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Cerence Inc.

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$251.8M$331.5M$294.5M$327.9M$387.2M$86.8M
Operating income−$2.3M−$579.9M−$27.2M−$184.3M$60.6M$12.3M
Net income−$18.7M−$588.1M−$56.3M−$310.8M$45.9M$12.8M
Total assets$630.6M$702.4M$1.30B$1.32B$1.71B$1.69B
Total liabilities$479.9M$561.3M$602.7M$605.5M$673.8M$727.5M
Equity$150.7M$141.1M$694.9M$713.0M$1.03B$960.1M
EPS (diluted)$-0.43$-14.12$-1.40$-7.93$1.17$0.34
Shares out.44.9M42.8M41.1M39.9M38.5M37.4M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
−0.9%
Net margin
−7.4%
Return on equity
−12.4%
Return on assets
−3.0%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−0.4%
Liabilities / assets
76.1%
Debt / equity
3.19×
Book value / share
$3.35
Revenue growth (YoY)
−24.0%
Net income growth (YoY)
—

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
-3.62distress
Accruals / assets
−12.7%clean
Piotroski F-Score
6/9mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
37
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

● 1 severe● 4 warning● 2 good
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • Reported a net loss
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20266.1M4.6+2.1%
Apr 30, 20265.9M9.9+0.1%
Apr 15, 20265.9M9.5-1.3%
Mar 31, 20266.0M9.1-0.3%
Mar 13, 20266.0M9.1-3.3%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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