CDNS
StockCadence Design Systems, Inc.
One email when a drop — in price or in valuation — is historically rare for CDNS. Otherwise we stay quiet.
Bigger than its usual dip. Not yet rare.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is 18.3% off its high — deeper than its 7.8% average pullback, but it has been through 176 drawdowns before. Not historically significant yet — we'll say so if that changes.
But down is not the same as cheap: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.'s P/S Severity Score is 0.0 — its valuation sits in or above its typical range.
Elevated
Current Drawdown
-18.3%
Days in Drawdown
73
Avg Max Drawdown
7.8%
Avg Length
79
Drawdown Severity Score™
3.1
CDNS - Price & High Water Mark
CDNS - Drawdown Timeline
How to read this chart: Negative values indicate drawdowns from all-time highs. Values closer to 0% mean the stock is near its high water mark.
Valuation vs Its Own History
Data as of August 27, 2026 · updated daily
Where today's valuation sits within CDNS's own multi-year range, scored with the same Drawdown Severity Score language as price, measured from its typical level rather than its record high — a higher score means it has rarely been cheaper. This is context, not a recommendation.
Price to Sales
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has been cheaper on this measure only about 84% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
Price to Sales history
EV to EBITDA
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has been cheaper on this measure only about 75% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
EV to EBITDA history · log scale
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) Analysis: Current Drawdown Insights
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is currently in a drawdown that is unusual by its own historical standards. As of 2026-08-28, the stock is trading at $340.39, which represents a 18.3% decline from its all-time high of $416.39. This drawdown has persisted for 73 days.
Based on its full tracked price history, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. typically experiences drawdowns averaging 7.8% in depth, with an average duration of 79 days. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has gone through 176 total drawdown events in its tracked history. The largest drawdown on record for Cadence Design Systems, Inc. was 93.1%, beginning in 1998. The longest drawdown duration on record was 7071 days.
The Drawdown Severity Score™ for Cadence Design Systems, Inc. currently stands at 3.12. This is our proprietary indicator that shows the relative severity of the current drawdown based on the asset's unique historical patterns. A score between 3.0 and 5.0 indicates an elevated drawdown that's larger than this asset's historical averages.
Understanding Drawdowns: A drawdown measures how far a stock has fallen from its peak price. Every stock experiences drawdowns: periods when the price declines from all-time highs before recovering. By analyzing Cadence Design Systems, Inc.'s historical drawdown patterns, investors can identify when the stock is experiencing a typical market fluctuation versus an unusual decline that is rare by that stock's own historical standards.
📜 Historical Drawdown Events
Current drawdown shown in blue. Showing the most recent and the deepest of 176 tracked pullbacks (64 listed).
| Start Date | End Date | Duration | Max Depth | Start Price | Lowest Price | Recovery Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-16 | Ongoing | 73 days | -18.3% | $416.39 | $340.39 | n/a |
| 2026-05-27 | 2026-06-01 | 6 days | -2.1% | $381.75 | $373.85 | $414.16 |
| 2025-09-23 | 2026-05-22 | 242 days | -28.8% | $373.37 | $265.66 | $373.59 |
| 2025-07-31 | 2025-09-19 | 51 days | -8.8% | $371.03 | $338.53 | $373.35 |
| 2025-07-07 | 2025-07-25 | 19 days | -3.7% | $326.81 | $314.58 | $332.19 |
| 2024-06-20 | 2025-07-03 | 379 days | -29.1% | $326.50 | $231.64 | $326.81 |
| 2024-03-22 | 2024-06-18 | 89 days | -14.9% | $322.80 | $274.55 | $326.50 |
| 2024-03-08 | 2024-03-21 | 13 days | -6.2% | $318.04 | $298.44 | $322.80 |
| 2024-03-05 | 2024-03-07 | 3 days | -3.0% | $317.31 | $307.70 | $318.04 |
| 2024-02-12 | 2024-03-01 | 19 days | -6.9% | $311.94 | $290.30 | $315.24 |
| 2024-02-06 | 2024-02-07 | 2 days | -1.3% | $296.65 | $292.80 | $300.73 |
| 2024-01-23 | 2024-02-02 | 11 days | -2.5% | $295.73 | $288.46 | $296.55 |
| 2024-01-17 | 2024-01-18 | 2 days | -0.8% | $277.56 | $275.39 | $279.01 |
| 2023-12-14 | 2024-01-16 | 34 days | -8.6% | $276.57 | $252.71 | $277.56 |
| 2023-11-30 | 2023-12-13 | 14 days | -6.4% | $275.21 | $257.68 | $276.57 |
| 2023-11-15 | 2023-11-29 | 15 days | -2.5% | $272.62 | $265.79 | $275.21 |
| 2023-10-12 | 2023-11-07 | 27 days | -8.9% | $252.98 | $230.44 | $253.73 |
| 2023-09-07 | 2023-10-09 | 33 days | -7.3% | $246.70 | $228.58 | $247.34 |
| 2023-07-18 | 2023-09-05 | 50 days | -9.9% | $244.44 | $220.31 | $245.51 |
| 2023-06-14 | 2023-07-13 | 30 days | -6.7% | $239.00 | $223.01 | $239.51 |
| 2023-05-31 | 2023-06-13 | 14 days | -5.2% | $234.75 | $222.47 | $239.00 |
| 2023-04-14 | 2023-05-25 | 42 days | -7.3% | $217.01 | $201.16 | $224.49 |
| 2023-04-12 | 2023-04-13 | 2 days | -0.8% | $213.89 | $212.18 | $217.01 |
| 2023-04-05 | 2023-04-10 | 6 days | -1.9% | $211.51 | $207.56 | $213.61 |
| 2023-03-22 | 2023-03-31 | 10 days | -2.2% | $207.88 | $203.28 | $210.09 |
| 2023-03-17 | 2023-03-21 | 5 days | -0.5% | $207.82 | $206.88 | $207.88 |
| 2023-03-15 | 2023-03-16 | 2 days | -0.3% | $203.52 | $202.94 | $207.82 |
| 2023-02-16 | 2023-03-14 | 26 days | -5.4% | $202.26 | $191.43 | $203.52 |
| 2022-08-16 | 2023-02-14 | 183 days | -26.2% | $193.09 | $142.41 | $199.09 |
| 2021-12-28 | 2022-08-15 | 230 days | -29.6% | $191.65 | $134.95 | $193.09 |
| 2021-11-22 | 2021-12-27 | 36 days | -6.9% | $188.12 | $175.05 | $191.65 |
| 2021-11-18 | 2021-11-19 | 2 days | -0.9% | $187.74 | $186.05 | $188.12 |
| 2021-11-10 | 2021-11-16 | 7 days | -2.8% | $182.37 | $177.23 | $186.92 |
| 2021-11-05 | 2021-11-09 | 5 days | -0.9% | $179.56 | $178.00 | $182.37 |
| 2021-11-03 | 2021-11-04 | 2 days | -1.5% | $175.55 | $172.97 | $179.56 |
| 2021-10-27 | 2021-10-29 | 3 days | -4.5% | $172.93 | $165.10 | $173.11 |
| 2021-09-17 | 2021-10-26 | 40 days | -11.7% | $167.61 | $148.05 | $172.93 |
| 2021-09-13 | 2021-09-15 | 3 days | -1.3% | $166.87 | $164.63 | $167.54 |
| 2021-09-07 | 2021-09-09 | 3 days | -0.4% | $165.71 | $164.98 | $165.91 |
| 2021-08-31 | 2021-09-01 | 2 days | -0.3% | $163.89 | $163.48 | $164.15 |
| 2021-08-16 | 2021-08-19 | 4 days | -3.0% | $152.67 | $148.02 | $153.27 |
| 2021-08-06 | 2021-08-12 | 7 days | -1.8% | $151.76 | $149.05 | $152.26 |
| 2021-08-02 | 2021-08-03 | 2 days | -0.2% | $147.65 | $147.29 | $149.85 |
| 2021-04-16 | 2021-07-30 | 106 days | -17.9% | $147.59 | $121.14 | $147.65 |
| 2021-03-02 | 2021-04-15 | 44 days | -18.8% | $147.44 | $119.68 | $147.59 |
| 2021-02-17 | 2021-03-01 | 13 days | -9.2% | $145.99 | $132.60 | $147.44 |
| 2021-01-21 | 2021-02-11 | 22 days | -8.3% | $140.10 | $128.43 | $143.97 |
| 2021-01-08 | 2021-01-19 | 12 days | -2.4% | $137.05 | $133.72 | $137.62 |
| 2021-01-04 | 2021-01-07 | 4 days | -4.2% | $136.43 | $130.64 | $137.05 |
| 2020-12-29 | 2020-12-30 | 2 days | -0.6% | $134.76 | $133.98 | $135.25 |
| 2020-12-23 | 2020-12-28 | 6 days | -1.0% | $134.37 | $133.06 | $134.76 |
| 2020-02-20 | 2020-04-24 | 64 days | -32.1% | $80.02 | $54.32 | $80.52 |
| 2018-01-29 | 2018-07-25 | 177 days | -21.7% | $45.80 | $35.85 | $46.80 |
| 1998-04-22 | 2017-08-30 | 7071 days | -93.1% | $38.00 | $2.61 | $38.36 |
| 1997-12-09 | 1998-02-03 | 57 days | -22.4% | $28.75 | $22.31 | $29.69 |
| 1997-10-15 | 1997-11-05 | 22 days | -21.4% | $28.56 | $22.44 | $28.66 |
| 1997-01-13 | 1997-07-23 | 191 days | -39.0% | $21.94 | $13.38 | $22.19 |
| 1996-06-13 | 1997-01-10 | 212 days | -47.4% | $21.88 | $11.50 | $21.94 |
| 1995-12-29 | 1996-02-06 | 40 days | -18.1% | $14.04 | $11.50 | $14.13 |
| 1991-03-08 | 1995-06-20 | 1565 days | -75.4% | $7.56 | $1.86 | $7.69 |
| 1990-05-24 | 1991-02-06 | 259 days | -51.1% | $6.25 | $3.06 | $6.58 |
| 1990-03-20 | 1990-05-21 | 62 days | -21.0% | $5.94 | $4.69 | $5.97 |
| 1989-06-02 | 1989-10-05 | 126 days | -26.5% | $4.19 | $3.08 | $4.39 |
| 1987-10-08 | 1989-01-04 | 455 days | -66.3% | $2.56 | $0.86 | $2.58 |
| 1987-06-11 | 1987-09-11 | 93 days | -26.4% | $2.00 | $1.47 | $2.03 |
How to read: Each row shows a complete drawdown from peak to recovery. Red rows = most severe drawdowns (worst 20% or 5x+ average), yellow rows = moderate (2x-5x worse than average).
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) is trading at $340.39 as of Aug 28, 2026. It is 18.3% below its high of $416.39. The drawdown has lasted 73 days. Severity score: 3.1 (Elevated).
CDNS Price History and Drawdown Data
Latest price
$340.39
High-water mark
$416.39
Current drawdown
-18.3%
Days in drawdown
73
This CDNS page is built around daily price history, the latest high-water mark, current drawdown depth, drawdown duration, and comparable historical drawdown events. The chart above provides the price-history context, while the sections below explain how the current move compares with prior Cadence Design Systems, Inc. drawdowns.
What History Says About CDNS
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has dropped 30%+ from its high 7 times in its tracked history. These events lasted an average of 1402 days with an average max drop of -57.8%.
The current drawdown of -18.3% has lasted 73 days, which is within the typical range for comparable events.
| Period | Max Drop | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 1998 to Aug 2017 | -93.1% | 7071 days |
| Mar 1991 to Jun 1995 | -75.4% | 1565 days |
| Oct 1987 to Jan 1989 | -66.3% | 455 days |
| May 1990 to Feb 1991 | -51.1% | 259 days |
| Jun 1996 to Jan 1997 | -47.4% | 212 days |
| Jan 1997 to Jul 1997 | -39.0% | 191 days |
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