Growth Metrics

Cerence (CRNC) Net Margin (2018 - 2026)

Cerence posted quarterly Net Margin of 2.61% for Q1 2026, down 2515.0% year-on-year from 0.11% in Q1 2025, and up 157.25% on a QoQ basis from 4.55% in Q4 2025.

Cerence (CRNC) has 9 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 2.61% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Net Margin fell 2515.0% year-over-year to 2.61%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 6.49% (up 12590.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 7.43%, up 16996.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 2.61%, up from 4.55% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 27.76% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 444.5% in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 30.2% (2023), against an average of 84.79%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Net Margin sank 42796 bps; it then jumped 44018 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 9.81% in 2022, then plunged by 208 bps to 30.2% in 2023, then sank by 58 bps to 47.78% in 2024, then surged by 90 bps to 4.55% in 2025, then soared by 157 bps to 2.61% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 2.61% (Q1 2026), 4.55% (Q4 2025), and 22.03% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 20.22%
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 17.47%
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 2.29%
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn -18.33%
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 12.44%
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 22.77%
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 29.52%
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 22.90%
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 35.80%
10 Cerence 494.35 Mn 386.09 Mn 47.30 Mn 2.61%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.61%
Dec 31, 2025 -4.55%
Sep 30, 2025 -22.03%
Jun 30, 2025 -4.32%
Mar 31, 2025 27.76%
Dec 31, 2024 -47.78%
Sep 30, 2024 -37.25%
Jun 30, 2024 -444.50%
Mar 31, 2024 -409.84%
Dec 31, 2023 -30.20%
Sep 30, 2023 -38.24%
Jun 30, 2023 -16.54%
Mar 31, 2023 -38.15%
Dec 31, 2022 -9.81%
Sep 30, 2022 -260.05%
Jun 30, 2022 -111.48%
Mar 31, 2022 2.99%
Dec 31, 2021 20.17%
Sep 30, 2021 5.43%
Jun 30, 2021 5.99%
Mar 31, 2021 11.31%
Dec 31, 2020 13.59%
Sep 30, 2020 39.77%
Jun 30, 2020 -37.30%
Mar 31, 2020 14.76%
Dec 31, 2019 -14.52%
Sep 30, 2019 115.47%
Jun 30, 2019 2.28%
Mar 31, 2019 2.50%
Dec 31, 2018 3.11%