What if I had invested $1,000 in Cadence Design Systems in 1994?

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$1,000 in Cadence Design Systems in 1994

$1,000 put into Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) on January 3, 1994, its first trading day of 1994 in our data, was worth $122,277 on September 23, 2026, with dividends counted to the end of 2024. Over the same days to July 31, 2026, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $29,627.

$1,000 became$122,277by September 23, 2026

Total return122 timesthe money put in, dividends counted to 2024

A year, on average+15.8%over 32.7 years

The whole US market$29,627same days to July 31, 2026, dividends counted; CDNS by then: $134,513

The S&P 500 index$16,556price only, no dividends

Bought at the close on January 3, 1994, dividends put back in, no costs and no tax. Dividends are counted to the end of 2024; from 2025 on our prices are adjusted for splits only, so dividends paid since then are left out. The stock figure counts dividends; the S&P 500 index figure does not, so compare the stock with the whole-market figure. The market figure is the Fama-French US market return (Kenneth R. French data library), which runs to July 31, 2026. Our stock prices run to September 23, 2026.

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Also in 1994

Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $1,535,937
Microsoft · $1,000 became $324,188
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $243,946
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $177,947
Walmart · $1,000 became $42,023
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $61,564
Advanced Micro Devices · $1,000 became $68,788
Oracle Corporation · $1,000 became $126,805

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