NASDAQ$CRNC

Cerence Inc. · Q4 2022 earnings

Q4 2022 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Announced fourth quarter and fiscal year 2022 results

Cerence reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter operating results, which included no contribution from fixed contracts. The company's bookings reached $684 million, a 16% increase compared to fiscal year 2021.

  • Delivered strong full fiscal new bookings at $684M, up 16% year over year
  • Record fiscal year revenue for Professional Services
  • Awarded strategic win-back program from big tech
  • Cerence technology is in 51% of global auto production

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$58.1M

Previous: $67M-13.2%
EPS (adj)

-$0.14

Previous: $0.66-121.2%
Capital Expenditures

$3.03M

Previous: $3.99M-24.1%
Free Cash Flow

-$7.98M

Previous: $19.3M-141.3%
Net Income

-$230M

Previous: $8M-2976.6%
Operating Income

-$229M

Previous: $10.8M-2231.8%
Gross Profit

$33.8M

Previous: $73.9M-54.3%
Cash & Equivalents

$94.8M

Previous: $128M-26.1%
Total Assets

$1.32B

Previous: $1.71B-22.7%
Stock-Based Comp

$5.06M

Previous: $18.4M-72.5%

Revenue & EPS history

Cerence · Revenue · Quarterly

$58.1M

Q4 2022-13.2%vs Q4 2021
Beat estimate in 13 of 15 quarters(87%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Cerence · $58.1M total across 3 segments · Q4 2022

  • Professional Services
    $21M
  • License
    $19M-63.0%
  • Connected Services
    $18.1M

Forward guidance

First quarter and full fiscal 2023 guidance will be provided during the investor day presentation.

Historical earnings impact

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

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2022

Historical avgQ4 2022

+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
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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