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Cadence Design Systems
Application Software · Information Technology · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$314.98
-0.5% on the session
1-year return
-11.6%
+3.3% over six months
Volatility
39.4%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-28.8%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Cadence Design Systems is a application software name in the information technology sector. Over the past year it returned -11.6%, against -6.8% over three months and -8.6% over one. It sits 3.8% below its 200-day average, close enough that the trend is genuinely undecided. Annualized volatility of 39.4% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -28.8%, and it has traded a median $728M a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.52 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it follows the index loosely.

Where it ranks
Within Information Technology#53 of 72
Stronger than 27% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#429 of 500

How CDNS scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 13 others in Application Software.

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Full metrics
1 day-0.5%
1 week-2.5%
1 month-8.6%
3 months-6.8%
6 months+3.3%
1 year-11.6%
12-1 momentum-3.3%
Volatility (1y, annualized)39.4%
Max drawdown (1y)-28.8%
Distance vs 200-day average-3.8%
Return per unit of risk-0.29
Median daily dollar volume$728M
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