What if you invested $1,000 in Cadence Design in 2010? (Inflation-Adjusted)

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Cadence Design turned $1,000 into $47,707 between 2010 and today. Impressive on paper, but inflation over that span came to 53% (BLS CPI-U). Adjusted for that erosion in purchasing power, your real gain in constant 2010 dollars is $31,181, which works out to a +23.7% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.

Nominal final value

$47,707

+4670.7% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$31,181

+3018.1% real total return

Real annualized return

+23.7%

vs. +26.9% nominal annualized

Cumulative CPI-U inflation since 2010: 53% (1 dollar in 2010 = $1.53 in 2026)

Year-by-Year (Inflation-Adjusted)

$1,000 in Cadence Design since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2010 $)
2010$1,000$1,000
2011$1,494$1,435
2012$1,818$1,711
2013$2,398$2,210
2014$2,430$2,208
2015$3,096$2,813
2016$3,367$3,015
2017$4,480$3,924
2018$7,721$6,560
2019$8,267$6,862
2020$12,411$10,140
2021$22,442$17,455
2022$26,186$18,655
2023$31,468$21,596
2024$49,649$33,099
2025$51,225$33,481
2026$51,009$33,339

Inflation adjustment uses BLS CPI-U annual data, deflated to 2026 dollars. Nominal stock data from Yahoo Finance (split-adjusted closing prices). Real values are expressed in constant 2010 purchasing-power dollars. For informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. See our methodology and full disclaimer.