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$9.21 -0.32 (-3.36%)
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CRNC vs. OPRA, KARO, NABL, RPD, COUR, IAS, TUYA, SEMR, PD, and BASE

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

Cerence vs. Its Competitors

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Opera$480.65M3.20$80.77M$0.9418.30
Cerence$254.25M1.57-$588.08M-$8.10-1.14

Opera presently has a consensus price target of $24.90, indicating a potential upside of 44.77%. Cerence has a consensus price target of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 11.29%. Given Opera's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Opera is more favorable than Cerence.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Opera
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Cerence
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

Opera has a net margin of 16.15% compared to Cerence's net margin of -132.39%. Opera's return on equity of 9.21% beat Cerence's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Opera16.15% 9.21% 8.28%
Cerence -132.39%6.16%1.31%

In the previous week, Opera had 41 more articles in the media than Cerence. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Opera and 2 mentions for Cerence. Cerence's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Opera's score of 0.14 indicating that Cerence is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Opera
4 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
26 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cerence
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

10.2% of Opera shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of Cerence shares are owned by institutional investors. 84.4% of Opera shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Cerence shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Opera has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cerence has a beta of 2.81, indicating that its stock price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Opera beats Cerence on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CRNC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$412.25M$17.00B$28.91B$9.50B
Dividend YieldN/A1.50%3.01%4.01%
P/E Ratio-1.1440.0734.2320.05
Price / Sales1.5712.821,711.0190.07
Price / Cash0.6125.4538.3858.56
Price / Book2.725.067.795.87
Net Income-$588.08M$434.10M$782.91M$258.55M
7 Day Performance-3.86%1.63%0.81%3.74%
1 Month Performance-5.34%4.84%6.12%11.75%
1 Year Performance181.65%13.70%52,641.07%18.03%

Cerence Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRNC
Cerence
3.0926 of 5 stars
$9.21
-3.4%
$10.25
+11.3%
+189.6%$412.25M$254.25M-1.141,400Positive News
OPRA
Opera
3.8176 of 5 stars
$17.74
-0.8%
$24.90
+40.4%
+46.0%$1.59B$480.65M18.87630Trending News
KARO
Karooooo
3.7308 of 5 stars
$50.84
+1.6%
$57.00
+12.1%
+66.5%$1.57B$249.96M31.005,711Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NABL
N-able
0.9293 of 5 stars
$8.01
+0.5%
$9.38
+17.0%
-40.8%$1.51B$466.15M89.011,773
RPD
Rapid7
3.5112 of 5 stars
$22.67
+1.6%
$33.16
+46.3%
-42.8%$1.46B$844.01M58.132,413News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
COUR
Coursera
2.2364 of 5 stars
$8.94
+2.2%
$9.56
+7.0%
+68.0%$1.44B$694.67M-20.781,260Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Up
IAS
Integral Ad Science
3.32 of 5 stars
$8.51
+2.9%
$13.55
+59.2%
-20.1%$1.40B$530.10M29.34760Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
TUYA
Tuya
0.3522 of 5 stars
$2.52
+0.6%
N/A+60.3%$1.36B$298.62M62.891,435Positive News
SEMR
Semrush
3.5294 of 5 stars
$9.04
+1.4%
$16.43
+81.8%
-31.2%$1.34B$396.02M112.981,170News Coverage
PD
PagerDuty
3.0901 of 5 stars
$14.62
flat
$19.50
+33.4%
-24.8%$1.33B$467.50M-36.551,242News Coverage
BASE
Couchbase
1.8976 of 5 stars
$24.28
-0.1%
$23.09
-4.9%
+22.1%$1.31B$209.47M-17.72650

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This page (NASDAQ:CRNC) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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