Cerence (CRNC) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026)
Cerence posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $49.7 million for Q1 2026, up 16.14% year-on-year from $42.8 million in Q1 2025, and down 28.98% on a QoQ basis from $70.0 million in Q4 2025.
Cerence (CRNC) has 9 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $49.7 million in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 16.14% year-over-year to $49.7 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $212.4 million (down 61.55% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $185.4 million, down 77.5% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $49.7 million, down from $70.0 million in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $405.3 million in Q2 2024 and bottomed at $42.8 million in Q1 2025.
- The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $53.8 million (2023), against an average of $101.4 million.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Operating Expenses soared 723.47%; it then tumbled 88.45% in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $59.5 million in 2022, then slipped by 10.15% to $53.4 million in 2023, then dropped by 6.39% to $50.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 40.06% to $70.0 million in 2025, then dropped by 28.98% to $49.7 million in 2026.
- The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $49.7 million (Q1 2026), $70.0 million (Q4 2025), and $45.8 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | -7.98 Bn |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 6.82 Bn |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 11.28 Bn |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 1.16 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 2.33 Bn |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 1.04 Bn |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 3.32 Bn |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 4.23 Bn |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 4.54 Bn |
| 10 | Cerence | 494.35 Mn | 386.09 Mn | 47.30 Mn | 49.74 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 49.74 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 70.04 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 45.76 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 46.84 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 42.83 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 50.01 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 54.12 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 405.34 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 311.33 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 53.42 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 53.84 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 49.22 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 64.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 59.45 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 263.10 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 49.01 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 55.69 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 47.27 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 63.19 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 58.02 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 55.10 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 49.21 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 49.40 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 51.90 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 45.76 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 53.62 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 51.33 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 50.63 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 45.69 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 45.47 Mn |