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Cerence Inc. (CRNC) vs Materialise NV (MTLS)

Cerence Inc. and Materialise NV are both Software Application companies. Materialise NV is the larger, with a market value of $475.5M against $414.8M — 1.1× the size. Cerence Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Materialise NV trades at 29.6×. Cerence Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 25.8% against 5.81%. Materialise NV has the higher net margin (4.81% vs −4.97%) and the lower return on invested capital (3.62% vs 7.95%). Across the 20 metrics below, Materialise NV leads on 11 and Cerence Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CRNC MTLS Software Application median
P/E n/m 29.63 25.41
P/S 1.30 1.50 2.73
P/B 2.43 1.57 2.57
Price to free cash flow 5.13 22.37 17.58
EV/EBITDA 13.83 9.73 15.36
EV/Sales 1.65 1.20 2.59
Earnings yield (4.03%) 3.38% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 19.49% 4.47% 2.24%

Profitability

Metric CRNC MTLS Software Application median
Gross margin 78.69% 57.20% 67.03%
Operating margin 8.72% 3.81% 0.00%
Net margin (4.97%) 4.81% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 25.41% 6.70% 5.01%
Return on equity (9.56%) 5.15% 0.00%
Return on assets (2.45%) 3.17% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 7.95% 3.62% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CRNC MTLS Software Application median
Revenue growth (TTM) 25.84% 5.81% 12.48%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 96.95% (40.00%) 32.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (5.32%) 9.23% 14.21%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CRNC MTLS Software Application median
Debt to equity 1.04 0.21 0.02
Current ratio 2.08 2.41 1.52
Net debt to EBITDA 13.59 (2.49) 0.08

Dividend

Metric CRNC MTLS Software Application median
Dividend yield — — 0.95%
Payout ratio — — 0.29

Size

Metric CRNC MTLS Software Application median
Market cap 414.76m 475.51m 357.77m

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