Cerence (CRNC) EBITDA Margin (2018 - 2026)
Cerence posted quarterly EBITDA Margin of 3.81% for Q1 2026, down 2605.0% year-on-year from 0.15% in Q1 2025, and down 114.95% on a QoQ basis from 25.47% in Q4 2025.
Cerence (CRNC) has 9 years of EBITDA Margin data on file, last reported at 3.81% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin fell 2605.0% year-over-year to 3.81%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 8.0% (up 15498.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 2.62%, up 17506.0% from the prior year.
- EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 3.81%, down from 25.47% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 42.35% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 503.13% in Q2 2024.
- The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 2.91% (2025), against an average of 61.48%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when EBITDA Margin tumbled 48935 bps; it then soared 50161 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 2.36% in 2022, then soared by 1892 bps to 42.35% in 2023, then plunged by 179 bps to 33.27% in 2024, then surged by 177 bps to 25.47% in 2025, then sank by 115 bps to 3.81% in 2026.
- The last three EBITDA Margin figures came in at 3.81% (Q1 2026), 25.47% (Q4 2025), and 2.91% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 28.69% |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 16.69% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 14.56% |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | -18.49% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 12.12% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 29.26% |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 37.79% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -22.99% |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 46.97% |
| 10 | Cerence | 494.35 Mn | 386.09 Mn | 47.30 Mn | -3.81% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -3.81% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 25.47% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -2.91% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -1.52% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 22.24% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -33.27% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -35.08% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -503.13% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -389.80% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 42.35% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.82% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -13.79% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -30.14% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -2.36% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -149.16% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 17.72% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 7.28% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 24.29% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -40.48% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 15.44% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 17.58% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 18.73% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -12.12% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -5.73% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 14.21% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -2.38% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 5.56% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 4.20% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 0.24% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 3.88% |