Cerence (CRNC) Free Cash Flow (2018 - 2026)

Cerence (CRNC) posted Free Cash Flow of $13.6 million for Q1 2026, down 61.78% on a QoQ basis from $35.6 million in Q4 2025, and up 3.83% year-over-year from $13.1 million in Q1 2025.

Cerence (CRNC) Free Cash Flow (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cerence's Free Cash Flow history runs 9 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $13.6 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow rose 3.83% year-over-year to $13.6 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $75.1 million (up 98.79% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $46.8 million, up 283.75% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was $13.6 million for Q1 2026 at Cerence, down from $35.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $35.6 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$9.7 million in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $5.3 million and a median of $5.2 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Free Cash Flow plunged 481.09% — and 2025, when it soared 1738.33%.
  • Cerence's Free Cash Flow stood at -$2.8 million in 2022, then plunged by 33.74% to -$3.7 million in 2023, then surged by 310.73% to $7.9 million in 2024, then jumped by 351.55% to $35.6 million in 2025, then tumbled by 61.78% to $13.6 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CRNC's Free Cash Flow at $13.6 million in Q1 2026, $35.6 million in Q4 2025, and $9.7 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn 4.39 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - 235.34 Mn
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 476.00 Mn
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 2.29 Bn
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 6.56 Bn
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 473.00 Mn
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 2.19 Bn
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn 232.77 Mn
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 306.96 Mn
10 Cerence 397.29 Mn 289.03 Mn 47.30 Mn 13.63 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 13.63 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 13.63 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 35.65 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 35.65 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 9.75 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 9.75 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 16.05 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 16.05 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 13.12 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 13.12 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 7.89 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 7.89 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 4.67 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 4.67 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 12.08 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 12.08 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -801,000.00
Mar 31, 2024 -801,000.00
Dec 31, 2023 -3.75 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -3.75 Mn