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$8.14 -0.46 (-5.35%)
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CRNC vs. PRCH, NABL, NYAX, PD, OPRA, KARO, SEMR, RPD, IAS, and TUYA

Should you be buying Cerence stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cerence include Porch Group (PRCH), N-able (NABL), Nayax (NYAX), PagerDuty (PD), Opera (OPRA), Karooooo (KARO), Semrush (SEMR), Rapid7 (RPD), Integral Ad Science (IAS), and Tuya (TUYA). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Cerence vs. Its Competitors

Cerence (NASDAQ:CRNC) and Porch Group (NASDAQ:PRCH) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and risk.

Cerence has a beta of 2.85, indicating that its share price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Porch Group has a beta of 2.72, indicating that its share price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500.

91.4% of Cerence shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.5% of Porch Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Cerence shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of Porch Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Porch Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cerence. Porch Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cerence, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cerence$331.50M1.06-$588.08M-$8.10-1.00
Porch Group$437.85M3.41-$32.83M-$0.14-87.86

Porch Group has a net margin of -2.59% compared to Cerence's net margin of -132.39%. Cerence's return on equity of 6.16% beat Porch Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cerence-132.39% 6.16% 1.31%
Porch Group -2.59%N/A -6.05%

Cerence presently has a consensus target price of $10.25, suggesting a potential upside of 25.92%. Porch Group has a consensus target price of $10.91, suggesting a potential downside of 11.33%. Given Cerence's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Cerence is more favorable than Porch Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cerence
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Porch Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11

In the previous week, Porch Group had 3 more articles in the media than Cerence. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Porch Group and 1 mentions for Cerence. Porch Group's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Cerence's score of 0.00 indicating that Porch Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cerence
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Porch Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Porch Group beats Cerence on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CRNC vs. The Competition

MetricCerenceIT Services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$372.02M$16.23B$29.13B$9.54B
Dividend YieldN/A1.68%3.08%4.09%
P/E Ratio-1.0037.9748.1723.83
Price / Sales1.0612.071,546.2066.02
Price / Cash0.5524.5438.0757.96
Price / Book2.414.567.415.54
Net Income-$588.08M$434.10M$782.80M$259.28M
7 Day Performance-11.62%-9.20%-3.70%-4.68%
1 Month Performance-22.48%-8.14%-0.17%4.36%
1 Year Performance202.60%12.01%52,681.94%17.88%

Cerence Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRNC
Cerence
2.8205 of 5 stars
$8.14
-5.3%
$10.25
+25.9%
+182.6%$372.02M$331.50M-1.001,400Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
PRCH
Porch Group
1.9556 of 5 stars
$13.12
-2.2%
$10.28
-21.6%
+534.0%$1.59B$437.85M-93.711,700Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
NABL
N-able
1.6081 of 5 stars
$8.35
+1.7%
$9.38
+12.3%
-43.4%$1.58B$466.15M92.781,773News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
NYAX
Nayax
1.1511 of 5 stars
$44.50
-3.5%
$41.67
-6.4%
+94.0%$1.58B$331.16M247.241,130Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
PD
PagerDuty
4.0956 of 5 stars
$16.83
+7.1%
$19.75
+17.3%
-22.8%$1.53B$467.50M-42.081,242News Coverage
High Trading Volume
OPRA
Opera
3.9227 of 5 stars
$16.95
-1.5%
$24.90
+46.9%
+30.6%$1.52B$480.65M18.03630Trending News
KARO
Karooooo
4.4758 of 5 stars
$48.18
+0.5%
$57.67
+19.7%
+17.2%$1.49B$249.96M28.015,711
SEMR
Semrush
3.1907 of 5 stars
$9.91
+1.7%
$16.43
+65.9%
-39.9%$1.47B$396.02M123.831,170
RPD
Rapid7
3.5035 of 5 stars
$22.65
-0.3%
$33.16
+46.4%
-43.0%$1.46B$849.16M58.082,413News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
IAS
Integral Ad Science
3.3963 of 5 stars
$8.52
+0.6%
$13.65
+60.2%
-20.8%$1.41B$530.10M29.38760Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
TUYA
Tuya
0.3613 of 5 stars
$2.46
-0.8%
N/A+56.5%$1.33B$298.62M61.521,435Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:CRNC) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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