Who owns Cadence (CDNS)?
164 holders named in SEC filings declare between 54.0% and 82.0% of Cadence's shares outstanding, as of Sep 17, 2026. The largest are Vanguard (10.1%), BlackRock (9.7%) and State Street (4.7%); the five largest hold 31.3% together. Another 1,335 institutions hold small positions worth 6.3%. At least 11.7% of the shares appear in no ownership filing: investors who do not have to report, mostly individuals. From Mar 31, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, institutions that filed both quarters bought 6.2% and sold 5.1% of the shares, a net purchase of 1.1%; 184 opened a position, 599 added, 513 reduced and 93 sold out. Biggest buyers: T. Rowe Price (+1.5M shares) and JPMorgan (+1.3M shares). Biggest sellers: JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC (-1.3M) and D. E. Shaw (-769,809). Over time, 1,481 managers declared Cadence in their 13F for Q2 2026, against 544 for Q4 2019: together at most 88.2% of the shares outstanding, against 86.4%.
| Holder | Filing | Share of capital | As of | Holding since (13F) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 13F | 10.1% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| BlackRock | 13F | 9.7% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| State Street | 13F | 4.7% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Fidelity (FMR) | 13F | 3.5% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Invesco | 13F | 3.3% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| JPMorgan | 13F | 2.9% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Geode Capital | 13F | 2.6% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| VanEck | 13F | 1.8% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Capital Group | 13F | 1.8% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q1 2026 |
| Wellington | 13F | 1.8% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2021 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | 13F | 1.7% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC | 13F | 1.6% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2021 |
| UBS | 13F | 1.6% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Goldman Sachs | 13F | 1.5% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Morgan Stanley | 13F | 1.3% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Norges Bank | 13F | 1.2% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | 13F | 1.1% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Northern Trust | 13F | 1.0% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Franklin Templeton | 13F | 1.0% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP | 13F | 0.90% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| American Century Companies, Inc. | 13F | 0.83% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| T. Rowe Price | 13F | 0.82% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Charles Schwab | 13F | 0.80% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Swedbank AB | 13F | 0.79% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q1 2021 |
| Nuveen | 13F | 0.76% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
Cadence institutional ownership over time
| Quarter | 13F managers | Share of the company (upper bound) | Value declared | Held by stock pickers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2019 | 544 | 86.4% | $16.7B | 58.8% |
| Q4 2020 | 682 | 84.3% | $32.1B | 55.8% |
| Q4 2021 | 790 | 83.0% | $42.8B | 55.7% |
| Q4 2022 | 861 | 85.5% | $37.7B | 52.6% |
| Q4 2023 | 1,170 | 85.7% | $63.5B | 56.5% |
| Q4 2024 | 1,265 | 86.4% | $71.3B | 54.2% |
| Q4 2025 | 1,424 | 88.0% | $74.8B | 51.0% |
| Q2 2026 | 1,481 | 88.2% | $90.6B | 51.7% |
From SEC Form 13F, every quarter since the end of 2019, read like the current quarter: entities of a house summed, a value contradicting its share count set aside. The share of the company is an upper bound — two managers can declare the same shares — over the shares outstanding at that date.