Cerence Inc. CRNC R2KR3KTECHAI
Company Overview
Cerence Inc. provides AI-powered assistants for the mobility/transportation market in the United States, the rest of the Americas, Germany, the rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, and the rest of the Asia-Pacific. The company offers edge software components, cloud-connected components, virtual assistant, and professional services. It also provides conversational and generative artificial intelligence-based solutions, including speech recognition, natural language understanding, speech signal enhancement, text-to-speech, and acoustic tuning. The company has a strategic partnership with Arm Kleidi; and SiMa.ai to advance the capabilities and performance of CaLLM Edge. Cerence Inc. was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Why Investors Should Care
Generates positive free cash flow, funding growth and shareholder returns internally.
Recent Developments
- Sep 2025 Revenue of $251.78M (-24.0% YoY); net profit $-18.71M.
- Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue -17.7%, earnings -92.0%.
- 5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR -1.4%.
Growth & Price Performance
Compounded Sales Growth
| 5 Years: | -1.35% |
| 1 Year: | -17.70% |
Compounded Profit Growth
| 5 Years: | - |
| 1 Year: | -92.00% |
Stock Price Performance
| 1 Year: | -36.91% |
| 6 Months: | +16.37% |
| 3 Months: | -19.60% |
| 1 Month: | -5.43% |
Highlights auto-generated from reported financials and price data; not investment advice. Verify with official filings before acting.
Cerence builds AI-powered, conversational and generative voice assistants for the automotive/mobility market.
Edge and cloud voice-AI software embedded in vehicles, including conversational and generative-AI in-car assistants.
- In-car conversational AI Cerence's voice assistants power natural-language interaction in vehicles from many global automakers.
- Generative-AI co-pilot New generative-AI features bring large-language-model capabilities to the in-car assistant.
- Edge + cloud architecture Hybrid edge/cloud software balances responsiveness, privacy and capability.
- Pure-play on automotive voice AI with deep OEM relationships.
- GenAI features could re-energise the product and pricing.
- Revenue has declined (~-18%) and the company is loss-making — a turnaround.
- Auto-production cycles, competition (big-tech assistants) and balance-sheet concerns are risks.
Curated from public filings and analyst commentary; figures are illustrative.
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Technical Trend
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Fundamental Growth Charts
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PROS
- Generates positive free cash flow.
CONS
- Revenue declined at -1.4% CAGR over 5 years.
- Trading 36.9% below its 52-week high.
- In a downtrend (50-DMA below 200-DMA).
* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.
Valuation
Growth (CAGR)
Profitability & Returns
Balance Sheet & Liquidity
Ownership
Financial Snapshot
Peer comparison
Peer companies in the same sector (Technology).
| # | Name | CMP $ | P/E | Mkt Cap | Div Yld % | ROCE % | ROE % | Rev CAGR 5Y % | Profit CAGR 5Y % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CRNC Cerence Inc. R2KR3KTECHAI | 8.53 | -18.96 | $385.45M | 0.00% | -0.43% | -12.77% | -1.35% | - |
| 2 | NVDA NVIDIA Corporation NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 230.36 | 35.28 | $5.58T | 0.46% | 74.66% | 114.29% | 24.64% | 32.12% |
| 3 | AAPL Apple Inc. NDXSPXR3KTECH | 319.97 | 36.69 | $4.67T | 0.35% | 68.72% | 148.75% | 1.81% | 3.92% |
| 4 | MSFT Microsoft Corporation NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 499.70 | 27.85 | $3.71T | 0.73% | 26.33% | 34.04% | 9.93% | 11.90% |
| 5 | TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited AITECH | 426.34 | 37.46 | $2.21T | 0.91% | 30.20% | 39.97% | 18.94% | 19.57% |
| 6 | AVGO Broadcom Inc. NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 357.90 | 59.55 | $1.70T | 0.62% | 16.70% | 37.28% | 17.04% | 54.08% |
| 7 | MU Micron Technology, Inc. NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 1,016.59 | 22.97 | $1.15T | 0.06% | 13.69% | 66.64% | 13.68% | 26.02% |
| 8 | AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 477.57 | 122.14 | $779.62B | 0.00% | 5.47% | 10.20% | 11.81% | 66.28% |
| 9 | ASML ASML Holding N.V. NDXAITECH | 1,714.88 | 58.49 | $658.69B | 0.53% | 42.97% | 53.94% | 15.55% | 19.55% |
Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios
Quarterly Results
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2018 | Mar 2019 | Jun 2019 | Sep 2019 | Dec 2019 | Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Sep 2020 | Dec 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | Dec 2021 | Mar 2022 | Jun 2022 | Dec 2022 | Mar 2023 | Jun 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 72.48M | 70.30M | 77.57M | 82.96M | 77.70M | 86.82M | 75.20M | 90.88M | 93.64M | 98.66M | 96.80M | 94.43M | 86.28M | 89.04M | 83.66M | 68.39M | 61.66M | 138.34M | 67.83M | 70.54M | 50.90M | 78.01M | 62.24M | 115.08M | 64.19M | 69.59M |
| Gross Profit | 48.28M | 45.86M | 53.89M | 55.94M | 51.77M | 58.09M | 47.59M | 65.30M | 66.75M | 72.44M | 72.97M | 70.20M | 61.97M | 64.79M | 57.48M | 43.38M | 40.72M | 112.00M | 46.94M | 50.43M | 33.07M | 60.18M | 45.89M | 99.35M | 47.30M | 52.91M |
| Operating Income | 2.81M | 168.00K | 3.26M | - | -1.85M | 12.33M | -4.31M | - | 17.54M | 17.34M | 14.95M | 22.93M | 6.28M | 15.78M | -1.98M | -20.62M | -8.50M | 58.58M | -264.38M | -354.90M | -16.93M | 17.35M | -948.00K | 29.31M | -2.44M | 1.88M |
| Net Income | 2.25M | 454.00K | 1.77M | 95.79M | -11.28M | 12.81M | -28.05M | 6.82M | 20.94M | 11.16M | 5.80M | 19.04M | -476.00K | -99.27M | -2.16M | -26.09M | -16.45M | 23.86M | -277.98M | -313.54M | -24.29M | 21.66M | -2.72M | -5.24M | 1.67M | 1.53M |
| Diluted EPS | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 2.63 | -0.31 | 0.34 | -0.77 | 0.17 | 0.53 | 0.28 | 0.15 | 0.47 | -0.01 | -2.53 | -0.05 | -0.65 | -0.41 | 0.53 | -6.66 | -7.50 | -0.57 | 0.46 | -0.06 | -0.12 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| R&D Expense | 23.81M | 22.56M | 22.98M | - | 23.51M | 21.35M | 22.04M | - | 24.13M | 28.86M | 30.37M | 25.79M | 29.98M | 26.04M | 29.49M | 28.49M | 30.20M | 33.31M | 31.85M | 31.18M | 20.87M | 23.33M | 27.15M | 24.70M | 30.30M | 29.24M |
Profit & Loss (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Sep 2018 | Sep 2019 | Sep 2020 | Sep 2021 | Sep 2022 | Sep 2023 | Sep 2024 | Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 276.98M | 303.31M | 330.97M | 387.18M | 327.89M | 294.48M | 331.50M | 251.78M |
| Gross Profit | 194.02M | 203.97M | 223.12M | 286.11M | 230.72M | 199.31M | 244.27M | 183.14M |
| Operating Income | 36.85M | 10.85M | 22.43M | 60.59M | -184.34M | -27.20M | -579.94M | -2.29M |
| Net Income | 5.88M | 100.27M | -18.32M | 45.89M | -310.83M | -56.25M | -588.08M | -18.71M |
| Diluted EPS | 0.16 | 2.76 | -0.50 | 1.17 | -7.93 | -1.40 | -14.12 | -0.43 |
| R&D Expense | 80.96M | 93.06M | 88.90M | 112.07M | 107.12M | 123.33M | 121.56M | 97.76M |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Sep 2017 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2019 | Sep 2020 | Sep 2021 | Sep 2022 | Oct 2022 | Sep 2023 | Sep 2024 | Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | - | - | 1.48B | 1.69B | 1.71B | 1.32B | - | 1.30B | 702.36M | 630.59M |
| Total Equity | 997.18M | 993.32M | 1.07B | 960.07M | 1.03B | 712.95M | - | 694.88M | 141.10M | 150.68M |
| Long Term Debt | - | - | - | 266.87M | 265.09M | 259.44M | 270.43M | 275.95M | 194.81M | 199.69M |
| Total Liabilities | - | - | 415.70M | 727.55M | 673.78M | 605.54M | - | 602.72M | 561.26M | 479.92M |
| Current Liabilities | - | - | 129.11M | 198.63M | 165.31M | 147.03M | - | 148.09M | 216.81M | 101.19M |
Cash Flows (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Sep 2018 | Sep 2019 | Sep 2020 | Sep 2021 | Sep 2022 | Sep 2023 | Sep 2024 | Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | 115.26M | 88.07M | 44.79M | 74.39M | -2.14M | 7.50M | 17.20M | 61.17M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -86.31M | -4.52M | -30.68M | -41.63M | -10.56M | 5.82M | 4.38M | -10.55M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -28.95M | -83.55M | 121.55M | -41.51M | -19.61M | -5.33M | 225.00K | -87.00M |
| Capital Expenditure | -6.51M | -4.52M | -19.01M | -12.05M | -17.45M | -5.12M | -5.00M | -14.36M |
| Free Cash Flow | 108.75M | 83.55M | 25.78M | 62.34M | -19.58M | 2.37M | 12.20M | 46.82M |
| Share Buybacks | - | - | 9.37M | 45.77M | 49.00M | 4.89M | 9.87M | 2.38M |
Ratios (Annual)
Figures in %.
| Metric | Sep 2018 | Sep 2019 | Sep 2020 | Sep 2021 | Sep 2022 | Sep 2023 | Sep 2024 | Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin % | 70.0% | 67.2% | 67.4% | 73.9% | 70.4% | 67.7% | 73.7% | 72.7% |
| Operating Margin % | 13.3% | 3.6% | 6.8% | 15.7% | -56.2% | -9.2% | -174.9% | -0.9% |
| Net Margin % | 2.1% | 33.1% | -5.5% | 11.9% | -94.8% | -19.1% | -177.4% | -7.4% |
| ROE % | 0.6% | 9.4% | -1.9% | 4.4% | -43.6% | -8.1% | -416.8% | -12.4% |
| ROCE % | - | 0.8% | 1.5% | 3.9% | -15.7% | -2.4% | -119.4% | -0.4% |
Shareholding Pattern
Top Institutional Holders
| # | Holder | % Held | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackrock Inc. | 10.04% | 4.54M | $38.62M |
| 2 | Paradigm Capital Management | 5.55% | 2.51M | $21.35M |
| 3 | American Capital Management, Inc. | 5.32% | 2.41M | $20.46M |
| 4 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 4.06% | 1.84M | $15.63M |
| 5 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 3.65% | 1.65M | $14.01M |
| 6 | No Street GP LP | 3.37% | 1.52M | $12.96M |
| 7 | One Fin Capital Management LP | 3.16% | 1.43M | $12.15M |
| 8 | Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 3.11% | 1.41M | $11.95M |
| 9 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 2.97% | 1.34M | $11.41M |
| 10 | Federated Hermes, Inc. | 2.83% | 1.28M | $10.88M |
Analyst View
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CRNC — Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current share price of Cerence Inc. (CRNC)?
As of 2026-09-07 16:24 PDT, Cerence Inc. (CRNC) trades at $8.53 on NasdaqGS. Its 52-week range is $5.96 to $13.52.
What is the market capitalisation of CRNC?
Cerence Inc. (CRNC) has a market capitalisation of $385.45M on NasdaqGS.
What is the P/E ratio of CRNC?
CRNC trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of -18.96. The industry average P/E is 32.42. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 2.61.
What is the return on equity (ROE) of CRNC?
CRNC has a return on equity (ROE) of -12.77%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is -0.43%.
Is CRNC a good stock to buy?
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