Cerence (CRNC) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026)

Cerence (CRNC) posted Operating Expenses of $49.7 million for Q1 2026, down 28.98% on a QoQ basis from $70.0 million in Q4 2025, and up 16.14% year-over-year from $42.8 million in Q1 2025.

Cerence (CRNC) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cerence's Operating Expenses history runs 9 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $49.7 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 16.14% year-over-year to $49.7 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $212.4 million (down 61.55% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $185.4 million, down 77.5% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $49.7 million for Q1 2026 at Cerence, 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.
  • A 5-year average of $101.4 million and a median of $53.8 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Operating Expenses soared 723.47% — and 2025, when it plunged 88.45%.
  • Cerence's Operating Expenses stood at $59.5 million in 2022, then dropped by 10.15% to $53.4 million in 2023, then declined by 6.39% to $50.0 million in 2024, then surged by 40.06% to $70.0 million in 2025, then declined by 28.98% to $49.7 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CRNC's Operating Expenses at $49.7 million in Q1 2026, $70.0 million in Q4 2025, and $45.8 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn -7.98 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - -269.42 Mn
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.16 Bn
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 11.28 Bn
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 6.22 Bn
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 2.66 Bn
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 4.23 Bn
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn 1.25 Bn
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 1.04 Bn
10 Cerence 397.29 Mn 289.03 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