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 $1.05T, about 11.5x CDNS ($91.40B).
- MU has been more active in the news (6 items in the past 4 weeks vs 5 for CDNS).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
- Company
- Cadence Design Systems Inc.
- Micron Technology Inc.
- Price
- -
- -
- Market cap
- $91.40B
- $1.05T
- 1M return
- -
- -
- 1Y return
- -
- -
- Industry
- Computer Software: Prepackaged Software
- Semiconductors
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- News (4w)
- 5
- 6
- 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
- Sr. Vice President Teng Chin-Chi exercised 1,000 shares at a strike of $202.94 and sold $1,488,167 worth of shares (4,732 units at $314.49) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 3% to 138,049 units (SEC Form 4)
- Sr. Vice President Scannell Paul covered exercise/tax liability with 181 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 0.56% to 32,000 units (SEC Form 4) (tax withholding)
- Sr. Vice President Cunningham Paul sold $646,640 worth of shares (2,000 units at $323.32) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan and exercised 1,000 shares at a strike of $138.02, decreasing direct ownership by 0.80% to 124,586 units (SEC Form 4)
- Cadence to Present at Deutsche Bank Technology Conference
- 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)
Latest MU
- Micron Opens State-of-the-Art Training Center in Boise to Strengthen America’s Semiconductor Workforce
- BMO Capital Markets initiated coverage on Micron with a new price target
- EVP and Chief Business Officer Sadana Sumit sold $14,014,350 worth of shares (15,000 units at $934.29), decreasing direct ownership by 7% to 191,021 units (SEC Form 4)
- Micron Unveils Micron Research Labs, a U.S.-Based Long-Horizon Innovation Hub to Shape the Future of Memory and AI
- Micron upgraded by New Street with a new price target
- Micron Ventures Launches $250 Million Fund to Invest in the Next Generation of AI
- President and CEO Mehrotra Sanjay sold $8,294,275 worth of shares (8,715 units at $951.72) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 3% to 304,503 units (SEC Form 4)
- President and CEO Mehrotra Sanjay sold $28,995,816 worth of shares (31,285 units at $926.83) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 9% to 313,218 units (SEC Form 4)
- CVP, Chief Accounting Officer Allen Scott R. sold $879,000 worth of shares (879 units at $1,000.00), decreasing direct ownership by 2% to 34,958 units (SEC Form 4)
- CVP, Chief Accounting Officer Allen Scott R. covered exercise/tax liability with 912 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 2% to 35,837 units (SEC Form 4) to cover withholding tax