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Cerence Inc. CRNC

Nasdaq · stock · Services-Prepackaged Software · website · IPO 2019-09-16 · LEI

Cerence Inc. statistics & valuation

Market cap$479.4M
P / S1.9×
P / B3.2×
P / FCF10.2×
Net margin-7.4%
Return on equity-12.4%
FCF margin18.6%
Net debt$199.7M
Net debt / EBITDA24.2×
Enterprise value USD$679.1M
EV / EBITDA82.2×
Earnings yield EBIT/EV-0.3%
Return on capital-0.4%

Market cap as of 2026-06-29. Multiples are price-derived and refreshed daily; everything else from the latest financial reports.

Profitability & efficiency

Net margin (%)
33.10% -5.50% 11.90% -94.80% -19.10% -177.40% -7.40% 2019202020212022202320242025
Gross margin (%)
67.20% 67.40% 73.90% 70.40% 67.70% 73.70% 72.70% 2019202020212022202320242025
Operating margin (%)
3.60% 6.80% 15.70% -56.20% -9.20% -174.90% -0.90% 2019202020212022202320242025
Return on equity (%)
9.40% -1.90% 4.40% -43.60% -8.10% -416.80% -12.40% 2019202020212022202320242025
Shares outstanding
36.4M 36.8M 39.3M 39.4M 40.4M 41.9M 43.4M 2019202020212022202320242025
Net debt ($)
$273.1M $271.3M $270.4M $276.0M $281.9M $199.7M 2019202020212022202320242025
Share buybacks ($)
2019202020212022202320242025
Return on assets (%)
6.80% -1.10% 2.70% -23.60% -4.30% -83.70% -3.00% 2019202020212022202320242025
Free cash flow margin (%)
27.50% 7.80% 16.10% -6.00% 0.80% 3.70% 18.60% 2019202020212022202320242025
Debt / equity (×)
0.28× 0.26× 0.38× 0.40× 2.00× 1.33× 2019202020212022202320242025
EPS ($)
$2.76 -$0.50 $1.17 -$7.93 -$1.40 -$14.12 -$0.43 2019202020212022202320242025

Margins and returns computed from annual filings. Falling shares outstanding = buybacks; rising = dilution. Net debt = debt − cash (negative = net cash).

Key ratios (by fiscal year)

RatioFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
Gross margin72.7%73.7%67.7%70.4%73.9%67.4%67.2%
Operating margin-0.9%-174.9%-9.2%-56.2%15.7%6.8%3.6%
Net margin-7.4%-177.4%-19.1%-94.8%11.9%-5.5%33.1%
FCF margin18.6%3.7%0.8%-6.0%16.1%7.8%27.5%
Return on assets-3.0%-83.7%-4.3%-23.6%2.7%-1.1%6.8%
Return on equity-12.4%-416.8%-8.1%-43.6%4.4%-1.9%9.4%
Debt / equity1.33×2.00×0.40×0.38×0.26×0.28×—
Current ratio1.891.221.521.551.741.260.72

Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-09-30. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.