Cadence Design Systems PE ratio CDNS

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 62.9×
10-year median: 59.4×
Against its 10-year history: 56th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 15.6× to 101×
Peer median: 20.4×

Cadence Design Systems' PE ratio is 62.9× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $316.49 against $5.03 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 59.4×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 15.6× in Mar 2020 to 101× in Sep 2025.

The median for 10 application software stocks of a similar size is 20.4×.

PE ratio over time

median 59.4×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	62.9×	56.2×	90.3×
2025	82.2×	60.3×	101×
2024	80.1×	64.0×	88.9×
2023	77.6×	56.2×	78.6×
2022	56.6×	50.1×	67.7×
2021	75.1×	33.9×	75.9×
2020	35.4×	15.6×	51.8×
2019	46.2×	42.8×	68.2×
2018	52.2×	40.5×	61.1×
2017	45.0×	30.9×	49.0×
2016	30.4×	24.7×	32.2×
2015	27.0×	27.0×	42.8×
2014	43.8×	25.9×	43.9×
2013	29.1×	27.4×	29.1×
2012	27.4×	25.3×	149×
2011	130×	17.7×	144×

Against its peers

Companies in Software - Application nearest Cadence Design Systems' size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
CDNSCadence Design Systems	62.9×
APPAppLovin	20.0×
INTUIntuit	20.8×
DDOGDatadog	n/m
ADBEAdobe	14.7×
SNOWSnowflake	n/m
ADPAutomatic Data Processing	27.8×
TEAMAtlassian	n/m
MSTRStrategy	n/m
UBERUber Technologies	14.7×
ADSKAutodesk	32.7×
Peer median	20.4×

Where Cadence Design Systems ranks

#42of 53Application software stocks with the lowest PE ratio

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.