Is Cerence Inc (NASDAQ: CRNC) Still A Buy After sinking -7.82% Last Week?

During the last session, Cerence Inc (NASDAQ:CRNC)’s traded shares were 2.03 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 2.69. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $6.84, reflecting an intraday loss of -9.52% or -$0.72. The 52-week high for the CRNC share is $21.67, that puts it down -216.81 from that peak though still a striking 65.79% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $2.34. The company’s market capitalization is $292.94M, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 2.72 million shares, and the average trade volume was 3.27 million shares over the past three months.

Cerence Inc (CRNC) received a consensus recommendation of Hold from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 2.71. CRNC has a Sell rating from 2 analyst(s) out of 11 analysts who have looked at this stock. 6 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 3 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be -0.26.

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Cerence Inc (NASDAQ:CRNC) trade information

Cerence Inc (CRNC) registered a -9.52% downside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -9.52% in intraday trading to $6.84, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -7.82%, and it has moved by 102.97% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is -57.36%. The short interest in Cerence Inc (NASDAQ:CRNC) is 6.56 million shares and it means that shorts have 3.71 day(s) to cover.

The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $3.3, which implies a decrease of -107.27% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $3.3 and $3.3 respectively. As a result, CRNC is trading at a premium of 51.75% off the target high and 51.75% off the low.

Cerence Inc (CRNC) estimates and forecasts

Statistics show that Cerence Inc has underperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. Cerence Inc (CRNC) shares have gone up 128.00% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate less than the industry average at -87.80% against 16.00. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will decrease -26.90% compared to the previous financial year.

As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 49.08M as predicted by 6 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 6 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 61.86M by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 138.34M and 67.83M respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to shrink by -64.52% and then drop by -8.80% in the coming quarter.

While earnings are projected to return -94.08% in 2024, the next five years will return 15.00% per annum.

CRNC Dividends

Cerence Inc is due to release its next quarterly earnings in January. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance.

Cerence Inc (NASDAQ:CRNC)’s Major holders

Cerence Inc insiders own 5.74% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 83.41%, with the float percentage being 88.49%. VANGUARD GROUP INC is the largest shareholder of the company, while 234.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 3.98 million shares (or 9.5398% of all shares), a total value of $11.26 million in shares.

The next largest institutional holding, with 3.88 million shares, is of AMERICAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC’s that is approximately 9.2977% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $10.98 million.