Cerence (CRNC) Return on Assets [ROA] (2019 - 2026)
Cerence (CRNC) reported Return on Assets [ROA] of -2.48% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 1.48 percentage points from -3.96% a year earlier and up 0.74 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Cerence (CRNC) Return on Assets [ROA] (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025), Cerence posted Return on Assets [ROA] of -2.81%, up 56.00 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of -1.65 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at -58.81% in FY2024 (-54.51 pp), -4.30% in FY2023 (+16.26 pp), -20.56% in FY2022 (-23.26 pp) and 2.70% in FY2021 (+3.86 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] spans a low of -96.40% in fiscal Q1 2025 and a high of 2.69% in fiscal Q4 2021.
- Year over year, Return on Assets [ROA] has now increased in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +11.61 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Assets [ROA] in five years was fiscal Q1 2026 (a gain of 96.46 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q1 2025 (a drop of 94.05 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at -3.22% (Q2 2026), 0.05% (Q1 2026) and -2.96% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 328.64 Bn | 313.71 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 0.65% |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 276.50 Bn | 256.94 Bn | 1.10 Bn | 0.68% |
| 3 | Fortinet | 132.74 Bn | 118.67 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 20.44% |
| 4 | Snowflake | 120.19 Bn | 107.50 Bn | 1.04 Bn | -12.62% |
| 5 | Datadog | 99.51 Bn | 81.15 Bn | 881.34 Mn | 2.45% |
| 6 | Okta | 35.35 Bn | 25.44 Bn | 641.00 Mn | 3.20% |
| 7 | Axon Enterprise | 33.58 Bn | 28.10 Bn | 546.45 Mn | 2.74% |
| 8 | Zscaler | 32.06 Bn | 18.18 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | MongoDB | 28.84 Bn | 19.30 Bn | 569.77 Mn | 1.57% |
| 10 | Cerence | 365.57 Mn | 359.59 Mn | 52.91 Mn | -2.48% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -2.48% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -3.22% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.05% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -2.96% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -3.96% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -52.46% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -96.40% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -85.45% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -69.73% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -25.05% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -2.36% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -4.31% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -20.76% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -26.66% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -24.91% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -21.47% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -4.43% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.91% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.59% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.69% |
API Access
Cerence Return on Assets [ROA] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=CRNC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "CRNC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=CRNC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();