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$CDNS
$342.99 +$20.82 (6.46%) Live

Ownership

13F as of Q2 2026 · 275.4M shares outstanding

Who owns CDNS?

By type of holder
Institutions 88.1% Insiders 0.3% Everyone else 11.6%
Concentration Top 10 holders own 39.1%
BlackRock, Inc. 9.7% · Vanguard Capital Management LLC 6.5%
Institutional ownership
88.1%
+2.4 pts vs last qtr
Institutional holders
1,506
+94 vs last qtr
Net shares bought
+6.5M
by institutions in Q2 2026
New / sold out
218 / 124
positions opened vs closed

How is ownership changing?

Institutions, last 8 quarters

Biggest buyers in Q2 2026
  • Norges Bank NEW +3.4M
  • Jupiter Topco LLC NEW +1.8M

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Biggest sellers in Q2 2026
  • Janus Henderson Group PLC SOLD OUT −2.3M
  • Jennison Associates LLC −1.3M

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Who is planning to sell?

Notices of proposed sale, last 12 months
$105M
31 notices from 9 people
Shares covered
293.7K
0.11% of the company
Arranged in advance
100%
of the value is under a 10b5-1 plan
Under a 10b5-1 plan No plan
$0$18.4M$36.7MNov 2025: $4.0M under a 10b5-1 planNovDec 2025: $19.8M under a 10b5-1 planDec 2025: $61.3K without a planDecJan 2026: $2.3M under a 10b5-1 planJanFeb 2026: $295.1K under a 10b5-1 planFebMar 2026: $403.2K under a 10b5-1 planMarApr 2026: $6.9M under a 10b5-1 planAprMay 2026: $31.6M under a 10b5-1 planMayJun 2026: $36.7M under a 10b5-1 planJunJulAug 2026: $401.1K under a 10b5-1 planAugSep 2026: $2.0M under a 10b5-1 planSepOct 2026: $437.6K under a 10b5-1 planOct
Largest proposed sellers
  • Anirudh Devgan Officer 10b5-1 $58.7M
  • John M Wall Officer 10b5-1 $17.3M

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Every notice on Red Flags →

A Form 144 is notice of a planned sale, not the sale itself. What insiders actually sold is on Insider Transactions.

Is your stake being diluted?

Diluted share count, FY2016–FY2025
−6.2%
−0.70% a year
Each share's claim on the business
+6.6%
grew without buying or selling a share
Spent on buybacks vs paid in stock
$5.83B vs $2.44B
over 10 fiscal years
Diluted shares, split-adjusted
264.6M279.4M294.2M2016: 291.3M shares'162017: 280.2M shares'172018: 281.1M shares'182019: 280.5M shares'192020: 279.6M shares'202021: 278.9M shares'212022: 275.0M shares'222023: 272.7M shares'232024: 273.8M shares'242025: 273.3M shares'25
Buybacks Stock-based comp
$0$525.0M$1.05B2016 buybacks: $960.3M2016 stock comp: $109.2M'162017 buybacks: $100.0M2017 stock comp: $130.0M'172018 buybacks: $250.1M2018 stock comp: $167.7M'182019 buybacks: $306.1M2019 stock comp: $181.5M'192020 buybacks: $380.1M2020 stock comp: $197.3M'202021 buybacks: $612.3M2021 stock comp: $210.1M'212022 buybacks: $1.05B2022 stock comp: $270.4M'222023 buybacks: $700.1M2023 stock comp: $325.6M'232024 buybacks: $550.0M2024 stock comp: $391.2M'242025 buybacks: $925.0M2025 stock comp: $455.2M'25

How patient are the owners?

Institutional shares by how long they've been held
5+ years79% 3–5 years6% 1–3 years8% Under 1 year7%
Quarterly turnover
8.2%
of institutional shares changed hands
Top 10 managers, median time held
5 years

Super Investors

Investment managers reporting CDNS on Form 13F
B
BlackRock, Inc.
Shares
26.7M
% of company
9.68%
Change vs last qtr
+1.2M (+4.7%)
Held since
≤2021
VC
Vanguard Capital Management LLC
Shares
18.0M
% of company
6.54%
Change vs last qtr
+203.2K (+1.1%)
Held since
≤2021

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Institutional Funds

Mutual funds and ETFs reporting CDNS on Form N-PORT; together they hold 39.1% of the company
VT
Position value
$3.29B
% of company
3.18%
% of the fund
0.14%
As of
June 30, 2026
V5
Vanguard Index Funds
Position value
$2.68B
% of company
2.60%
% of the fund
0.16%
As of
June 30, 2026

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Insiders and 5%+ holders

From Forms 3/4/5 and Schedules 13D/G
DA
Devgan Anirudh
Insider
Shares
247.2K
% of company
0.09%
Change vs last qtr
—
Held since
—
TC
Teng Chin-Chi
Insider
Shares
136.1K
% of company
0.05%
Change vs last qtr
—
Held since
—

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