Cadence Design Systems is −3.3% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 22 points behind the market. 1-year return: −3.3% (S&P 500 +18%). vs 200-day average: +8.9%, close to trend. RSI (14): 84, overbought, bought harder than it has been sold. Below its 52-week high: 15%.

CDNSCadence Design Systems

Technology

$352.86-3.3% 1Y

$352.86

$265.6652 weeks$416.39

What is the market doing?

Mixed

No clear lean: rangebound and insiders net selling (often routine).

3 neutral

TrendRangeboundderived · Oct 9, 2026

Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Overbought (RSI 84). Price is +9% vs its 200-day average.

Insider conviction−$6.0M (90 days to Oct 8, 2026)SEC EDGAR · Oct 8, 2026

Insiders were net sellers over the 90 days ending Oct 8, 2026; selling is often routine (taxes, diversification).

Short interest1.6% of sharesFINRA · Sep 15, 2026

Lightly shorted, settled Sep 15, 2026, a few days of normal trading to cover. Down 25% since the previous count, down from 1.8% of shares outstanding three months ago.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

1-year returnmiddle of the market

vs 200-day avgbetter than 72% of the market

Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.

How CDNS is trading

Cadence Design Systems is −3.3% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 22 points behind the market.

−3.3%

1-year return · S&P 500 +18%

vs 200-day average: +8.9%
vs 200-day average · close to trend
RSI (14): 84
RSI (14) · overbought, bought harder than it has been sold
Below its 52-week high: 15%
Below its 52-week high

Sep 17, 2024$231.64 – $416.39 · dashed line: 200-day averageOct 9, 2026

Details›

Last close2026-10-09: $352.86
1 monthS&P 500 +2.7%: +24%
1 yearS&P 500 +18%: −3.3%
5 yearsS&P 500 +88%: +114%
vs 50-day average$320.75: +10%
52-week high: $416.39
52-week low: $265.66
Annualised volatility: 41%

Calendar-year price return
Year	Return
2026 (year to date)	+13%
2025	+4.0%
2024	+10%
2023	+70%
2022	−14%
2021	+37%
2020	+97%
2019	+60%
2018	+4.0%
2017	+66%

Average return by calendar month, 2016–2026
Month	Years	Positive	Average
Jan	10	6 of 10	+1.6%
Feb	10	6 of 10	+2.1%
Mar	10	6 of 10	+1.8%
Apr	10	6 of 10	+5.7%
May	10	7 of 10	+4.1%
Jun	10	7 of 10	+3.5%
Jul	11	7 of 11	+5.3%
Aug	11	7 of 11	+1.3%
Sep	11	4 of 11	−2.5%
Oct	11	7 of 11	+2.2%
Nov	10	9 of 10	+5.3%
Dec	10	3 of 10	+0.00%

End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.

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