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Cadence Design Systems CDNS

US equityMarket cap rank #185Software - Application
$318.80
+$9.71 (+3.14%)
Market open · Sep 24, 2:00 pm ET
After hours $311.80 +0.88%
Open$307.87
Prev close$309.09
Day range$305.20 – $321.90
Volume1.18M
Market cap$87.80B
P/E (TTM)63.4
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership90.7%-0.05 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding1,867-12 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)10 buys / 11 sellsNet selling
Short interest2.11% of floatDays to cover 2.8 · as of 31 Aug 2026
Short-sale volume share11.5%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

8%12%16%20%Aug '26Sep '26Sep '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$115.21M (7 inflow days, 13 outflow days).

Largest holders

  • BlackRock9.68%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC7.12%
  • State Street Global Advisors4.73%
  • Invesco Capital Management LLC2.98%
  • FMR2.83%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund78.33%
  • Public Company3.64%
  • Government Pension Fund2.23%
  • Hedge Fund2.01%
  • Private Company1.60%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund1.31%
  • VC/PE Fund0.45%
  • Insurance Company0.42%
Institutional holders1,867
Institutional ownership90.7%

Insider activity

Total transactions18
Bought10
Sold11

Short interest

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
31 Aug 2026 5,809,747 2.1% 2.8
14 Aug 2026 4,498,632 1.6% 2.3
31 Jul 2026 6,099,964 2.2% 2.1
15 Jul 2026 6,187,380 2.2% 4.1
30 Jun 2026 6,034,189 2.2% 2.0
15 Jun 2026 4,919,518 1.8% 1.9
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