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CDNS vs MLNK

Side-by-side comparison of Cadence Design Systems Inc. (CDNS) and MeridianLink Inc. (MLNK): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both CDNS and MLNK operate in Computer Software: Prepackaged Software (Technology), so they compete in similar markets.
  • CDNS is the larger of the two at $103.76B, about 71.3x MLNK ($1.46B).
  • Over the past year, CDNS is up 24.8% and MLNK is up 16.8% - CDNS leads by 7.9 points.
  • CDNS has hit the wire 12 times in the past 4 weeks while MLNK has been quiet.
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceCDNS+22.53%MLNK+16.84%
2026-01-20+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricCDNSMLNK
Company
Cadence Design Systems Inc.
MeridianLink Inc.
Price
$376.25-8.64%
$20.02+0.02%
Market cap
$103.76B
$1.46B
1M return
+6.03%
+0.45%
1Y return
+24.75%
+16.84%
Industry
Computer Software: Prepackaged Software
Computer Software: Prepackaged Software
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
2021
News (4w)
12
0
Recent ratings
25
25
CDNS

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.

MLNK

MeridianLink Inc.

MeridianLink, Inc. provides cloud-based software solutions for banks, credit unions, mortgage lenders, specialty lending providers, and consumer reporting agencies in the United States. Its software solutions enable financial institutions to streamline loan decisioning, account opening, deposit taking, loan origination, and customer collection workflows to help drive higher client retention. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California.

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