Growth Metrics

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

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DateValue
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