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CDNS vs GDYN

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

Summary

  • Both CDNS and GDYN operate in Computer Software: Prepackaged Software (Technology), so they compete in similar markets.
  • CDNS is the larger of the two at $103.76B, about 189.4x GDYN ($547.8M).
  • Over the past year, CDNS is up 31.0% and GDYN is down 46.2% - CDNS leads by 77.2 points.
  • CDNS has been more active in the news (12 items in the past 4 weeks vs 6 for GDYN).
  • CDNS has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 11 for GDYN).
PerformanceCDNS+30.96%GDYN-46.21%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricCDNSGDYN
Company
Cadence Design Systems Inc.
Grid Dynamics Holdings Inc.
Price
$394.96+4.97%
$6.53-0.46%
Market cap
$103.76B
$547.8M
1M return
+10.69%
-6.71%
1Y return
+30.96%
-46.21%
Industry
Computer Software: Prepackaged Software
Computer Software: Prepackaged Software
Exchange
NASDAQ
NASDAQ
IPO
2018
News (4w)
12
6
Recent ratings
25
11
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.

GDYN

Grid Dynamics Holdings Inc.

Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides enterprise-level digital transformation services for Fortune 1000 corporations in the United States, and Central and Eastern European countries. It works in collaboration with its clients on digital transformation initiatives that cover strategy consulting, early prototypes, and enterprise-scale delivery of new digital platforms. The company offers technical consulting, software design, development, testing, and internet service operations services. It serves customers that operate in the retail, technology and media, consumer packaged goods/manufacturing, and financial services sectors. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Ramon, California.

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