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CDNS vs RPD

Side-by-side comparison of Cadence Design Systems Inc. (CDNS) and Rapid7 Inc. (RPD): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both CDNS and RPD operate in Computer Software: Prepackaged Software (Technology), so they compete in similar markets.
  • CDNS is the larger of the two at $103.76B, about 206.7x RPD ($501.9M).
  • Over the past year, CDNS is up 30.7% and RPD is down 68.8% - CDNS leads by 99.5 points.
  • CDNS has been more active in the news (12 items in the past 4 weeks vs 6 for RPD).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceCDNS+30.72%RPD-68.75%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricCDNSRPD
Company
Cadence Design Systems Inc.
Rapid7 Inc.
Price
$394.25+4.79%
$7.38-1.93%
Market cap
$103.76B
$501.9M
1M return
+10.49%
+9.75%
1Y return
+30.72%
-68.75%
Industry
Computer Software: Prepackaged Software
Computer Software: Prepackaged Software
Exchange
NASDAQ
NASDAQ
IPO
2015
News (4w)
12
6
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.

RPD

Rapid7 Inc.

Rapid7, Inc. provides cyber security solutions. The company offers a cloud-native insight platform that enables customers to create and manage analytics-driven cyber security risk management programs. Its platform includes InsightVM, a vulnerability risk management solution that is designed to provide a way to collect vulnerability data, prioritize risk, and automate remediation; InsightIDR, an incident detection and response solution; InsightAppSec, which provides application security testing that analyzes web applications for security vulnerabilities; and InsightConnect, a security orchestration and automation response solution that is used by security professionals. The company's other products include DivvyCloud, a cloud security posture management solution; Nexpose, an on-premise version of company's vulnerability risk management solution; AppSpider, an on-premise version of company's application security testing solution; Metasploit, a penetration testing software solution; and InsightOps that enables organizations to store and search data in real time, as well as professional services. It offers its products through term or perpetual software licenses, cloud-based subscriptions, and managed services. The company serves customers in a range of industries, including technology, energy, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, media and entertainment, retail, education, real estate, transportation, government, and professional services industries through sales teams, and indirect channel partner relationships, as well as directly in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Rapid7, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

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