Cadence Design Systems CDNS
$319.92 +$8.49 (+2.73%)
Market closed · Nov 6, 8:10 pm ET · Last extended-hours $319.87 -0.02%
Open$315.50
Prev close$311.43
Day range$306.93 – $320.55
Volume2.03M
Market cap$87.78B
P/E (TTM)63.6
Dividend yield–
Ownership & positioning
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Institutional ownership91.2%+0.74 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding1,863-35 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)4 buys / 46 sellsNet selling
Short interest2.02% of floatDays to cover 2.7 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share18.5%5-day average of daily volume
Short-sale volume as % of daily volume
Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$7.14M (11 inflow days, 9 outflow days).
Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions
Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.
The five largest holders on file together own 27.4% of shares outstanding.
Largest holders
By investor type
Reported short interest has fallen from 2.22% to 2.02% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).
Recent institutional activity
| Holder | Type | Period | Share change | New stake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +234,546 | 0.2% |
| T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,490,332 | 0.8% |
| J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Inc. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,209,694 | 2.2% |
| BlackRock | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,208,252 | 9.7% |
| American Century Investment Management | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,059,557 | 0.8% |
| Capital Research | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +969,523 | 1.8% |
| Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +904,338 | 0.7% |
| Van Eck Associates Corporation | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +874,392 | 1.8% |
| FMR | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +738,743 | 2.8% |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +662,702 | 0.4% |
| State Street Global Advisors | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +539,368 | 4.7% |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +494,309 | 0.6% |
| Swedbank Robur Fonder AB | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +329,330 | 0.8% |
| Thrivent Investment Management, Inc. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +324,773 | 0.1% |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +293,693 | 0.1% |
Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Title | Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | Paul Cunningham | Senior VP & GM of the System Verification Group | Automatic Disposition | -1,000 | $324.13 | 119,612 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Paul Cunningham | Senior VP & GM of the System Verification Group | Derivative Exercise and Sale | -1,000 | $324.13 | 119,612 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli | Independent Director | Automatic Disposition | -1,250 | $350.07 | 39,544 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | Paul Cunningham | Senior VP & GM of the System Verification Group | Sale to Issuer | -1,181 | $280.76 | 120,612 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | Anirudh Devgan | Chief Executive Officer | Sale to Issuer | -3,779 | $280.76 | 247,201 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | John Wall | Senior Vice President | Sale to Issuer | -1,433 | $280.76 | 79,459 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | Chin-Chi Teng | Senior VP and GM of the Digital & Signoff Group | Sale to Issuer | -1,181 | $280.76 | 136,075 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | Paul Scannell | Senior Vice President of Global Customer Success Team | Sale to Issuer | -937 | $280.76 | 30,783 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | Paul Cunningham | Senior VP & GM of the System Verification Group | Sale to Issuer | -793 | $273.96 | 121,793 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | Paul Cunningham | Senior VP & GM of the System Verification Group | Automatic Disposition | -1,000 | $277.12 | 121,793 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | Paul Cunningham | Senior VP & GM of the System Verification Group | Derivative Exercise and Sale | -1,000 | $277.12 | 121,793 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | Anirudh Devgan | Chief Executive Officer | Sale to Issuer | -2,539 | $273.96 | 250,980 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | John Wall | Senior Vice President | Sale to Issuer | -983 | $273.96 | 80,892 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | Chin-Chi Teng | Senior VP and GM of the Digital & Signoff Group | Sale to Issuer | -793 | $273.96 | 137,256 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | Ita Brennan | Independent Director | Automatic Disposition | -180 | $287.79 | 7,824 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Paul Scannell | Senior Vice President of Global Customer Success Team | Automatic Disposition | -280 | $339.00 | 31,720 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli | Independent Director | Automatic Disposition | -1,250 | $324.66 | 40,794 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | Paul Cunningham | Senior VP & GM of the System Verification Group | Other Disposition | -1,000 | – | 123,586 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | Chin-Chi Teng | Senior VP and GM of the Digital & Signoff Group | Automatic Disposition | -3,732 | $314.49 | 138,049 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | Chin-Chi Teng | Senior VP and GM of the Digital & Signoff Group | Derivative Exercise and Sale | -1,000 | $314.49 | 138,049 |
From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.
Short interest, by report
| Report date | Shares short | % of float | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 5,568,751 | 2.0% | 2.7 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 5,895,880 | 2.1% | 2.2 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 4,347,608 | 1.6% | 1.6 |
| 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 |
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