Which is more profitable, Cadence Design Systems or Western Digital?

Western Digital keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Cadence Design Systems or Western Digital?

Cadence Design Systems grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Cadence Design Systems or Western Digital?

Western Digital costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Cadence Design Systems or Western Digital?

Cadence Design Systems would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Cadence Design Systems vs Western Digital stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Cadence Design Systems grows faster and has less debt. Western Digital is more profitable and is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	Cadence Design Systems	Western Digital
	$88.6 billion	$111 billion
	20.9%	72.9%
	+14.6%	−5.3%
	79.9×	11.7×
	Net cash	Net cash
	16.4%	82.3%
	–	0.1%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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