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Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Stage 4 · Declining · week 5

As of Oct 22, 2026, Cadence Design Systems is in Stage 4, the downtrend phase, now in week 5 (since Sep 18, 2026). It closed at $309.65, 25.6% below its 52-week high and below its 200-day average, which is rising.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. develops computational, AI-driven software, hardware, and silicon intellectual property products and solutions. More about the company

$309.65
-5.04% today
$85.3B · Large cap
Market Neutral — Building

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Declining, below its long-term trend

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Momentum

Accelerating ⇈

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Stage Cycle Timeline2023-08-16 → 2026-10-22
S2 37w
S2 21w
S4 15w
2023-08-162026-10-22
S1S2S3S4Setup score (0–10, dashed line at 5)
S2 37w → S3 9w → S2 5w → S3 3w → S4 10w → S1 5w → S2 9w → S3 3w → S4 9w → S1 3w → S2 21w → S3 12w → S4 15w → S1 4w → S2 9w → S3 6w → S4 5w current
Total tracked: 165 weeks across 17 stage runs.

CDNS among Software - Application72nd of 221 by relative strength

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Stocks in Software - Application ranked by relative strength, with stage and one-month change
#StockStageRS1M
1RNGStage 2 · wk 1397+0.2%
2DHXStage 2 · wk 2997+3.5%
3FSLYStage 2 · wk 1197−24.3%
4PUBMStage 2 · wk 2495−1.6%
5FROGStage 2 · wk 2194+1.7%
6MITKStage 3 · wk 593+1.0%
7RSKDStage 2 · wk 1993+24.9%
8OOMAStage 3 · wk 192−10.7%
…72CDNSStage 4 · wk 548+0.2%
vs 52W High
-25.6%
$265.66 lo$416.39 hi
25.6% below 52W high, ongoing decline
In Stage 4, distance from the 52-week high reflects an ongoing decline, not a discount.
Stage Maturity
Week 5
1w13w26w
Week 5, early Stage 4 decline
How long this stock has been in Stage 4 decline. The longer the downtrend, the more entrenched the selling pressure. No length of decline marks a bottom on its own.
vs 200 DMA
-5.4%
200 DMA: $327.21 · rising
In Stage 4, the stock is below its 200-day average, the hallmark of a downtrend. Stage analysis waits for that to reverse before buying.
Rel Volume
1.22x
vs 50-day avg
High volume on down days in Stage 4 confirms institutional selling. Low-volume bounces are typical. They lack real buyers and are easy to mistake for reversals.
Trend Health
↑ ⇈
Short-term trend rising strongly, and accelerating
Two reads of momentum. The arrow shows the direction of the short-term trend: rising (↑ or ↗), flat (→) or rolling over (↓). The ⇈ mark appears when our trend model reads the move as gaining speed on top of the longer trend. Strongest when both agree.
1M
+0.2%
3M
-5.1%
6M
-1.5%
YTD
-0.2%
1Y
-7.1%
Scan Membership
Breakout Watch
Latest: 2025-05-30
10 appearances in last 60 days. First seen: 2019-01-04.
A stock that keeps qualifying week after week does so because its Stage 2 structure keeps holding. Staying power in the scan says more about the trend than any single appearance.
Recent Stage Timeline
2026-10-22S4
Wk 5 · Vol 1.22x
2026-10-21S4
Wk 5 · Vol 0.76x
2026-10-20S4
Wk 5 · Vol 0.73x
2026-10-19S4
Wk 5 · Vol 0.78x
2026-10-16S4
Wk 5 · Vol 1.06x
2026-10-15S4
Wk 4 · Vol 1.10x
2026-10-14S4
Wk 4 · Vol 1.25x
2026-10-13S4
Wk 4 · Vol 1.00x
2026-10-12S4
Wk 4 · Vol 0.56x
2026-10-09S4
Wk 4 · Vol 0.56x
2026-10-08S4
Wk 3 · Vol 0.65x
2026-10-07S4
Wk 3 · Vol 0.76x
Moving averages & range
50 DMA
$318.98
200 DMA
$327.21
52W High
$416.39
52W Low
$265.66
5D Low
$309.65
Resistance levels (recent highs)
20d High
$359.55
60d High
$359.55
120d High
$416.39
250d High
$416.39
Next resistance
+16.1%
to 20d High
P/E (TTM)
61.6
Forward 32.4
Earnings Growth (YoY)
+125.4%
Revenue +24.2%
ROE
+23.2%
Profit margin +23.6%
Dividend Yield
0.00%
P/B 12.4

Cadence Design Systems: quick answers

What stage is Cadence Design Systems in?

As of Oct 22, 2026, Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) is in Stage 4, the downtrend phase. It entered Stage 4 on Sep 18, 2026 and is in week 5. What the four stages mean

Is Cadence Design Systems in an uptrend?

No. Cadence Design Systems is in a Stage 4 downtrend. It trades 5.4% below its 200-day average, which is rising.

How far is Cadence Design Systems from its 52-week high?

Cadence Design Systems closed at $309.65 on Oct 22, 2026, 25.6% below its 52-week high of $416.39. Its 52-week low is $265.66.

How has Cadence Design Systems performed over the past year?

As of Oct 22, 2026, Cadence Design Systems is down 7.1% over the past year and down 0.2% so far in 2026.

Which sector and industry is Cadence Design Systems in?

Cadence Design Systems is in the Software - Application industry, part of the Information Technology sector.

About this companyInformation Technology· Software - Application

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. develops computational, AI-driven software, hardware, and silicon intellectual property products and solutions. The company offers functional verification services, such as Jasper, a formal verification platform; Xcelium, a parallel logic simulation platform; Verisium, a generative AI solution; Palladium, an enterprise emulation platform; and Protium, a prototyping platform for chip verification, as well as digital IC design and sign off products, including Innovus platform; and custom IC design and simulation product include Virtuoso, a platform to design and verify analog. It also provides Xcelium logic simulator and other front-end verification and virtual prototyping technologies; controllers and physical interfaces; PCI Express, universal accelerator and compute express links, and multiple memory interfaces; and Tensilica, a digital signal processor. In addition, the company's design IP portfolio includes serializer/deserializer, peripheral component interconnect, USB, and other standard protocols; and Secure-IC, a solution for embedded security IP. Additionally, it provides System Design and Analysis (SD&A) platform, a solution that enables end-to-end system-level design and verification across chips, packages, PCBs, and electronic systems; Allegro X and Orca X platforms for PCB and advanced packaging; Sigrity X for signal and power integrity; AIR for RF design; Fidelity for computational fluid dynamics; Celsius for thermal and airflow analysis; Clarity 3D solver for electromagnetic and power electronics analysis and simulation; Integrity 3D-IC solution for 3D-IC and multi-chiplet designs; the Optimality Intelligent System Explorer, Reality digital twin, and Millennium enterprise multiphasic platforms; Allegro system design platform; and molecular modeling and simulation solutions and services. The company has a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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