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Cadence Design Systems
Application Software · Information Technology · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$353.48
+0.6% on the session
1-year return
+1.8%
+26.5% over six months
Volatility
40.6%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-34.2%
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 +1.8%, against -4.7% over three months and +15.9% over one. It trades 8.5% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 40.6% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -34.2%, and it has traded a median $699M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.51 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#309 of 496

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+0.6%
1 week+8.2%
1 month+15.9%
3 months-4.7%
6 months+26.5%
1 year+1.8%
12-1 momentum-12.2%
Volatility (1y, annualized)40.6%
Max drawdown (1y)-34.2%
Distance vs 200-day average+8.5%
Return per unit of risk0.04
Median daily dollar volume$699M
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