AIP vs CDNS vs FIG Stock Comparison

Arteris, Cadence Design Systems and Figma Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AIP Arteris, Inc.
$20.95 -12.3% 1M +46.3% 1Y
Market cap
$1.01B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$84.62M
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor EDA Software Technology
2 wins
CDNS Cadence Design Systems Inc
$343.08 +5.2% 1M -2.4% 1Y
Market cap
$93.39B
P/E
67.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.13B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor EDA Software Technology
5 wins
FIG Figma, Inc.
$22.99 +10.2% 1M -56.7% 1Y
Market cap
$12.18B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.20B
Div. yield
–
Creative Software Technology
1 win

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Cadence Design Systems leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Cadence Design Systems 5, Arteris 2, Figma 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAIPCDNSFIGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.01B $93.39B $12.18B CDNS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -25.5x 67.6x -8.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 38.8x 82.1x CDNS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +33.8% +17.6% +42.2% FIG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -46.7% — -119.8% AIP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -101.1% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.3x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +46.3% -2.4% -56.7% AIP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.0%/yr +15.2%/yr — CDNS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 79.2% 41.4% 74.8% CDNS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 29/100 49/100 32/100 CDNS

Percentile Scorecard

AIPCDNSFIG

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

AxisAIPCDNSFIG
Valuation 11 #84 of 94 27 #69 of 94 4 #28 of 29
Growth 77 #22 of 92 65 #33 of 92 39 #17 of 27
Profitability 18 #74 of 90 54 #42 of 90 4 #25 of 26
Financial Health 27 #73 of 99 – 80 #7 of 31
Shareholder Returns 11 #65 of 73 – –
Overall 29 49 32
  • AIP ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • CDNS ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • FIG ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAIPCDNSFIGSPY
1 month -12.3%+5.2%+10.2% -0.2%
3 months -27.7%-0.5%-5.7% +3.9%
6 months -18.3%+5.5%+33.8% +8.2%
Year to date +35.2%+9.8%-38.5% +12.9%
1 year +46.3%-2.4%-56.7% +12.3%
3 years +290.1%+48.6%— +87.4%
3 years, per year +57.5%+14.1%— +23.3%
5 years +16.0%+103.1%— +67.9%
5 years, per year +3.0%+15.2%— +10.9%
10 years —+1,252.8%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —+29.8%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAIPCDNSFIGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 79.2%41.4%74.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 81.1%41.0%69.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.621.621.00 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.58-0.06-0.76 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -87.6%-33.0%-86.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -56.9%-17.6%-56.7% -1.2%
52-week high $48.59$416.39$53.14 $779.14
52-week low $12.32$265.66$16.84 $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.

MultipleAIPCDNSFIG
P/E now vs peer median -25.1xmedian 45.6x 68.1xmedian 45.6x -8.5xmedian 31.0x
P/S now vs peer median 12.1xmedian 7.7x 15.4xmedian 7.7x 10.2xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -25.4xmedian 29.0x —median 29.0x -7.4xmedian 11.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 151.9xmedian 40.6x 53.2xmedian 40.6x —median 15.6x
P/B now vs peer median 15.2xmedian 4.6x 13.7xmedian 4.6x 8.3xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median -6.64median 2.28 5.47median 2.28 —median 0.74

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 monthsAIPCDNSFIG
Revenue $84.62M $6.13B $1.20B
Gross profit $74.13M – $971.13M
Operating income -$40.39M $1.77B -$1.45B
Net income -$39.52M $1.38B -$1.41B
Free cash flow $6.77M – –
R&D $57.09M $2.04B $1.13B
EPS (diluted) $-0.84 $5.00 $-2.72
Cash & equivalents $93.27M $1.45B $445.85M
Total debt $3.50M – –
Shares (diluted) 47.28M 276.16M 527.46M
Enterprise value $754.19M $93.39B $5.68B

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
MetricAIPCDNSFIG
P/E -25.1x 68.1x -8.5x
P/FCF 151.9x 53.2x –
P/Operating cash flow 120.8x 48.0x –
P/S 12.1x 15.4x 10.2x
P/B 15.2x 13.7x 8.3x
P/Tangible book 21.0x 18.6x 8.3x
EV/EBITDA -25.4x – -7.4x
EV/EBIT -22.5x – -7.3x
EV/Revenue 10.7x 15.4x 8.8x
EV/FCF 134.4x – –
EV/Operating cash flow 106.9x 48.0x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -6.64 5.47 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAIPCDNSFIG
Revenue growth (1Y) 33.8% 17.6% 42.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 16.1% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 30.2% – 31.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -30.4% 19.4% -63.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 16.4% –
Net income growth (1Y) -19.2% 30.1% -96.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -6.1% 13.0% –
EPS growth (1Y) -5.5% 29.0% 15.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.8% 12.5% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 850.8% 21.7% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 36.6% 13.6% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 486.2% – –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 33.8% – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAIPCDNSFIG
Gross margin 87.6% – 81.1%
EBITDA margin -42.4% – -119.1%
Operating margin -47.7% – -120.9%
Pretax margin -51.7% – -115.4%
Net margin -46.7% – -119.8%
FCF margin 8.0% – –
Operating cash flow margin 10.1% 32.1% –
Return on equity -117.0% – -94.2%
Return on assets -22.5% – -59.9%
Return on invested capital -101.1% – –
Return on capital employed -45.4% – -93.8%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.2x 1.4x –
Stock comp / revenue 25.3% 8.9% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAIPCDNSFIG
Debt / assets 1.6% – –
Debt / equity 0.1x – –
Net debt / EBITDA 3.3x – –
Debt / FCF 0.5x – –
Liabilities / assets 69.9% – 37.1%
Equity / assets 30.1% 56.2% 62.9%
Interest coverage -236.2x – –
Current ratio 1.6x 1.4x 2.5x
Quick ratio 1.5x – 2.3x
Cash ratio 1.3x – 2.1x
Altman Z-score 2.79 – 6.44

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAIPCDNSFIG
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -7.3% – –
Shareholder yield -7.3% – 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusAIPCDNSFIG
Forward P/E – 38.8xFY2026 82.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.17FY2026 $8.84FY2026 $0.28FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +23.8%FY2026 -37.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +14.6% +21.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $91.38MFY2026 $6.79BFY2026 $1.43BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +29.5%FY2026 +28.2%FY2026 +35.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +22.1% +13.9% +34.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAIPCDNSFIG
Held by institutions 64.9% 88.2% 81.2%
Institutions holding 209 1,499 373
Change in shares held, QoQ +14.9% +5.4% +12.2%
Institutions buying 163 832 257
Institutions selling 40 518 64
Buyers to sellers 4.08 1.61 4.02

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.

AIPCDNSFIG
AIP 1.00 0.40 -0.08
CDNS 0.40 1.00 0.29
FIG -0.08 0.29 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AIP, CDNS and FIG?

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Arteris (AIP) $1.01B, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) $93.39B, Figma (FIG) $12.18B.

Which company is growing faster?

Figma (FIG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Arteris (AIP) +33.8%, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) +17.6%, Figma (FIG) +42.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Arteris (AIP) has the highest net margin (Arteris (AIP) -46.7%, Figma (FIG) -119.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Arteris (AIP) returned the most: Arteris (AIP) +46.3%, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) -2.4%, Figma (FIG) -56.7%. Over five years, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) compounded fastest (Arteris (AIP) +3.0%/yr, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) +15.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has been the steadiest (Arteris (AIP) 79.2%, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) 41.4%, Figma (FIG) 74.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AIP, CDNS and FIG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) leads on 5. 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.