$1,000 in Cadence Design Systems, Inc. in 2024 → $1,156 today
If you'd invested $1,000 in Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) on January 1, 2024 — at the December 2023 month-end close of $272 — and held to the latest close (2026-08-), you'd have $1,156. That's a +15.6% total return — trailing the S&P 500, where the same $1,000 became $1,616.
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FAQ
How much is $1,000 invested in CDNS in 2024 worth today?
$1,000 invested in Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) at the month-end close of 2023-12- would be worth $1,156 at the latest month-end close (2026-08-), a total return of +15.6% with dividends reinvested.
Did $1,000 in CDNS in 2024 beat the market?
Over the same span, $1,000 in the S&P 500 index would be worth $1,616 — so Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) trailed the index by +28.4%.
What does "month-end close" mean for this calculation?
The scenario invests at the December 2023 month-end close (the price entering 2024) and values the position at the most recent month-end close (2026-08-). Intra-month extremes are shown on the CDNS calculator page.
Is the 2024–2026 return in CDNS typical?
No single year is typical. CDNS's best calendar-year return since 1987 was about +205.5%, and its worst was -78.5%.
Methodology
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) total-return data from January 2024 through the latest month-end close (2026-08-).
The entry price is the 2023 December month-end close and the exit is the latest available month-end close, both from adjusted (split and dividend) Yahoo Finance historical data.
Month-end resolution, no taxes or fees, and history never guarantees the future. For exact-date precision (including buying at a panic low), use the CDNS calculator page.
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Data: Yahoo Finance. As of 2026-08-. Not financial advice.