Growth Metrics

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

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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
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