ADI vs CDNS vs STM Stock Comparison

Analog Devices, Cadence Design Systems and STMicroelectronics Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ADI Analog Devices Inc
$391.07 +1.5% 1M +60.7% 1Y
Market cap
$198.31B
P/E
48.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.88B
Div. yield
0.01%
Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
8 wins
CDNS Cadence Design Systems Inc
$316.49 +2.4% 1M -6.2% 1Y
Market cap
$88.81B
P/E
64.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.84B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor EDA Software Technology
2 wins
STM STMicroelectronics N.V.
$44.01 -16.1% 1M +74.2% 1Y
Market cap
$40.37B
P/E
86.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.10B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Analog Devices leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Analog Devices 8, Cadence Design Systems 2, STMicroelectronics 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionADICDNSSTMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $198.31B $88.81B $40.37B ADI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 48.0x 64.4x 86.6x ADI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 31.7x 36.5x 34.1x ADI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +33.6% +14.7% +10.5% ADI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 29.8% 23.6% 3.6% ADI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.2% 14.2% 3.9% CDNS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.0x 0.5x — CDNS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +60.7% -6.2% +74.2% STM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +17.0%/yr +13.7%/yr +0.1%/yr ADI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.3% 41.0% 59.8% ADI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 62/100 58/100 40/100 ADI

Percentile Scorecard

ADICDNSSTM

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisADICDNSSTM
Valuation 50 #48 of 95 37 #60 of 95 80 #20 of 95
Growth 79 #20 of 93 63 #35 of 93 11 #83 of 93
Profitability 82 #17 of 91 84 #15 of 91 40 #55 of 91
Financial Health 30 #72 of 102 36 #66 of 102 40 #62 of 102
Shareholder Returns 71 #23 of 76 68 #25 of 76 29 #54 of 76
Overall 62 58 40
  • ADI ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • CDNS ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • STM ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodADICDNSSTMSPY
1 month +1.5%+2.4%-16.1% -1.0%
3 months +5.2%-3.0%-14.6% +2.9%
6 months -2.1%-4.9%-12.8% +6.4%
Year to date +44.2%+1.3%+69.7% +11.4%
1 year +60.7%-6.2%+74.2% +13.1%
3 years +137.1%+33.3%+10.6% +79.4%
3 years, per year +33.4%+10.1%+3.4% +21.5%
5 years +119.2%+89.8%+0.3% +67.7%
5 years, per year +17.0%+13.7%+0.1% +10.9%
10 years +521.6%+1,131.0%+446.0% +255.2%
10 years, per year +20.1%+28.5%+18.5% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureADICDNSSTMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.3%41.0%59.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 36.5%41.0%61.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.691.612.83 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.67-0.151.24 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -32.5%-33.0%-67.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -12.2%-24.0%-44.9% -2.5%
52-week high $445.48$416.39$79.91 $779.14
52-week low $225.20$265.66$21.20 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleADICDNSSTM
P/E now vs peer median 46.0xmedian 41.5x 62.9xmedian 41.5x 84.4xmedian 41.5x
P/S now vs peer median 13.7xmedian 6.9x 14.9xmedian 6.9x 3.0xmedian 6.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 28.4xmedian 27.3x 42.1xmedian 27.3x —median 27.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 38.4xmedian 35.6x 51.9xmedian 35.6x —median 35.6x
P/B now vs peer median 5.6xmedian 4.2x 12.7xmedian 4.2x 2.1xmedian 4.2x
PEG now vs peer median 10.66median 2.31 4.12median 2.31 -1.61median 2.31

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsADICDNSSTM
Revenue $13.88B $5.84B $13.10B
Gross profit $9.13B $5.01B $4.49B
Operating income $4.93B $1.77B $804.00M
Net income $4.14B $1.38B -$33.00M
Free cash flow $4.94B $1.68B –
R&D $1.98B $1.93B $2.11B
EPS (diluted) $8.46 $4.99 $0.50
Cash & equivalents $2.17B $1.44B $3.10B
Total debt $35.18B $10.35B $9.60B
Shares (diluted) 488.84M 276.16M 923.05M
Enterprise value $184.85B $80.21B $26.24B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricADICDNSSTM
P/E 46.0x 62.9x 84.4x
P/FCF 38.4x 51.9x –
P/Operating cash flow 34.2x 47.0x –
P/S 13.7x 14.9x 3.0x
P/B 5.6x 12.7x 2.1x
P/Tangible book 7.3x 17.5x 2.3x
EV/EBITDA 28.4x 42.1x –
EV/EBIT 39.8x 49.8x 45.7x
EV/Revenue 14.1x 15.1x 2.8x
EV/FCF 39.8x 52.5x –
EV/Operating cash flow 35.4x 47.6x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 10.66 4.12 -1.61

Growth

14 metrics
MetricADICDNSSTM
Revenue growth (1Y) 33.6% 14.7% 10.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.6% 15.4% 0.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 46.2% 15.1% 5.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.9% 13.8% -18.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 93.0% 25.5% 28.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.8% 17.4% -45.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 111.2% 36.2% -106.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 3.3% 15.7% -26.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 114.6% 34.6% -27.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 4.3% 15.3% -52.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 33.2% 8.1% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.1% 13.7% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 34.2% 5.9% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.2% 14.0% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricADICDNSSTM
Gross margin 65.8% 85.9% 34.3%
EBITDA margin 49.8% 35.9% –
Operating margin 35.5% 30.3% 6.1%
Pretax margin 33.9% 31.2% 5.7%
Net margin 29.8% 23.6% 3.6%
FCF margin 35.6% 28.8% –
Operating cash flow margin 39.9% 31.8% –
Return on equity 12.3% 20.5% 2.6%
Return on assets 8.6% 11.4% 1.8%
Return on invested capital 10.2% 14.2% 3.9%
Return on capital employed 11.6% 17.3% 3.7%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.5x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.3x –
Stock comp / revenue 2.5% 8.8% 1.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricADICDNSSTM
Debt / assets 18.8% 20.5% 6.7%
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.4x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.0x 0.5x –
Debt / FCF 1.8x 1.5x –
Liabilities / assets 30.7% 43.2% 33.6%
Equity / assets 69.3% 56.8% 66.4%
Interest coverage 14.1x 14.1x –
Current ratio 1.3x 1.7x 2.5x
Quick ratio 0.8x 1.7x 1.5x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.8x 0.8x
Altman Z-score 8.66 12.02 3.99

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricADICDNSSTM
Dividend yield 1.1% – 0.8%
Net buyback yield 1.6% 0.7% -0.8%
Shareholder yield 2.7% 0.7% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 49.4% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 41.4% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 7.8% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 7.6% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusADICDNSSTM
Forward P/E 31.7xFY2026 36.5xFY2026 34.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $12.32FY2026 $8.68FY2026 $1.29FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +58.2%FY2026 +21.6%FY2026 +143.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +26.4% +14.5% +103.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $15.83BFY2026 $6.74BFY2026 $13.78BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +43.6%FY2026 +27.2%FY2026 +16.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +19.3% +13.3% +18.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersADICDNSSTM
Held by institutions 90.9% 88.2% 19.0%
Institutions holding 2,287 1,498 603
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.5% +5.4% +57.4%
Institutions buying 1,182 831 429
Institutions selling 819 518 108
Buyers to sellers 1.44 1.60 3.97

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ADICDNSSTM
ADI 1.00 0.30 0.73
CDNS 0.30 1.00 0.38
STM 0.73 0.38 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ADI, CDNS and STM?

Analog Devices (ADI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Analog Devices (ADI) $198.31B, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) $88.81B, STMicroelectronics (STM) $40.37B.

Which stock is cheaper, ADI, CDNS and STM?

Analog Devices (ADI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Analog Devices (ADI) 48.0x, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) 64.4x, STMicroelectronics (STM) 86.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Analog Devices (ADI) is cheapest (Analog Devices (ADI) 31.7x, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) 36.5x, STMicroelectronics (STM) 34.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Analog Devices (ADI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Analog Devices (ADI) +33.6%, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) +14.7%, STMicroelectronics (STM) +10.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Analog Devices (ADI) has the highest net margin (Analog Devices (ADI) 29.8%, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) 23.6%, STMicroelectronics (STM) 3.6%). On return on invested capital, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) leads (Analog Devices (ADI) 10.2%, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) 14.2%, STMicroelectronics (STM) 3.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year STMicroelectronics (STM) returned the most: Analog Devices (ADI) +60.7%, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) -6.2%, STMicroelectronics (STM) +74.2%. Over five years, Analog Devices (ADI) compounded fastest (Analog Devices (ADI) +17.0%/yr, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) +13.7%/yr, STMicroelectronics (STM) +0.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Analog Devices (ADI) 0.01%, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) 0.00%, STMicroelectronics (STM) 0.00%. Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) and STMicroelectronics (STM) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Analog Devices (ADI) has been the steadiest (Analog Devices (ADI) 36.3%, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) 41.0%, STMicroelectronics (STM) 59.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ADI, CDNS and STM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Analog Devices (ADI) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.