CDNS Stock — Cadence Design Systems Inc.

Cadence Design Systems Inc. (CDNS)

Updated October 16, 2026.

CDNS is a Stock. Total return is 15875.5% over the past 39.4 years.

Cadence Design Systems develops computational and AI-driven software, hardware, and intellectual property products for chip design, verification, and manufacturing. The company's portfolio spans functional verification platforms, digital and custom IC design tools, design IP, and system-level design and analysis solutions, with a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA. Cadence does not currently have an established dividend distribution program.

CDNS performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 15875.5% over the past 39.4 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -1.5%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 34.2%.

CDNS key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

06/10/1987

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$319.51 (stale; as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$88,125,970,160

Average volume

2501800.0

Beta

1.128

Payout ratio

0.0%

P/E ratio

63.52

Forward P/E

31.5457

EPS

$5.03

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

CDNS risks and drawbacks

The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 34.2%.

Who may consider CDNS — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (CDNS does not currently distribute). This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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