profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Cerence
$8.70+1.05% today
-7.6% in 1 year
1-year low $5.961-year high $13.10
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Cerence sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $328 million in 2022 to $252 million in 2025, with -$18.7 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Cerence vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerence | No profit yet | ||
 SAP | 34.0× · Expensive | ||
 Quhuo | No profit yet | ||
 Shopify | 156.0× · Very expensive | ||
 Salesforce | 24.1× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Cerence's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 328 | 294 | 332 | 252 | |
| 231 | 199 | 244 | 183 | |
| 38 | -15 | 46 | 13 | |
| -160 | -6 | -561 | 12 | |
| -311 | -56 | -588 | -19 | |
| -7.93 | -1.40 | -14.12 | -0.43 | |
| 70.4% | 67.7% | 73.7% | 72.7% | |
| 11.7% | -5.2% | 14.0% | 5.2% | |
| -94.8% | -19.1% | -177.4% | -7.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,318 | 1,298 | 702 | 631 |
| Cash | 95 | 101 | 121 | 84 |
| Total debt | 287 | 289 | 295 | 217 |
| Total liabilities | 606 | 603 | 561 | 480 |
| 713 | 695 | 141 | 151 | |
| 39 | 40 | 42 | 43 | |
| -14.6% | -1.7% | -103.6% | 0.3% | |
| -43.6% | -8.1% | -416.8% | -12.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -2 | 7 | 17 | 61 | |
| 17 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |
| -20 | 2 | 12 | 47 | |
| Dividends paid | 0 | – | – | – |
| 49 | 5 | – | – | |
| 28 | 41 | 24 | 27 |
Valuation
- –
- 12.6×
- –
- 2.9×
- 1.6×
- 8.4×
- 44.1×
- 11.9%
- -4.8%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 72.7%
- 5.2%
- -7.4%
- 12.5%
- -6.2%
- -34.6%
- -12.8%
- -3.2%
- 6.6%
- 35.9%
Growth
- −8.4%
- –
- +283.7%
- –
- +3.4%
Financial health
- 2.1×
- 1.18
- 30.4%
- 4.6×
- 1.90
- 1.90
- 0.49
How it ranks in Technology
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 11%of 974
Bottom 39%of 975
Bottom 7%of 982
Top 6%of 985
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $8.00
- Range
- $8.00 – $8.00
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 0.15 | 0.21 | −28.6% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 0.99 | 0.12 | +760.9% |
| Nov 19, 2025 | 0.06 | -0.66 | +109.1% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 0.09 | -0.34 | +126.5% |
| May 7, 2025 | 0.53 | 0.34 | +55.9% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | -0.03 | -0.27 | +88.9% |
| Nov 21, 2024 | -0.07 | -0.36 | +80.6% |
| Aug 8, 2024 | 0.19 | 0.05 | +280.0% |
News
Cerence to repurchase $10M of convertible notes at 92.75% of parSeeking Alpha · Aug 26, 2026The newest story we have is from Aug 26, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
41No pass
Benjamin Graham
27No pass
Philip Fisher
37No pass
Peter Lynch
19No pass
Joel Greenblatt
2No pass
Charlie Munger
23No pass
Terry Smith
21No pass
Questions about Cerence
Is Cerence a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Cerence AI analysis
What does Cerence do?
Cerence Inc. provides AI powered virtual assistants for the mobility/transportation market worldwide. The company offers edge software components; cloud-connected components and related toolkits and applications; and virtual assistant coexistence and professional services. It is in Software - Application.
Does Cerence pay a dividend?
No. Cerence does not pay a dividend at the moment.
Is Cerence stock halal?
No. Cerence does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 55% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Cerence stock done over the past year?
Down 7.6% over the past twelve months, to $8.70. It traded between $5.96 and $13.10 and is 33.6% below its high.
Who are Cerence's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are SAP, Quhuo, Shopify and Salesforce. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Cerence's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.