Cerence (CRNC) Operating Margin (2018 - 2026)
Cerence (CRNC) posted Operating Margin of 3.81% for Q1 2026, down 114.95% on a QoQ basis from 25.47% in Q4 2025, and down 2605.0% year-over-year from 0.15% in Q1 2025.
Cerence (CRNC) Operating Margin (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cerence's Operating Margin history runs 9 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 3.81% for Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Margin fell 2605.0% year-over-year to 3.81% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 8.0% (up 15498.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.91%, up 17403.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin was 3.81% for Q1 2026 at Cerence, down from 25.47% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 42.35% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 503.13% in Q2 2024.
- A 5-year average of 75.9% and a median of 2.91% in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Operating Margin plunged 48935 bps — and 2025, when it soared 50161 bps.
- Cerence's Operating Margin stood at 2.36% in 2022, then jumped by 1892 bps to 42.35% in 2023, then tumbled by 179 bps to 33.27% in 2024, then soared by 177 bps to 25.47% in 2025, then plunged by 115 bps to 3.81% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows CRNC's Operating Margin at 3.81% in Q1 2026, 25.47% in Q4 2025, and 2.91% in Q3 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 199.59 Bn | 179.36 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 28.69% |
| 2 | Full Truck Alliance | 193.24 Bn | 190.53 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Shopify | 164.78 Bn | 159.04 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 12.05% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 150.52 Bn | 138.68 Bn | 8.56 Bn | 21.08% |
| 5 | Uber Technologies | 139.79 Bn | 138.58 Bn | 5.95 Bn | 14.56% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 109.10 Bn | 104.44 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 4.06% |
| 7 | Automatic Data Processing | 102.68 Bn | 99.45 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -22.99% |
| 8 | Adobe | 95.80 Bn | 90.17 Bn | 5.90 Bn | 33.82% |
| 9 | Snowflake | 93.75 Bn | 90.79 Bn | 926.45 Mn | -23.45% |
| 10 | Cerence | 377.90 Mn | 269.64 Mn | 47.30 Mn | -3.81% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -3.81% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 25.47% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -2.91% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -1.52% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 22.24% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -33.27% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -35.08% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -503.13% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -389.80% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 42.35% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.82% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -13.79% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -30.14% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -2.36% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -394.42% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 17.72% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 7.28% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 24.29% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 10.97% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 15.44% |