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CDNS vs CERT

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

Summary

  • Both CDNS and CERT operate in Computer Software: Prepackaged Software (Technology), so they compete in similar markets.
  • CDNS is the larger of the two at $103.76B, about 124.2x CERT ($835.4M).
  • Over the past year, CDNS is up 30.7% and CERT is down 55.8% - CDNS leads by 86.5 points.
  • CDNS has been more active in the news (13 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for CERT).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceCDNS+30.73%CERT-55.77%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricCDNSCERT
Company
Cadence Design Systems Inc.
Certara Inc.
Price
$398.65+5.95%
$5.21-2.98%
Market cap
$103.76B
$835.4M
1M return
+10.49%
-17.56%
1Y return
+30.73%
-55.77%
Industry
Computer Software: Prepackaged Software
Computer Software: Prepackaged Software
Exchange
NASDAQ
NASDAQ
IPO
2020
News (4w)
13
3
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.

CERT

Certara Inc.

Certara Inc. provides software products and technology-enabled services to customers for biosimulation in drug discovery, preclinincal and clinical research, regulatory submissions, and market access. It offers medicines to patients using biosimulation software and technology to transform drug discovery and development. The company also provides related technology-enabled services to guide its customers' new drugs through the regulatory submission process and into the market. Its technology-enabled services include mechanistic biosimulation, empirical biosimulation, drug development and regulatory strategy, clinical pharmacology, model-based meta-analysis, regulatory writing and medical communications, regulatory operations, and market access. The company serves biopharmaceutical companies, and academic and government institutions. It has operations in the United States, Canada, Spain, Luxembourg, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, Japan, the Philippines, India, and Australia. Certara Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

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