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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ADSK Autodesk	$289.62 +2.2%	$263.36	$195.32 ▼ $326.62	$61.69B	1.47	1.62 million shs	1.15 million shs
ANSS ANSYS	$334.47 +2.6%	$314.64	$275.06 ▼ $363.03	$29.40B	1.21	484,217 shs	758,172 shs
CDNS Cadence Design Systems	$308.11 -0.1%	$263.05	$221.56 ▼ $328.99	$84.13B	1.04	1.95 million shs	1.61 million shs
SNPS Synopsys	$484.85 +0.9%	$436.44	$365.74 ▼ $624.80	$74.97B	1.16	1.10 million shs	1.01 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ADSK Autodesk	+2.18%	+5.90%	+21.26%	-3.83%	+35.37%
ANSS ANSYS	+2.58%	+4.61%	+17.43%	-3.01%	+2.30%
CDNS Cadence Design Systems	-0.07%	+2.80%	+33.01%	+2.81%	+9.04%
SNPS Synopsys	+0.76%	+5.55%	+27.06%	-7.79%	-11.92%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
ADSK Autodesk	4.4075 of 5 stars	3.3	4.0	2.9	2.4	3.3	1.3
ANSS ANSYS	2.6189 of 5 stars	1.2	3.0	4.2	3.0	2.5	0.0
CDNS Cadence Design Systems	4.42 of 5 stars	2.4	5.0	3.0	3.9	2.5	1.9
SNPS Synopsys	4.9217 of 5 stars	4.5	4.0	3.0	3.5	2.5	2.5

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ADSK Autodesk	2.65	Moderate Buy	$321.36	10.96% Upside
ANSS ANSYS	2.33	Hold	$352.50	5.39% Upside
CDNS Cadence Design Systems	2.77	Moderate Buy	$322.54	4.68% Upside
SNPS Synopsys	2.92	Moderate Buy	$613.43	26.52% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest SNPS, CDNS, ADSK, and ANSS Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/29/2025	CDNS Cadence Design Systems	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$320.00 ➝ $350.00
4/29/2025	CDNS Cadence Design Systems	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$300.00 ➝ $325.00
4/29/2025	CDNS Cadence Design Systems	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$293.00 ➝ $325.00
4/29/2025	CDNS Cadence Design Systems	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$325.00 ➝ $325.00
4/29/2025	CDNS Cadence Design Systems	Rosenblatt Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$295.00 ➝ $300.00
4/28/2025	SNPS Synopsys	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$550.00
4/24/2025	ADSK Autodesk	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform
4/24/2025	CDNS Cadence Design Systems	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Overweight	$300.00 ➝ $325.00
4/22/2025	ADSK Autodesk	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$350.00 ➝ $345.00
4/16/2025	ADSK Autodesk	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$385.00 ➝ $330.00
4/16/2025	ADSK Autodesk	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$335.00 ➝ $323.00

(Data available from 5/9/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ADSK Autodesk	$6.13B	10.06	$5.12 per share	56.59	$8.67 per share	33.40
ANSS ANSYS	$2.58B	11.38	$10.19 per share	32.81	$69.60 per share	4.81
CDNS Cadence Design Systems	$4.87B	17.26	$5.96 per share	51.70	$17.04 per share	18.08
SNPS Synopsys	$6.07B	12.35	$12.56 per share	38.60	$58.54 per share	8.28

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ADSK Autodesk	$906M	$5.13	57.46	43.88	2.94	18.30%	53.87%	12.31%	5/22/2025 (Estimated)
ANSS ANSYS	$575.69M	$6.74	51.06	∞	3.48	22.62%	12.69%	9.65%	N/A
CDNS Cadence Design Systems	$1.04B	$3.95	79.82	47.55	3.88	22.74%	29.24%	16.05%	N/A
SNPS Synopsys	$2.26B	$13.52	33.39	37.12	3.23	36.12%	20.48%	13.51%	5/20/2025 (Estimated)

Latest SNPS, CDNS, ADSK, and ANSS Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/28/2025	Q2 2025	SNPS Synopsys	$3.39	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.60 billion	N/A
5/22/2025	Q1 2026	ADSK Autodesk	$2.14	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.61 billion	N/A
4/30/2025	Q1 2025	ANSS ANSYS	$1.75	$1.64	-$0.11	$0.59	$516.81 million	$504.89 million
4/28/2025	Q1 2025	CDNS Cadence Design Systems	$1.50	$1.57	+$0.07	$1.00	$1.24 billion	$1.24 billion
2/19/2025	Q4 2024	ANSS ANSYS	$3.97	$3.65	-$0.32	$3.21	$864.46 million	$882.17 million
2/18/2025	Q4 2024	CDNS Cadence Design Systems	$1.82	$1.49	-$0.33	$1.24	$1.35 billion	$1.36 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ADSK Autodesk	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ANSS ANSYS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CDNS Cadence Design Systems	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SNPS Synopsys	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ADSK Autodesk	0.76	0.65	0.65
ANSS ANSYS	0.12	3.01	3.01
CDNS Cadence Design Systems	0.53	2.93	2.27
SNPS Synopsys	N/A	2.44	2.30

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ADSK Autodesk	90.24%
ANSS ANSYS	92.39%
CDNS Cadence Design Systems	84.85%
SNPS Synopsys	85.47%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ADSK Autodesk	0.14%
ANSS ANSYS	0.46%
CDNS Cadence Design Systems	0.37%
SNPS Synopsys	0.62%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ADSK Autodesk	12,600	213.00 million	214.70 million	Optionable
ANSS ANSYS	5,600	87.92 million	87.25 million	Optionable
CDNS Cadence Design Systems	10,200	273.04 million	268.81 million	Optionable
SNPS Synopsys	19,000	154.62 million	153.56 million	Optionable

SNPS, CDNS, ADSK, and ANSS Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) Shares Acquired by Aptus Capital Advisors LLC

May 9 at 4:50 AM | marketbeat.com

Cary Street Partners Financial LLC Takes $4.51 Million Position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS)

May 8 at 5:48 AM | marketbeat.com

Synopsys to Enhance Software Integrity Platform with Acquisition of Black Duck Software

May 7 at 9:23 PM | design-reuse.com

Synopsys (SNPS) Rises Higher Than Market: Key Facts

May 7 at 6:50 PM | zacks.com

Synopsys Announces Earnings Release Date For Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2025

May 7 at 4:05 PM | prnewswire.com

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) Shares Sold by Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV

May 7 at 5:05 AM | marketbeat.com

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) Stock Position Decreased by Bain Capital Public Equity Management II LLC

May 6 at 7:29 AM | marketbeat.com

Bain Capital Public Equity LP Boosts Stock Position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS)

May 6 at 7:22 AM | marketbeat.com

Banque Transatlantique SA Takes Position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS)

May 6 at 6:49 AM | marketbeat.com

Banque de Luxembourg S.A. Invests $6.24 Million in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS)

May 6 at 6:49 AM | marketbeat.com

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) Shares Purchased by BNP Paribas

May 6 at 5:49 AM | marketbeat.com

Ameriprise Financial Inc. Has $916.44 Million Position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS)

May 6 at 5:41 AM | marketbeat.com

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) Shares Sold by Axa S.A.

May 6 at 5:14 AM | marketbeat.com

AQR Capital Management LLC Sells 48,115 Shares of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS)

May 6 at 4:47 AM | marketbeat.com

Aristotle Atlantic Partners LLC Has $48.84 Million Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS)

May 5, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Aristotle Capital Management LLC Takes $6.94 Million Position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS)

May 5, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC Cuts Stock Holdings in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS)

May 5, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Micron (MU) and Synopsys (SNPS) Stand Out in AI Investment Strategy

May 4, 2025 | gurufocus.com

2,786 Shares in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) Acquired by 1248 Management LLC

May 4, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) Shares Sold by Comerica Bank

May 4, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Lido Advisors LLC Boosts Stock Position in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS)

May 4, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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SNPS, CDNS, ADSK, and ANSS Company Descriptions

Autodesk NASDAQ:ADSK

$289.62 +6.26 (+2.21%)

Closing price 05/8/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$290.64 +1.02 (+0.35%)

As of 06:37 AM Eastern

Autodesk, Inc. provides 3D design, engineering, and entertainment technology solutions worldwide. The company offers AutoCAD Civil 3D, a surveying, design, analysis, and documentation solution for civil engineering, including land development, transportation, and environmental projects; BuildingConnected, a SaaS preconstruction solution; AutoCAD, a software for professional design, drafting, detailing, and visualization; AutoCAD LT, a drafting and detailing software; computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software for computer numeric control machining, inspection, and modelling for manufacturing; Fusion 360, a 3D CAD, CAM, and computer-aided engineering tool; and Industry Collections tools for professionals in architecture, engineering and construction, product design and manufacturing, and media and entertainment collection industries. It also provides Inventor tools for 3D mechanical design, simulation, analysis, tooling, visualization, and documentation; Vault, a data management software to manage data in one central location, accelerate design processes, and streamline internal/external collaboration; Maya and 3ds Max software products that offer 3D modeling, animation, effects, rendering, and compositing solutions; and ShotGrid, a cloud-based software for review and production tracking in the media and entertainment industry. It sells its products and services to customers directly, as well as through a network of resellers and distributors. Autodesk, Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

ANSYS NASDAQ:ANSS

$334.47 +8.47 (+2.60%)

Closing price 05/8/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$334.45 -0.02 (0.00%)

As of 06:26 AM Eastern

ANSYS, Inc. develops and markets engineering simulation software and services for engineers, designers, researchers, and students in the United States, Japan, Germany, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It offers structural analysis product suite that provides simulation tools for product design and optimization; the Ansys Mechanical product, an element analysis software; LS-DYNA solver for multiphysics simulation; and power analysis and optimization software suite. The company also offers electronics product suite that provides electromagnetic field simulation software for designing electronic and electromechanical products; Ansys High Frequency Structure Simulator product for radio frequency and microwave design; SCADE product suite, a solution for embedded software simulation, code production, and automated certification; fluids product suite that enables modeling of fluid flow and other related physical phenomena; Ansys Fluent computational fluid dynamics software package; Ansys RedHawk-SC for electronic design automation; Ansys Optics software; and mission-simulation, modeling, testing, and analysis software. In addition, it offers Ansys Granta MI system for materials information management; Ansys Granta Selector technology for materials selection and graphical analysis; CES EduPack product, a set of teaching resources; Granta Materials Data for Simulation; Ansys Lumerical product, a photonics simulation software solution; safety-certified embedded software solutions; Discovery product family for use in the simulation of product design; academic product suite for research and teaching settings. ANSYS, Inc. was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.

Cadence Design Systems NASDAQ:CDNS

$308.11 -0.23 (-0.07%)

Closing price 05/8/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$310.98 +2.87 (+0.93%)

As of 06:54 AM Eastern

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 and sign off products, including Genus synthesis and Joules RTL power solutions, as well as Modus DFT software solution to reduce systems-on-chip design-for-test time; physical implementation tools, such as place and route, optimization, and multiple patterning preparation; and Innovus implementation system, a physical implementation system. 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 comprising pre-verified and customizable functional blocks to integrate into customer's ICs; and verification IP with memory models to emulate and model the expected behavior and interaction of standard industry system interface protocols. Additionally, it offers services related to methodology, education, and hosted design solutions, as well as technical support and maintenance services. The company serves consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, mobile, automotive, aerospace and defense, industrial, and life science industries. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Synopsys NASDAQ:SNPS

$484.85 +4.31 (+0.90%)

Closing price 05/8/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$485.94 +1.08 (+0.22%)

As of 06:50 AM Eastern

Synopsys, Inc. provides electronic design automation software products used to design and test integrated circuits. It operates in three segments: Design Automation, Design IP, and Software Integrity. The company offers Digital and Custom IC Design solution that provides digital design implementation solutions; Verification solution that offers virtual prototyping, static and formal verification, simulation, emulation, field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based prototyping, and debug solutions; and FPGA design products that are programmed to perform specific functions. It also provides intellectual property (IP) solutions for USB, PCI Express, DDR, Ethernet, MIPI, HDMI, and Bluetooth low energy applications; logic libraries and embedded memories; processor cores, software, and application-specific instruction-set processor tools for embedded applications; security IP solutions; IP solutions for automotive market; and system-on-chip (SoC) infrastructure IP, datapath and building block IP, and verification IP products, as well as mathematical and floating-point components, and Arm AMBA interconnect fabric and peripherals. In addition, the company offers HAPS FPGA-based prototyping systems; virtual prototyping solutions; and Platform Architect solutions for SoC architecture analysis and optimization, as well as optical products, and mechatronic simulations. Further, it provides security and quality testing products, managed services, programs and professional services, and training that enable its customers to detect and remediate security vulnerabilities, and defects in the software development lifecycle, as well as manufacturing solutions. Additionally, the company provides intelligent orchestration solution, software risk manager, and black duck software composition analysis tools. It serves electronics, financial services, automotive, medicine, energy, and industrial areas. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

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