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CDNS — CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC

US Technology Software & IT services equity mkt cap 86.4B
319.02 +1.73% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 265.66 · high 416.39

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Performance

1 day+1.73%
1 week-1.79%
1 month-3.46%
3 months-11.00%
6 months+7.68%
Year to date+2.78%
1 year-7.65%
3 years+42.90%
5 years+108.96%

Technicals

RSI 1430.8
vs 50-day avg-9.84%
vs 200-day avg-2.46%
Volatility 1y39.4%
Max drawdown 1y-28.85%
Avg volume 30d2.3M
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Measured signals that fired on CDNS

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-14Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-03Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-17Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-17Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-27Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-22Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-17Cunningham Paul
Sr. Vice President
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan2.0K323.32646.6K
2026-08-17Cunningham Paul
Sr. Vice President
Option exercise 10b5-1 plan1.0K138.02138.0K
2026-08-17Scannell Paul
Sr. Vice President
Shares withheld for tax181323.4758.5K
2026-07-30SOHN YOUNG
Director
Gift90.000
2026-07-22TENG CHIN-CHI
Sr. Vice President
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan2.0K339.05667.3K
2026-07-22TENG CHIN-CHI
Sr. Vice President
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan720335.69241.7K
2026-07-22TENG CHIN-CHI
Sr. Vice President
Option exercise 10b5-1 plan1.0K202.94202.9K
2026-07-22TENG CHIN-CHI
Sr. Vice President
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan440342.15150.5K
2026-07-22TENG CHIN-CHI
Sr. Vice President
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan399343.94137.2K
2026-07-22TENG CHIN-CHI
Sr. Vice President
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan252336.7184.9K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.7.1B25.5M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC4.9B17.8M
STATE STREET CORP3.5B12.5M
FMR LLC2.5B9.2M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC2.2B7.9M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC2.0B7.0M
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO1.8B6.5M
JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC1.6B5.8M
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.1.6B5.0M
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP1.4B4.9M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
42026-08-032026-07-30on EDGAR ↗
10-Q2026-07-292026-06-30on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-07-272026-07-27on EDGAR ↗
42026-07-232026-07-22on EDGAR ↗
42026-07-172026-07-15on EDGAR ↗
42026-06-242026-06-22on EDGAR ↗
42026-06-172026-06-15on EDGAR ↗
42026-06-152026-06-11on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d49.5% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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