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Cerence Inc.

CRNC Technology Software Application

Cerence Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $251.8 million, down 24.0% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+11.8%
EPS
+150.0%
Free cash flow
+22.2%
Total debt
−12.8%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

8.01 0.08 −0.99%
Market cap
$365.9M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
243×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
−0.86
Beneish M
−2.64
Dividend safety
n/a
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Bought, $m 0.01
Sold, $m 3.44
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — 1 — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — 1 — 6 —
Insider Ownership 7.75%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 365.91
Revenue ttm 309.49
Net income ttm (15.39)
Free cash flow ttm 78.64
Net debt Q 45.85
Valuation
P/E 0.00
Forward P/E 243.00 (above 35: high)
Price / sales 1.17
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 4.60
Price / book 2.18
Financial health
Current ratio Q 2.08 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt / equity Q 1.04
Interest coverage Q 1.29
Growth
Revenue growth Q +11.81% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q +297.78% (above 0%: growing)
EPS, this year +7.28%
EPS, next year A +7.20%
Revenue, next year A +24.20% (at or above 10%: strong)
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A +14.50%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 1.5×, against a ten-year median of 2.8×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.8× in 2024 to 12.4× in 2021.
P/S against its own 10 years 12.73%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 57.39%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 10.94%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 1.96%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
—
Annual rate
—
Payout ratio
—

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 110 127 87 128
Receivables 61 63 59 46
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
226 266 191 212
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 17 4 1 3
ST’ Debt 6 87 — —
Other — — — —
148 217 101 102

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales — (5.32%) (8.43%)
Cash Flow — 6.43% 0.00%
Earnings — 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value — (30.95%) (40.43%)

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

Q3 FY26 Estimate 0.13 Actual 0.15

Earnings per share against the consensus, by quarter
Quarter Estimate Reported Result
Q4 FY25 −0.66 0.06 Beat by 0.72
Q1 FY26 −0.01 0.99 Beat by 1.00
Q2 FY26 0.21 0.15 Miss by 0.06
Q3 FY26 0.13 0.15 Beat by 0.02
Q4 FY26 0.17 — Reports 18 November 2026

EPS $

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 (0.12) 0.04 0.03 — —
’25 (0.57) 0.46 (0.06) (0.31) (0.43)
’24 0.53 (6.66) (7.50) (0.49) (14.12)
’23 (0.05) (0.65) (0.41) (0.29) (1.40)
’22 0.47 (0.01) (2.53) (5.84) (7.93)
’21 0.54 0.28 0.15 0.20 1.17
’20 (0.33) 0.33 (0.77) 0.25 (0.50)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 115 64 70 — —
’25 51 78 62 61 252
’24 138 68 71 55 332
’23 84 68 62 81 294
’22 94 86 89 58 328
’21 94 99 97 98 387
’20 77 87 75 91 331
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 38 14 20 — —
’25 9 15 24 13 61
’24 (3) 1 13 6 17
’23 (2) 7 (8) 11 7
’22 5 2 (4) (5) (2)
’21 11 16 24 23 74
’20 9 (10) 19 26 45
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 36 14 20 — —
’25 8 13 16 10 47
’24 (4) (1) 12 5 12
’23 (3) 5 (10) 10 2
’22 1 (4) (8) (8) (20)
’21 8 13 21 19 62
’20 6 (17) 13 23 26
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.6
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to September

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Jun ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 211 245 277 303 331 387 328 294 332 252 309 +2.0% 313 289 299 +5.9%
Gross margin, % 67.65 72.00 70.05 67.25 67.41 73.89 70.37 67.68 73.69 72.74 78.69 +5.1 pt
EBT 47 63 37 11 (23) 48 (199) (36) (585) (9) 23 n/m
EBT margin, % 22.38 25.83 13.29 3.69 (6.96) 12.47 (60.61) (12.36) (176.35) (3.50) 7.48 (25.9) pt
Net income 35 47 6 100 (18) 46 (311) (56) (588) (19) (15) n/m
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 5.80 6.73 7.61 8.33 9.09 10.26 8.37 7.32 7.96 5.83 6.85 +0.1%
Earnings 0.96 1.30 0.16 2.76 (0.50) 1.22 (7.93) (1.40) (14.12) (0.43) (0.36) n/m
Cash flow 3.13 2.66 3.17 2.42 1.23 1.97 (0.05) 0.19 0.41 1.42 1.87 (8.4%)
Capex 0.00 (0.13) (0.18) (0.12) (0.52) (0.32) (0.45) (0.13) (0.12) (0.33) (0.13) n/m
Free cash flow 3.13 2.53 2.99 2.30 0.71 1.65 (0.50) 0.06 0.29 1.08 1.74 (11.1%)
Book value 27.78 0.00 27.30 29.35 26.36 27.33 18.19 17.28 3.39 3.49 3.68 (20.6%)
Shares, m 36 36 36 36 36 38 39 40 42 43 45 +1.9%
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 10.54 10.54 10.54 6.26 0.00 77.51 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 11.5
P/S 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.07 5.38 9.37 1.88 2.73 0.40 2.14 1.17 2.4
P/B 0.93 0.93 0.93 0.59 1.85 3.52 0.87 1.16 0.93 3.57 2.18 1.5
EV/Sales 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.07 5.76 9.66 2.36 3.31 0.86 2.82 1.51 2.7
EV/FCF 5.32 5.32 5.32 7.51 73.93 60.00 (39.44) 410.73 23.45 15.17 5.95 56.7
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 114 97 115 88 45 74 (2) 7 17 61 85 (6.7%)
Capex (8) (5) (7) (5) (19) (12) (17) (5) (5) (14) (6) +6.3%
Free cash flow 114 92 109 84 26 62 (20) 2 12 47 79 (9.4%)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (23) (19) (39) (37) 51 122 80 78 49 90 110 n/m
Net debt — — — — 125 112 155 172 155 112 46 (2.2%)
Shareholders’ equity 1,011 — 993 1,068 960 1,032 713 695 141 151 166 (19.1%)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 2.65 7.30 0.44 6.96 (1.16) 2.70 (20.56) (4.30) (58.81) (2.81) (2.45) (5.5) pt
ROIC 0.00 0.00 2.32 0.63 1.29 3.31 (13.27) (1.96) (122.45) (0.54) 7.95 (0.5) pt
ROE 3.48 4.71 0.59 9.73 (1.81) 4.61 (35.63) (7.99) (140.69) (12.83) (9.56) (16.3) pt
People
People Employees — — 1,300 1,400 1,500 1,700 1,700 1,700 1,400 1,300 — 0.0%
Revenue/emp, $m 0.00 0.00 0.21 0.22 0.22 0.23 0.19 0.17 0.24 0.19 — n/m
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Sep 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026 · fundamentals updated 25 Oct 2026

Cerence Inc. vs peers in Software Application (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
MTLS Materialise NV $413.9M 28.1× 30.6× −1.23% (below 0%: shrinking) −32.25% (below 0%: shrinking) +264.69% (above 0%: growing) 57.68% 1.98% Compare
MFI mF International Limited $388.9M — — — — −38.82% (below 0%: shrinking) — — Compare
AIOT PowerFleet, Inc. $387.9M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +6.41% (above 0%: growing) n/m +92.55% (above 0%: growing) 55.20% 0.24% Compare
CRNC Cerence Inc. $365.9M — (loss-making) 243× +11.81% (above 0%: growing) n/m +22.24% (above 0%: growing) 76.04% 2.69%
YB Yuanbao Inc. - Sponsored ADR $362.5M 2.3× — +37.38% (above 0%: growing) +14.26% (above 0%: growing) — 92.98% 32.39% Compare
LAW CS Disco, Inc. $340.2M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +13.23% (above 0%: growing) n/m +57.21% (above 0%: growing) 74.43% (21.36%) Compare
HKD AMTD Digital Inc. Sponsored ADR $327.1M — — — — +39.75% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% 0.00% Compare
API Agora, Inc. Sponsored ADR $326.9M 47.4× 30.8× +17.98% (above 0%: growing) +89.87% (above 0%: growing) −94.80% (below 0%: shrinking) 63.67% (2.36%) Compare
ENRD Einride AB - Sponsored ADR $316.9M 6.9× — — −17.66% (below 0%: shrinking) −28.82% (below 0%: shrinking) — 0.00% Compare
Median of peers $351.4M 17.5× — +13.23% −1.70% +39.75% 60.68% 0.00%

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Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 2 January 2026

Ownership

Directors and executive officers, together 1.39%
Blackrock, Inc. 7.34%
The Vanguard Group 6.91%
American Capital Management Inc. 6.62%
Ownership is the proxy’s own table: the directors and officers as a group, and every holder of 5% or more. Read the proxy statement

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