Cadence Design Systems Inc. (CDNS)
CDNS · Information Technology ·
United States
Cadence Design Systems Inc. (CDNS) is a US company in the Information Technology sector. The stock has its largest weight in 2B7K (MSCI World SRI), at 0.55%. Anyone who holds an ETF containing Cadence Design Systems also has an indirect stake in the company.
Data and Charts: Cadence Design Systems
Key Data for Cadence Design Systems
Cadence Design Systems Stock Price Chart
The Cadence Design Systems chart shows daily closing prices and is set to the current year by default. The stock is up 4.9% year to date and down 2.4% over twelve months. The last recorded close on October 30, 2026, was $327.89, at 41% of the 52-week range.
Price series from our database since Aug 12, 2024, 558 daily values.
Cadence Design Systems Stock Performance
| Year to date | +4.9% | 1 year | -2.4% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | -0.7% | 3 months | -3.6% |
| Calendar year 2025 | +4.0% |
Measured in euros, Cadence Design Systems is up 10.3% year to date and up 0.9% over twelve months. The difference from the dollar figures above comes from the exchange rate alone. Each daily price is converted at the ECB euro reference rate for that day.
Alysly Data Analysis: Cadence Design Systems
Cadence Design Systems Connections
The map shows how Cadence Design Systems connects to ETFs, indices and other names. Each link is based on measured data and is not a recommendation.
- United States Country · domicile
- XDEW ETF · holds
- Information Technology Sector · sector
- Autodesk Stock · similar ETF exposure
- NVIDIA Corporation Stock · similar ETF exposure
What ETF Is Cadence Design Systems In?
Cadence Design Systems has very high ETF coverage and is held by 27 of the 104 ETFs we track, which together follow 14 indices. That puts the stock in more ETFs than 95.5% of the 4,341 stocks we track.
| ETF | Index | Weight | per €1,000 in the ETF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2B7K | MSCI World SRI | 0.55% | €5.50 |
| EXXT | Nasdaq 100 | 0.41% | €4.10 |
| XNAS / XNA1 | Nasdaq 100 | 0.41% | €4.09 |
| XUIT / XUTC | MSCI USA Information Technology | 0.38% | €3.77 |
| QDVE | S&P 500 Information Technology | 0.37% | €3.70 |
| XDWT / XMIT | MSCI World Information Technology | 0.34% | €3.38 |
| XDEQ | MSCI World Quality | 0.27% | €2.73 |
| XDEW | S&P 500 Equal Weight | 0.23% | €2.34 |
| SPYL / SPY5 | S&P 500 | 0.14% | €1.43 |
| XD9U / XD9D | MSCI USA | 0.14% | €1.42 |
| SXR8 | S&P 500 | 0.14% | €1.40 |
| SWWD | MSCI World | 0.10% | €1.04 |
| SPPW | MSCI World | 0.10% | €1.04 |
| XDWD / XDWL | MSCI World | 0.10% | €1.03 |
| EUNL | MSCI World | 0.10% | €1.00 |
| SPYI / SPSA | MSCI ACWI IMI | 0.10% | €0.97 |
| SPYY | MSCI ACWI | 0.09% | €0.93 |
| WIMI | MSCI World IMI | 0.09% | €0.92 |
| IUSQ | MSCI ACWI | 0.09% | €0.90 |
| XDEB | MSCI World Minimum Volatility | 0.06% | €0.57 |
The last column shows how much of €1,000 in one of these funds goes to Cadence Design Systems, based on each fund's latest holdings list.
US-listed ETFs holding Cadence Design Systems (weight per latest SEC filing): SMH 2.15%, XLK 0.58%, QQQ 0.45%, QQQM 0.41%, VGT 0.40%, VUG 0.30%, ONEQ 0.20%, IVV 0.16%, SPY 0.16%, VOO 0.16%, VTI 0.14%. These funds are registered in the US; retail investors in the EU usually cannot buy them.
Cadence Design Systems Weight in iShares Core MSCI World (EUNL) Since 2019
In iShares Core MSCI World (EUNL), Cadence Design Systems had a weight of 0.05% on Sep 30, 2019 and 0.10% on Oct 29, 2026. The fund tracks the MSCI World. Its share peaked at 0.13% on Dec 29, 2023. The weight rises and falls with the stock's price performance relative to the other index members. It can also change when the index provider adjusts the index composition.
What's Inside Your ETF Portfolio and the ETF overlap check show how much Cadence Design Systems overlaps with the rest of a portfolio.
Which Tracked Investors Hold Cadence Design Systems?
Cadence Design Systems is not among the largest purchases in the quarter ending Jun 30, 2026. The list is led by GOOGL, DAL and NEBIUS GROUP N.V. The only manager we track that holds Cadence Design Systems reduced its position.
| Investor | Shares | Value | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater Associates | 1,124 | $421,860 | reduced by 24,312 |
As of Jun 30, 2026. Based on quarterly filings with the US securities regulator, submitted up to 45 days after the reference date. The change counts shares, not price gains.
What Cadence Design Systems Executives and Directors Traded Recently
| Date | Person | Type | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | Cunningham Paul Officer, Sr. Vice President | Sell (plan) | 2,000 | $324.13 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | SANGIOVANNI VINCENTELLI ALBERTO Director | Sell (plan) | 1,250 | $350.07 |
The table shows open-market purchases and sales reported over the past 90 days. Directors, officers and shareholders owning more than ten percent must report such transactions within two trading days. Awards and option exercises are excluded.
“Plan” means the transaction follows a schedule set up in advance under Rule 10b5-1. Sales consistently outnumber purchases in these filings because a large part of executive pay is granted in shares. For comparison: over the period covered, executives and directors reported sales at 271 of 350 tracked companies and purchases at 32.
Stocks With ETF Exposure Similar to Cadence Design Systems
| Stock | Shared ETFs | r | 1 year | Annualized volatility | Net margin | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadence Design Systems | – | – | -2.4% | 40.4% | 20.9% | +14.1% |
| Autodesk | 27 | – | -17.0% | 33.5% | 15.6% | +17.5% |
| 27 | – | +0.9% | 46.2% | 55.6% | +65.5% | |
| 27 | – | +67.7% | 53.8% | 24.7% | +4.4% | |
| 27 | – | +48.5% | 57.3% | 31.3% | +26.0% | |
| 27 | – | -26.2% | 37.0% | 30.0% | +10.5% | |
| 26 | – | -48.0% | 41.1% | 21.3% | +13.9% | |
| 26 | – | +121.7% | 74.6% | 32.6% | +42.1% | |
| 26 | – | +67.6% | 42.1% | 2.7% | +24.5% |
These stocks reach a portfolio through largely the same funds as Cadence Design Systems. “Shared ETFs” counts the funds that hold both.
Return and volatility are calculated from our daily closing prices in US dollars. Margin and growth come from each company's latest SEC annual filing. Because fiscal years do not end on the same date for every company, the underlying periods are not fully identical.
Fundamental Analysis: Cadence Design Systems
Cadence Design Systems Key Financials
Figures come from the SEC annual filing for the latest reported fiscal year (period end Dec 31, 2025).
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY ended Dec 2023 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 25.5% |
| FY ended Dec 2024 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 22.7% |
| FY ended Dec 2025 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 20.9% |
Technical Analysis: Cadence Design Systems
Cadence Design Systems Risk Metrics
The close on Oct 30, 2026, was 21.3% below the highest close since Aug 12, 2024. That high was reached on Jun 2, 2026. When the S&P 500 rose or fell 1%, Cadence Design Systems moved 1.62% on average in the same direction (past 252 trading days). The correlation of 0.50 shows a clear but not close link to the broad market. Accordingly, moves in the S&P 500 explain part of the daily price moves of Cadence Design Systems, but far from all.
What Cadence Design Systems Correlates With
| Instrument | r | −1 … +1 |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsys Inc. | +0.81 | |
| Nasdaq Composite | +0.51 | |
| Nasdaq 100 | +0.50 | |
| 1INCH | +0.49 | |
| S&P 500 Informationstechnologie | +0.48 | |
| S&P 500 | +0.46 | |
| Republic Services Inc. | -0.42 | |
| Imperial Oil Limited | -0.40 | |
| TotalEnergies SE | -0.40 |
The strongest co-movers are listed at the top, the strongest inverse movers at the bottom. Low or negative correlations can help spread risk more broadly across a portfolio.


