Company Analysis

Cerence Inc. (CRNC)

Nasdaq: CRNC · Services-Prepackaged Software · Burlington, MA · filing with the SEC since 2019
Grade4.0
◀ Past 4.4● Present 3.0▶ Future 4.7

Income statement, as filed

In thousands of US dollars (USD), as filed; per-share figures in US dollars; share counts in thousands. The fiscal year ends in September.
Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal yearFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018
Period endingSep 30, 2025Sep 30, 2024Sep 30, 2023Sep 30, 2022Sep 30, 2021Sep 30, 2020Sep 30, 2019Sep 30, 2018
Report filedNov 20, 2025Nov 25, 2024Nov 29, 2023Nov 29, 2022Nov 23, 2021Nov 19, 2020Dec 19, 2019·
Revenue251,781331,504294,475327,891387,182330,967r303,315276,984
Cost of revenue68,64587,23295,16397,168101,074107,85199,34382,964
Gross profit183,136244,272199,312230,723286,108223,116r203,972194,020
Research and development97,756121,563123,333107,116112,07088,89993,06180,957
Sales and marketing21,81521,72527,50431,09838,68333,39836,26130,553
General and administrative48,77052,46857,90342,65356,97949,38625,92619,873
Total operating expenses185,427824,208226,511415,068225,514200,685r193,120157,168
Operating income-2,291-579,936-27,199-184,34560,59422,431r10,85236,852
Interest expense10,22312,55314,76914,39413,99722,737··
Interest and investment income3,8535,3534,4711,007109585··
Other income (expense), net-1602,5261,108-1,0191,563-23,319332-54
Income before income taxes-8,821-584,610-36,389-198,75148,269-23,040r11,18436,798
Income tax expense9,8933,46819,865112,0752,376-4,724r-89,08430,917
Net income including non-controlling interests-18,714-588,078-56,254-310,82645,893-18,316r100,2685,881
Net income-18,714-588,078-56,254-310,82645,893-18,316r100,2685,881
Earnings per share, basic-0.43-14.12-1.40-7.931.22-0.50r2.760.16
Earnings per share, diluted-0.43-14.12-1.40-7.931.17-0.50r2.760.16
Weighted average shares, basic43,18041,64240,21539,18737,75236,42836,39136,391
Weighted average shares, diluted43,18041,64240,21539,18739,28936,42836,39136,391
As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. r restated by the company in a later report; b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.
What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it
Revenue what customers paid for what it soldus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
Cost of revenue what it cost to make or buy what it soldus-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold
Gross profit revenue less the cost of what it soldus-gaap:GrossProfit
Research and development spent on inventing what it sells nextus-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
Sales and marketing the cost of finding and serving customersus-gaap:SellingAndMarketingExpense
General and administrative the cost of running the company itselfus-gaap:GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Total operating expenses the running costs togetherus-gaap:OperatingExpenses
Operating income profit from running the business, before interest and taxus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense what its borrowing costus-gaap:InterestExpenseNonoperating
us-gaap:InterestExpense
Interest and investment income what its cash and investments earnedus-gaap:InvestmentIncomeInterest
Other income (expense), net gains and costs outside the businessus-gaap:OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes profit before taxus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income including non-controlling interests the whole group's profit, minority holders' share includedus-gaap:ProfitLoss
Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic
Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
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