BTLN vs CDNS vs CRCT Stock Comparison

Brightline Interactive, Cadence Design Systems and Cricut Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CDNS Cadence Design Systems Inc
$343.08 +5.2% 1M -2.4% 1Y
Market cap
$95.35B
P/E
69.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.13B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor EDA Software Technology
4 wins
CRCT Cricut, Inc.
$6.15 +0.2% 1M +15.8% 1Y
Market cap
$1.29B
P/E
14.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$689.79M
Div. yield
–
Consumer Electronics Consumer Discretionary
2 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Cadence Design Systems leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Cadence Design Systems 4, Cricut 2, Brightline Interactive 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBTLNCDNSCRCTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.22M $95.35B $1.29B CDNS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.5x 69.1x 14.7x CRCT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 4.8x 38.8x 17.1x BTLN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +17.6% -3.1% CDNS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — 12.7% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +92.9% -2.4% +15.8% BTLN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -26.1%/yr +15.2%/yr -26.0%/yr CDNS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 229.7% 41.4% 41.9% CDNS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 49/100 72/100 CRCT

Percentile Scorecard

BTLNCDNSCRCT

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

AxisBTLNCDNSCRCT
Valuation 14 #25 of 29 27 #69 of 94 66 #15 of 42
Growth – 65 #33 of 92 34 #28 of 42
Profitability – 54 #42 of 90 100 #1 of 40
Financial Health 93 #3 of 31 – 91 #5 of 44
Shareholder Returns – – 70 #9 of 28
Overall – 49 72
  • BTLN ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • CDNS ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • CRCT ranked among 45 companies in Household Durables

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBTLNCDNSCRCTSPY
1 month +406.3%+5.2%+0.2% -0.2%
3 months +264.0%-0.5%+30.9% +3.9%
6 months +535.3%+5.5%+40.1% +8.2%
Year to date +248.4%+9.8%+24.2% +12.9%
1 year +92.9%-2.4%+15.8% +12.3%
3 years +244.7%+48.6%-25.7% +87.4%
3 years, per year +51.1%+14.1%-9.4% +23.3%
5 years -77.9%+103.1%-77.7% +67.9%
5 years, per year -26.1%+15.2%-26.0% +10.9%
10 years —+1,252.8%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —+29.8%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBTLNCDNSCRCTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 229.7%41.4%41.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 99.7%41.0%41.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.241.620.57 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.40-0.060.38 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -97.1%-33.0%-87.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -40.1%-17.6%-8.2% -1.2%
52-week high $5.41$416.39$6.70 $779.14
52-week low $0.49$265.66$3.74 $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.

MultipleBTLNCDNSCRCT
P/E now vs peer median -0.5xmedian 31.0x 68.1xmedian 45.6x 14.7xmedian 16.0x
P/S now vs peer median 27.2xmedian 2.4x 15.4xmedian 7.7x 1.9xmedian 0.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.3x —median 29.0x 7.6xmedian 9.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median -2.0xmedian 15.6x 53.2xmedian 40.6x 8.7xmedian 11.9x
P/B now vs peer median 3.0xmedian 3.0x 13.7xmedian 4.6x 3.5xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.74 5.47median 2.28 0.62median 0.64

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 monthsBTLNCDNSCRCT
Revenue – $6.13B $689.79M
Gross profit – – $399.65M
Operating income – $1.77B $106.89M
Net income – $1.38B $87.68M
Free cash flow – – $147.65M
R&D – $2.04B $67.56M
EPS (diluted) – $5.00 $0.42
Cash & equivalents $3.15M $1.45B $266.91M
Shares (diluted) 2.64M 276.16M 211.06M
Enterprise value -$10.66M $95.35B $266.26M

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
MetricBTLNCDNSCRCT
P/E -0.5x 68.1x 14.7x
P/FCF -2.0x 53.2x 8.7x
P/Operating cash flow – 48.0x 7.1x
P/S 27.2x 15.4x 1.9x
P/B 3.0x 13.7x 3.5x
P/Tangible book 3.0x 18.6x 3.5x
EV/EBITDA – – 7.6x
EV/EBIT – – 9.4x
EV/Revenue – 15.4x 1.5x
EV/FCF – – 6.8x
EV/Operating cash flow – 48.0x 5.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 5.47 0.62

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBTLNCDNSCRCT
Revenue growth (1Y) – 17.6% -3.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 16.1% -5.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 7.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 6.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 19.4% 27.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 16.4% 22.4%
Net income growth (1Y) – 30.1% 22.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 13.0% 21.9%
EPS growth (1Y) – 29.0% 24.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 12.5% 23.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 21.7% -33.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 13.6% -12.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – -41.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -14.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBTLNCDNSCRCT
Gross margin – – 57.9%
EBITDA margin – – 19.0%
Operating margin – – 15.5%
Pretax margin – – 16.9%
Net margin – – 12.7%
FCF margin – – 21.4%
Operating cash flow margin – 32.1% 26.1%
Return on equity – – 24.1%
Return on assets – – 15.5%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed – – 29.4%
Asset turnover – 0.5x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.4x 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 8.9% 3.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBTLNCDNSCRCT
Debt / assets – – –
Debt / equity – – –
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – – –
Liabilities / assets 21.2% – 37.1%
Equity / assets 78.8% 56.2% 62.9%
Interest coverage – – 188.5x
Current ratio 4.5x 1.4x 2.5x
Quick ratio 4.1x – 1.8x
Cash ratio 4.0x – 1.4x
Altman Z-score – – 6.05

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBTLNCDNSCRCT
Dividend yield – – 3.3%
Net buyback yield – – 2.2%
Shareholder yield – – 5.4%
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.

ConsensusBTLNCDNSCRCT
Forward P/E 4.8xFY2027 38.8xFY2026 17.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.67FY2027 $8.84FY2026 $0.36FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +23.8%FY2026 +2.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +517.9% +14.6% -30.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $17.98MFY2027 $6.79BFY2026 $663.76MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5,466.3%FY2027 +28.2%FY2026 -6.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +210.5% +13.9% +11.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBTLNCDNSCRCT
Held by institutions – 88.2% 54.8%
Institutions holding – 1,499 153
Change in shares held, QoQ – +5.4% +5.1%
Institutions buying – 832 86
Institutions selling – 518 43
Buyers to sellers – 1.61 2.00

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.

BTLNCDNSCRCT
BTLN 1.00 0.07 0.05
CDNS 0.07 1.00 0.18
CRCT 0.05 0.18 1.00

Add a Peer

Largest companies in the same industry

Related Comparisons

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BTLN, CDNS and CRCT?

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Brightline Interactive (BTLN) $8.22M, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) $95.35B, Cricut (CRCT) $1.29B.

Which stock is cheaper, BTLN, CDNS and CRCT?

Cricut (CRCT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Brightline Interactive (BTLN) -0.5x, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) 69.1x, Cricut (CRCT) 14.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Brightline Interactive (BTLN) is cheapest (Brightline Interactive (BTLN) 4.8x, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) 38.8x, Cricut (CRCT) 17.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) +17.6%, Cricut (CRCT) -3.1%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Brightline Interactive (BTLN) returned the most: Brightline Interactive (BTLN) +92.9%, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) -2.4%, Cricut (CRCT) +15.8%. Over five years, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) compounded fastest (Brightline Interactive (BTLN) -26.1%/yr, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) +15.2%/yr, Cricut (CRCT) -26.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has been the steadiest (Brightline Interactive (BTLN) 229.7%, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) 41.4%, Cricut (CRCT) 41.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BTLN, CDNS and CRCT?

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 4. 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.