Cadence Design Systems Inc. (CDNS)

CDNS · Information Technology · United States 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

Held in27 ETFs
Highest weight0.55%
Indices14
SectorInformation Technology
CountryUnited States
ISINUS1273871087
WKN873567

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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.

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Cadence Design Systems Stock Performance

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%
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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.

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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.

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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.

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What ETF is Cadence Design Systems in
ETFIndexWeightper €1,000 in the ETF
2B7KMSCI World SRI0.55%€5.50
EXXTNasdaq 1000.41%€4.10
XNAS / XNA1Nasdaq 1000.41%€4.09
XUIT / XUTCMSCI USA Information Technology0.38%€3.77
QDVES&P 500 Information Technology0.37%€3.70
XDWT / XMITMSCI World Information Technology0.34%€3.38
XDEQMSCI World Quality0.27%€2.73
XDEWS&P 500 Equal Weight0.23%€2.34
SPYL / SPY5S&P 5000.14%€1.43
XD9U / XD9DMSCI USA0.14%€1.42
SXR8S&P 5000.14%€1.40
SWWDMSCI World0.10%€1.04
SPPWMSCI World0.10%€1.04
XDWD / XDWLMSCI World0.10%€1.03
EUNLMSCI World0.10%€1.00
SPYI / SPSAMSCI ACWI IMI0.10%€0.97
SPYYMSCI ACWI0.09%€0.93
WIMIMSCI World IMI0.09%€0.92
IUSQMSCI ACWI0.09%€0.90
XDEBMSCI World Minimum Volatility0.06%€0.57

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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

Sep 30, 2019Oct 29, 2026

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.

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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.

Tracked investors holding this stock
InvestorSharesValueQuarter
Bridgewater Associates1,124$421,860reduced 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.

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What Cadence Design Systems Executives and Directors Traded Recently

Trades by executives and directors
DatePersonTypeSharesPrice
Oct 15, 2026Cunningham Paul Officer, Sr. Vice PresidentSell (plan)2,000$324.13
Oct 1, 2026SANGIOVANNI VINCENTELLI ALBERTO DirectorSell (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.

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Stocks With ETF Exposure Similar to Cadence Design Systems

Stocks with ETF exposure similar to Cadence Design Systems
StockShared ETFsr1 yearAnnualized volatilityNet marginRevenue growth
Cadence Design Systems––-2.4%40.4%20.9%+14.1%
Autodesk27–-17.0%33.5%15.6%+17.5%
NVIDIA Corporation27–+0.9%46.2%55.6%+65.5%
Applied Materials27–+67.7%53.8%24.7%+4.4%
Lam Research Corporation27–+48.5%57.3%31.3%+26.0%
Adobe27–-26.2%37.0%30.0%+10.5%
Intuit26–-48.0%41.1%21.3%+13.9%
Marvell Technology26–+121.7%74.6%32.6%+42.1%
Palo Alto Networks26–+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.

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Fundamental Analysis: Cadence Design Systems

Cadence Design Systems Key Financials

Revenue$5.3B
Net income$1.1B
Diluted EPS$4.06
Net margin20.9%
Return on equity20.3%
Equity ratio53.9%
Revenue growth+14.1%

Figures come from the SEC annual filing for the latest reported fiscal year (period end Dec 31, 2025).

Revenue and profit by fiscal year
Fiscal yearRevenueNet incomeMargin
FY ended Dec 20234.11.025.5%
FY ended Dec 20244.61.122.7%
FY ended Dec 20255.31.120.9%

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Technical Analysis: Cadence Design Systems

Cadence Design Systems Risk Metrics

Max drawdown-34.2%
Annualized volatility40.4%

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Below peak-21.3%
Beta to S&P 5001.62
Correlation to S&P 5000.50

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.

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What Cadence Design Systems Correlates With

What Cadence Design Systems Correlates With
Instrumentr−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.

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