Nuance Communications Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:NUAN)

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

Nuance Communications announced that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, August 8th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 10.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 7th. The software maker reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.18 by $0.03. The software maker earned $460.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $455.93 million. Nuance Communications had a net margin of 3.88% and a return on equity of 13.93%. View Nuance Communications' Earnings History.

Nuance Communications is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 18th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Nuance Communications.

Nuance Communications updated its fourth quarter 2019 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 7th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.24-0.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.30. The company issued revenue guidance of $473-493 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $488.32 million.

3 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Nuance Communications' shares. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $22.00. On average, they anticipate Nuance Communications' share price to reach $18.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Nuance Communications.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nuance Communications in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Nuance Communications.

Headlines about NUAN stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Nuance Communications earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the software maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Nuance Communications.

Nuance Communications saw a decline in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 9,110,000 shares, a decline of 10.2% from the August 30th total of 10,150,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,060,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.4 days. Currently, 3.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Nuance Communications' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Nuance Communications investors own include Micron Technology (MU), NVIDIA (NVDA), Intel (INTC), General Electric (GE), Seventy Seven Energy (SSEIQ), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Gilead Sciences (GILD), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Alibaba Group (BABA) and salesforce.com (CRM).

Nuance Communications' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.50%), Strs Ohio (0.37%), Kirr Marbach & Co. LLC IN (0.20%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.14%), Mcrae Capital Management Inc. (0.11%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.07%). Company insiders that own Nuance Communications stock include Alvaro Monserrat, Arthur G Giterman, Daniel David Tempesta, Kenneth M Siegel, Mark D Benjamin, Mark R Laret, Nuance Communications, Inc, Robert Weideman, Stefan Ortmanns and Thomas L Beaudoin. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Nuance Communications.

NUAN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc., Mcrae Capital Management Inc., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Stephens Inc. AR, Penbrook Management LLC and Sicart Associates LLC. Company insiders that have sold Nuance Communications company stock in the last year include Alvaro Monserrat, Arthur G Giterman, Daniel David Tempesta, Mark D Benjamin, Mark R Laret, Nuance Communications, Inc, Robert Weideman, Stefan Ortmanns and Thomas L Beaudoin. View Insider Buying and Selling for Nuance Communications.

NUAN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Strs Ohio, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Fox Run Management L.L.C., Kirr Marbach & Co. LLC IN, Cerebellum GP LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for 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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NUAN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.66.

Nuance Communications has a market capitalization of $4.47 billion and generates $2.05 billion in revenue each year. The software maker earns $-159,920,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.81 on an earnings per share basis. Nuance Communications employs 10,400 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Nuance Communications.

The official website for Nuance Communications is http://www.nuance.com/.

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]