NASDAQ:NUAN

Nuance Communications Stock Forecast, Price & News

$48.31

-0.49 (-1.00 %)

(As of 01/25/2021 12:00 AM ET)

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Today's Range

$47.79

Now: $48.31▼

$49.87

50-Day Range

$41.48

MA: $45.41▼

$50.21

52-Week Range

$13.51

Now: $48.31▼

$50.97

Volume3.26 million shs

Average Volume3.06 million shs

Market Capitalization$13.76 billion

P/E Ratio483.10

Dividend YieldN/A

Beta1.22

Nuance Communications, Inc. provides conversational and cognitive artificial intelligence (AI) innovations that bring intelligence to everyday work and life. The company delivers solutions that understand, analyze, and respond to people - amplifying human intelligence to increase productivity and security. Its Healthcare segment provides clinical speech and clinical language understanding solutions that improve the clinical documentation process, from capturing the complete patient record to improving clinical documentation and quality measures for reimbursement. Its solutions include Dragon Medical One, cloud-based speech solution; computer-assisted physician documentation; diagnostic imaging solutions; Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience, a voice-enabled solution; and clinical documentation improvement and coding. The company's Enterprise segment primarily engages in using speech, natural language understanding, and artificial intelligence to provide automated customer solutions and services for voice, mobile, Web, and messaging channels. Its solutions include intelligent engagement solutions; Conversational AI; Engagement AI; and Security AI. Its Other segment provides voicemail transcription services. The company serves organizations across healthcare, financial services, telecommunications, government, and retail. Nuance Communications, Inc. markets and sells its solutions and technologies directly through sales force, as well as through a network of resellers, including system integrators, independent software vendors, value-added resellers, distributors, hardware vendors, telecommunications carriers, and e-commerce Websites worldwide. The company was formerly known as ScanSoft, Inc. and changed its name to Nuance Communications, Inc. in October 2005. Nuance Communications, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.

MarketRank^™

Overall MarketRank^™

1.76 out of 5 stars

Computer And Technology Sector

146th out of 1,501 stocks

Prepackaged Software Industry

27th out of 284 stocks

2.4 Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
Nuance Communications has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on 7 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $49.00, Nuance Communications has a forecasted upside of 1.4% from its current price of $48.31.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
Nuance Communications has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

2.9 Community Rank

Outperform Votes
Nuance Communications has received 814 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)
Underperform Votes
Nuance Communications has received 572 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)
Community Sentiment
Nuance Communications has received 58.73% “outperform” votes from our community.

MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Nuance Communications and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe NUAN will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe NUAN will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.

0.0 Dividend Strength

Dividend Yield
Nuance Communications does not currently pay a dividend.
Dividend Growth
Nuance Communications does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

1.7 Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, Nuance Communications insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $13,402,173.00 in company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 0.48% of the stock of Nuance Communications is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
97.93% of the stock of Nuance Communications is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

1.9 Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for Nuance Communications are expected to grow by 37.50% in the coming year, from $0.40 to $0.55 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of Nuance Communications is 483.10, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.47.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of Nuance Communications is 483.10, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 86.30.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
Nuance Communications has a PEG Ratio of 24.28. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
Nuance Communications has a P/B Ratio of 11.93. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange NASDAQ

Industry Prepackaged software

Sub-IndustryApplication Software

SectorComputer and Technology

Current SymbolNASDAQ:NUAN

Previous Symbol

CUSIP67020Y10

CIK1002517

Webwww.nuance.com

Phone781-565-5000

Employees7,100

Year FoundedN/A

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.97

Current Ratio0.75

Quick Ratio0.75

Price-To-Earnings

Trailing P/E Ratio483.10

Forward P/E Ratio120.78

P/E Growth24.28

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales$1.48 billion

Price / Sales9.31

Cash Flow$0.90 per share

Price / Cash Flow53.87

Book Value$4.05 per share

Price / Book11.93

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$0.47

Net Income$21.40 million

Net Margins1.89%

Return on Equity11.24%

Return on Assets3.56%

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares284,897,000

Market Cap$13.76 billion

Next Earnings Date2/8/2021 (Confirmed)

OptionableOptionable

$48.31

-0.49 (-1.00 %)

(As of 01/25/2021 12:00 AM ET)

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Nuance Communications (NASDAQ:NUAN) Frequently Asked Questions

How has Nuance Communications' stock price been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)?

Nuance Communications' stock was trading at $19.16 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, NUAN stock has increased by 152.1% and is now trading at $48.31.
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Is Nuance Communications a buy right now?

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nuance Communications in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Nuance Communications stock.
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What stocks does MarketBeat like better than Nuance Communications?

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What is Mark Benjamin's approval rating as Nuance Communications' CEO?

252 employees have rated Nuance Communications CEO Mark Benjamin on Glassdoor.com. Mark Benjamin has an approval rating of 87% among Nuance Communications' employees.

When is Nuance Communications' next earnings date?

Nuance Communications is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 8th 2021.
View our earnings forecast for Nuance Communications.

How can I listen to Nuance Communications' earnings call?

Nuance Communications will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, February 8th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

How were Nuance Communications' earnings last quarter?

Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) released its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 17th. The software maker reported $0.18 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.02. The software maker had revenue of $352.93 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $346.35 million. Nuance Communications had a net margin of 1.89% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.24%.
View Nuance Communications' earnings history.

What price target have analysts set for NUAN?

8 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Nuance Communications' shares. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $65.00. On average, they expect Nuance Communications' stock price to reach $49.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.4% from the stock's current price.
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Who are some of Nuance Communications' key competitors?

Some companies that are related to Nuance Communications include Adobe (ADBE), salesforce.com (CRM), Intuit (INTU), Autodesk (ADSK), Workday (WDAY), Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), ANSYS (ANSS), Splunk (SPLK), Tyler Technologies (TYL), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Citrix Systems (CTXS), Fair Isaac (FICO), FactSet Research Systems (FDS) and Pegasystems (PEGA).
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What other stocks do shareholders of Nuance Communications own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Nuance Communications investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Micron Technology (MU), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Intel (INTC), AT&T (T), Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), Verizon Communications (VZ), salesforce.com (CRM) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Who are Nuance Communications' key executives?

Nuance Communications' management team includes the following people:

Mr. Mark D. Benjamin, CEO & Director (Age 49, Pay $2.03M)
Mr. Daniel D. Tempesta, Exec. VP & CFO (Age 50, Pay $903.58k)
Mr. Joseph C. Petro, Exec. VP & CTO (Age 53, Pay $891.21k)
Mr. Robert Weideman, Exec. VP & GM of Enterprise Division (Age 61, Pay $889.46k)
Mr. Robert Dahdah, Exec. VP & Chief Revenue Officer (Age 52, Pay $1.19M)
Mr. Arthur G. Giterman, Sr. VP, Chief Accounting Officer & Corp. Controller (Age 40)
Mr. Mark Sherwood, Sr. VP & Chief Information Officer
Ms. Tracy H. Krumme, Sr. VP of Investor Relations (Age 52)
Ms. Wendy Cassity, Exec. VP, Chief Legal Officer & Sec. (Age 45)
Mr. David H. Garfinkel, Sr. VP of Corp. Devel.

What is Nuance Communications' stock symbol?

Nuance Communications trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "NUAN."

Who are Nuance Communications' major shareholders?

Nuance Communications' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (1.30%), Columbus Circle Investors (0.49%), Strs Ohio (0.32%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.24%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.14%) and Handelsinvest Investeringsforvaltning (0.09%). Company insiders that own Nuance Communications stock include Arthur G Giterman, Daniel David Tempesta, Diana L Nole, Joseph Carl Petro, Mark D Benjamin, Mark R Laret, Nuance Communications, Inc, Robert Dahdah, Robert Weideman, Stefan Ortmanns, Thomas L Beaudoin and Wendy Cassity.
View institutional ownership trends for Nuance Communications.

Which institutional investors are selling Nuance Communications stock?

NUAN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Columbus Circle Investors, Strs Ohio, Handelsinvest Investeringsforvaltning, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, and Acorn Financial Advisory Services Inc. ADV. Company insiders that have sold Nuance Communications company stock in the last year include Arthur G Giterman, Daniel David Tempesta, Diana L Nole, Joseph Carl Petro, Mark D Benjamin, Robert Dahdah, Robert Weideman, and Thomas L Beaudoin.
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Which institutional investors are buying Nuance Communications stock?

NUAN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Scout Investments Inc., Defender Capital LLC., Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC, Ritholtz Wealth Management, IBM Retirement Fund, and Clearview Wealth Advisors LLC.
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How do I buy shares of Nuance Communications?

Shares of NUAN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

What is Nuance Communications' stock price today?

One share of NUAN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.31.

How big of a company is Nuance Communications?

Nuance Communications has a market capitalization of $13.76 billion and generates $1.48 billion in revenue each year. The software maker earns $21.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.47 on an earnings per share basis. Nuance Communications employs 7,100 workers across the globe.

What is Nuance Communications' official website?

The official website for Nuance Communications is www.nuance.com.

How can I contact Nuance Communications?

Nuance Communications' mailing address is 1 WAYSIDE ROAD, BURLINGTON MA, 01803. The software maker can be reached via phone at 781-565-5000 or via email at [email protected]

This page was last updated on 1/26/2021 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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