What if you invested in Cadence Design in 2000?
CDNS · Technology · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Cadence Design in 2000
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $8,517(+751.7%)
The S&P 500 returned $8,517 on the same $1,000. Cadence Design beat the market by $9,680.
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Growth of $1,000
Cadence Design vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2000 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Cadence Design starting January 2000
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $20.62 | $1,000 | - |
| 2001 | $29.49 | $1,430 | +43% |
| 2002 | $23.70 | $1,149 | -19.6% |
| 2003 | $9.92 | $481 | -58.1% |
| 2004 | $16.57 | $803 | +67% |
| 2005 | $13.33 | $646 | -19.6% |
| 2006 | $17.66 | $856 | +32.5% |
| 2007 | $18.92 | $917 | +7.1% |
| 2008 | $10.15 | $492 | -46.4% |
| 2009 | $3.78 | $183 | -62.8% |
| 2010 | $5.81 | $282 | +53.7% |
| 2011 | $8.68 | $421 | +49.4% |
| 2012 | $10.56 | $512 | +21.7% |
| 2013 | $13.93 | $675 | +31.9% |
| 2014 | $14.12 | $685 | +1.4% |
| 2015 | $17.99 | $872 | +27.4% |
| 2016 | $19.56 | $948 | +8.7% |
| 2017 | $26.03 | $1,262 | +33.1% |
| 2018 | $44.86 | $2,175 | +72.3% |
| 2019 | $48.03 | $2,329 | +7.1% |
| 2020 | $72.11 | $3,496 | +50.1% |
| 2021 | $130.39 | $6,322 | +80.8% |
| 2022 | $152.14 | $7,376 | +16.7% |
| 2023 | $182.83 | $8,864 | +20.2% |
| 2024 | $288.46 | $13,986 | +57.8% |
| 2025 | $297.62 | $14,430 | +3.2% |
| 2026 | $296.36 | $14,369 | -0.4% |
What this return means
Holding Cadence Design (CDNS) from 2000 multiplied a $1,000 stake into $18,197. That works out to +1719.7%, about 18x the original stake, as of 2026-06-01.
That is about 11.5% a year compounded, broadly in line with long-run stock market averages. A plain S&P 500 fund would have turned that $1,000 into about $8,517 instead, leaving Cadence Design ahead by around $9,680. The index compounded at about 8.4% a year over that period.
The year-by-year record shows how bumpy the ride was. The best single year was 2021 at +80.8%, and the worst was 2009 at -62.8%. At its lowest point the position was down about 87% from an earlier high. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
Treat this as history rather than advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
What if you invested $100 a month instead?
Most people do not drop a lump sum in on day one. They add a fixed amount every month. Putting $100 into Cadence Design at the close of every month from January 2000 through June 2026 means 318 buys and $31,800 contributed over about 26.5 years.
$100/month, dollar-cost averaged
$662,761
+1,984.2% on $31,800 in
Same $31,800, all in at the start
$578,816
+1,720.2% on $31,800 in
Spreading the buys out beat going all in at the start by $83,945. That happens when the price spent time below where it began, so averaging in caught the cheaper months. Averaging in also meant an average buy price of $18.01 per share across the whole stretch, so the monthly buyer never had to time a single low. Neither number counts dividends, taxes, or trading costs.
Illustrative fixed $100/month example, not a recommendation. Figures are computed from CDNS split-adjusted monthly closes through June 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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