Cerence (CRNC) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CRNC or OPRA?

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

Is CRNC or OPRA more profitable?

Opera has a net margin of 16.15% compared to Cerence's net margin of -10.48%. Opera's return on equity of 9.21% beat Cerence's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cerence	-10.48%	3.14%	0.68%
Opera	16.15%	9.21%	8.28%

Do analysts recommend CRNC or OPRA?

Cerence presently has a consensus target price of $10.42, suggesting a potential downside of 11.95%. Opera has a consensus target price of $24.90, suggesting a potential upside of 52.57%. Given Opera's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Opera is more favorable than Cerence.

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
Opera	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CRNC or OPRA?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cerence	$331.50M	1.55	-$588.08M	-$0.66	-17.92
Opera	$480.65M	3.04	$80.77M	$0.94	17.36

Which has more volatility & risk, CRNC or OPRA?

Cerence has a beta of 2.85, indicating that its stock price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Opera has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CRNC or OPRA?

In the previous week, Opera had 8 more articles in the media than Cerence. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Opera and 6 mentions for Cerence. Opera's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Cerence's score of 0.23 indicating that Opera is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cerence	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Opera	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Opera beats Cerence on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.