what was the difference in percentage cumulative 5-year total stockholder return on cadence design systems inc . common stock and the s&p 400 information technology for the period ended 12/31/2016?
stockholder return performance graph the following graph compares the cumulative 5-year total stockholder return on our common stock relative to the cumulative total return of the nasdaq composite index and the s&p 400 information technology index . the graph assumes that the value of the investment in our common stock and in each index on december 31 , 2011 ( including reinvestment of dividends ) was $ 100 and tracks it each year thereafter on the last day of our fiscal year through december 31 , 2016 and , for each index , on the last day of the calendar year . comparison of 5 year cumulative total return* among cadence design systems , inc. , the nasdaq composite index , and s&p 400 information technology cadence design systems , inc . nasdaq composite s&p 400 information technology 12/31/1612/28/13 1/2/1612/31/11 1/3/1512/29/12 *$ 100 invested on 12/31/11 in stock or index , including reinvestment of dividends . indexes calculated on month-end basis . copyright a9 2017 standard & poor 2019s , a division of s&p global . all rights reserved. .

|  | 12/31/2011 | 12/29/2012 | 12/28/2013 | 1/3/2015 | 1/2/2016 | 12/31/2016 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 100.00 | 129.23 | 133.94 | 181.06 | 200.10 | 242.50 |
| NASDAQ Composite | 100.00 | 116.41 | 165.47 | 188.69 | 200.32 | 216.54 |
| S&P 400 Information Technology | 100.00 | 118.41 | 165.38 | 170.50 | 178.74 | 219.65 |

the stock price performance included in this graph is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance. .

cadence_return = 242.50
nasdaq_return = 216.54
snp_return = 219.65
difference = cadence_return - snp_return
percent_difference = difference / 100
answer = percent_difference * 100