Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Competitors

Cadence Design Systems (NASDAQ:CDNS) and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.

Is CDNS or CRWD more profitable?

Cadence Design Systems has a net margin of 25.68% compared to CrowdStrike's net margin of 2.92%. Cadence Design Systems' return on equity of 32.44% beat CrowdStrike's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cadence Design Systems	25.68%	32.44%	19.18%
CrowdStrike	2.92%	6.09%	2.08%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CDNS or CRWD?

Cadence Design Systems has higher revenue and earnings than CrowdStrike. Cadence Design Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CrowdStrike, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cadence Design Systems	$4.09B	19.41	$1.04B	$3.84	75.96
CrowdStrike	$3.06B	27.67	$89.33M	$0.36	970.89

Do analysts prefer CDNS or CRWD?

Cadence Design Systems presently has a consensus price target of $326.11, indicating a potential upside of 11.80%. CrowdStrike has a consensus price target of $373.95, indicating a potential upside of 6.99%. Given Cadence Design Systems' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cadence Design Systems is more favorable than CrowdStrike.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadence Design Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
CrowdStrike	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	37 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.97

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CDNS or CRWD?

Cadence Design Systems received 120 more outperform votes than CrowdStrike when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.18% of users gave Cadence Design Systems an outperform vote while only 67.67% of users gave CrowdStrike an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cadence Design Systems	Outperform Votes 568 71.18%	Underperform Votes 230 28.82%
CrowdStrike	Outperform Votes 448 67.67%	Underperform Votes 214 32.33%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CDNS or CRWD?

84.9% of Cadence Design Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Cadence Design Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CDNS or CRWD?

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 28 more articles in the media than Cadence Design Systems. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for CrowdStrike and 15 mentions for Cadence Design Systems. Cadence Design Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat CrowdStrike's score of 0.70 indicating that Cadence Design Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cadence Design Systems	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CrowdStrike	16 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, CDNS or CRWD?

Cadence Design Systems has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cadence Design Systems beats CrowdStrike on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.