotra Sanjay sold $35,955,527 worth of shares (37,439 units at $960.38) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 9% to 387,064 units (SEC Form 4)
- Micron Powers AI Everywhere at COMPUTEX 2026
- Susquehanna reiterated coverage on Micron with a new price target
- DA Davidson reiterated coverage on Micron with a new price target
- Micron Technology to Report Fiscal Third Quarter Results on June 24, 2026
- Barclays reiterated coverage on Micron with a new price target
- UBS reiterated coverage on Micron with a new price target
- Micron Advances Made-in-America Memory With Manufacturing Expansion in Virginia