Cadence Design Systems Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 15 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Cadence Design Systems stock have an average target of 369.47, with a low estimate of 225 and a high estimate of 418. The average target predicts an increase of 22.57% from the current stock price of 301.43.

Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$225	$369.47	$380	$418
Change	-25.36%	+22.57%	+26.07%	+38.67%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Cadence Design Systems stock from 15 stock analysts is "Strong Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform very well in the near future and significantly outperform the market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26
Strong Buy	7	6	7	7	7	7
Buy	5	5	5	5	5	6
Hold	2	2	2	2	2	1
Sell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	15	14	15	15	15	15

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Blair Abernethy Rosenblatt	Rosenblatt	Strong Buy Maintains $360	Strong Buy	Maintains	$360	+19.43%	Feb 26, 2026
Joe Quatrochi Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Buy Maintains $410 → $375	Buy	Maintains	$410 → $375	+24.41%	Feb 18, 2026
Blair Abernethy Rosenblatt	Rosenblatt	Hold → Strong Buy Upgrades $335 → $360	Hold → Strong Buy	Upgrades	$335 → $360	+19.43%	Feb 18, 2026
Clarke Jeffries Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold Maintains $355 → $319	Hold	Maintains	$355 → $319	+5.83%	Feb 18, 2026
Lee Simpson Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Buy Maintains $385 → $370	Buy	Maintains	$385 → $370	+22.75%	Feb 18, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

6.06B

from 5.30B

14.41%

from 5.30B

Revenue Next Year

6.81B

from 6.06B

12.34%

from 6.06B

EPS This Year

8.21

from 4.06

102.32%

from 4.06

EPS Next Year

9.41

from 8.21

14.61%

from 8.21

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Jan 1, 2022	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	2.99B	3.56B	4.09B	4.64B	5.30B	6.06B	6.81B
Revenue Growth	11.38%	19.19%	14.83%	13.48%	14.12%	14.41%	12.34%
EPS	2.50	3.09	3.82	3.85	4.06	8.21	9.41
EPS Growth	18.48%	23.60%	23.63%	0.78%	5.46%	102.32%	14.61%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	36.70	32.02
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	28	19

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	6.4B	7.3B
Avg	6.1B	6.8B
Low	5.7B	6.2B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	20.8%	19.8%
Avg	14.4%	12.3%
Low	8.0%	2.5%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	8.98	10.40
Avg	8.21	9.41
Low	7.40	8.02

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	121.1%	26.5%
Avg	102.3%	14.6%
Low	82.2%	-2.4%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.