Cerence (CRNC) Free Cash Flow (2018 - 2026)
Cerence posted quarterly Free Cash Flow of $13.6 million for Q1 2026, up 3.83% year-on-year from $13.1 million in Q1 2025, and down 61.78% on a QoQ basis from $35.6 million in Q4 2025.
Cerence (CRNC) has 9 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $13.6 million in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Free Cash Flow rose 3.83% year-over-year to $13.6 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $75.1 million (up 98.79% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $46.8 million, up 283.75% from the prior year.
- Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 stood at $13.6 million, 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.
- The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $5.2 million (2023), against an average of $5.3 million.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Free Cash Flow tumbled 481.09%; it then soared 1738.33% in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at -$2.8 million in 2022, then sank by 33.74% to -$3.7 million in 2023, then jumped by 310.73% to $7.9 million in 2024, then soared by 351.55% to $35.6 million in 2025, then plunged by 61.78% to $13.6 million in 2026.
- The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $13.6 million (Q1 2026), $35.6 million (Q4 2025), and $9.7 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Free Cash Flow (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 4.11 Bn |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 5.32 Bn |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 2.29 Bn |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 476.00 Mn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 1.57 Bn |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 306.96 Mn |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 2.92 Bn |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 2.19 Bn |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 5.24 Bn |
| 10 | Cerence | 494.35 Mn | 386.09 Mn | 47.30 Mn | 13.63 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 9.73 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 9.73 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -9.72 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -9.72 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.16 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.16 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -2.80 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -2.80 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -7.98 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -7.98 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -8.36 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -8.36 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -3.98 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -3.98 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 735,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 735,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 19.33 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 19.33 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 21.19 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 21.19 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 13.39 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 13.39 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 8.44 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 8.44 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 23.28 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 23.28 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 13.38 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 13.38 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -16.72 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -16.72 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 5.84 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 5.84 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 17.76 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 17.76 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 26.01 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 26.01 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 23.58 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 23.58 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 16.20 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 16.20 Mn |