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Cerence Inc. · Q3 2025 earnings

Q3 2025 earnings · · After market close · Investor relations

Briefing

Cerence Inc. reported financial results for the third quarter ended June 30, 2025.

Total revenue declined 11.8% year-over-year to $62.2 million, driven by lower license revenue partially offset by growth in connected services. The company posted a net loss of $2.7 million and an operating loss of $0.9 million. Cash and cash equivalents stood at $73.7 million at quarter end.

  • Q3 2025 revenue of $62.2 million decreased 11.8% from $70.5 million in Q3 2024.
  • License revenue fell 20.6% to $34.2 million while connected services rose 17.4% to $12.8 million.
  • Net loss narrowed significantly to $2.7 million from $313.5 million in the prior-year quarter.
  • Cash and cash equivalents totaled $73.7 million with no goodwill impairment recorded in the quarter.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$62.2M

Previous: $70.5M-11.8%
EPS (adj)

-$0.06

Previous: $0.19-131.6%
Capital Expenditures

-$11.4M

Previous: -$3.55M-219.8%
Net Income

-$2.72M

Previous: -$314M+99.1%
Operating Income

-$948K

Previous: -$355M+99.7%
Gross Profit

$45.9M

Previous: $50.4M-9.0%
Cash & Equivalents

$73.7M

Previous: $116M-36.2%
Total Assets

$637M

Previous: $674M-5.5%

Revenue & EPS history

Cerence · Revenue · Quarterly

$62.2M

Q3 2025-11.8%vs Q3 2024
Beat estimate in 13 of 16 quarters(81%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Cerence · $62.2M total across 3 segments · Q3 2025

  • License
    $34.2M
  • Professional services
    $15.2M
  • Connected services
    $12.8M

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports

Historical avg

+6.5%

Avg return

Earnings day

+6.5%

Avg return

5 days after

+8.5%

Avg return

30 days after

67%

20 / 30 earnings

Positive

+155.3%

Q4 2024

Best reaction

-44.0%

Q2 2024

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q3 2025
Q2 2026+3.8%+1.3%+0.5%
Q1 2026+4.1%-18.6%-29.2%
Q4 2025+26.8%+29.5%+41.7%
Q2 2025-12.1%+1.7%+1.8%
Q1 2025+13.7%+12.1%-19.1%
Q4 2024+155.3%+129.4%+172.0%
Q3 2024+6.3%+6.1%+23.2%
Q2 2024-44.0%-47.8%-68.2%
Q1 2024-20.2%-16.6%-29.5%
Q4 2023+2.2%+1.7%+15.4%
Q3 2023+2.1%+1.4%-7.0%
Q2 2023-13.6%-10.7%+14.5%
Q1 2023+3.7%+1.9%-9.5%
Q4 2022+33.5%+25.0%+22.1%
Q3 2022-20.4%-20.7%-37.3%
Q2 2022-1.6%+10.2%+11.3%
Q1 2022-28.0%-31.8%-48.5%
Q4 2021-24.8%-25.9%-30.6%
Q3 2021+12.9%+10.0%-1.4%
Q2 2021-4.3%-5.3%+29.0%
Q1 2021-3.8%+6.2%-19.1%
Q4 2018+19.0%+22.7%+43.0%
Q4 2020+6.0%+27.4%+42.4%
Q3 2019+4.3%-1.3%-1.4%
Q3 2020+31.2%+21.3%+24.4%
Q2 2019+9.3%+8.0%+63.5%
Q2 2020+13.8%+27.1%+83.3%
Q1 2019+3.3%+2.5%-25.7%
Q1 2020+2.5%+5.9%-28.6%
Q4 2019+15.5%+21.1%+21.0%
Q3 2018
Q2 2018
Q1 2018

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