Growth Metrics

Cerence (CRNC) Research & Development (2018 - 2026)

Cerence posted quarterly Research & Development of $30.3 million for Q1 2026, up 29.86% year-on-year from $23.3 million in Q1 2025, and up 22.66% on a QoQ basis from $24.7 million in Q4 2025.

Cerence (CRNC) has 9 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $30.3 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Research & Development rose 29.86% year-over-year to $30.3 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $108.6 million (up 7.89% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $97.8 million, down 19.58% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development for Q1 2026 stood at $30.3 million, up from $24.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $35.1 million in Q3 2023 and bottomed at $20.9 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $28.5 million (2023), against an average of $28.2 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Research & Development jumped 38.86%; it then sank 37.34% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $29.5 million in 2022, then gained by 12.92% to $33.3 million in 2023, then tumbled by 37.34% to $20.9 million in 2024, then gained by 18.36% to $24.7 million in 2025, then gained by 22.66% to $30.3 million in 2026.
  • The last three Research & Development figures came in at $30.3 million (Q1 2026), $24.7 million (Q4 2025), and $26.4 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn -1.99 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 1.62 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 951.00 Mn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 437.00 Mn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 823.00 Mn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 508.44 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 1.11 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 253.90 Mn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 840.00 Mn
10 Cerence 494.35 Mn 386.09 Mn 47.30 Mn 30.30 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 30.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 24.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 26.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 27.15 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 23.33 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 20.87 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 25.23 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 31.18 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 31.85 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 33.31 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 35.14 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 30.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 28.49 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 29.49 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 25.31 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 26.04 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 29.98 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 25.79 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 28.71 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 30.37 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 28.86 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 24.13 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 22.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 22.04 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 21.35 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 23.51 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 23.72 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 22.98 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 22.56 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 23.81 Mn