NASDAQ:NUANNuance Communications Stock Price, Forecast & News

Nuance Communications' stock was trading at $19.16 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, NUAN shares have increased by 34.3% and is now trading at $25.74. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nuance Communications in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Nuance Communications.

Nuance Communications is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Nuance Communications.

Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The software maker reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.04. The software maker earned $369.55 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $351.56 million. Nuance Communications had a net margin of 9.06% and a return on equity of 12.80%. The firm's revenue was up 9.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.29 EPS. View Nuance Communications' earnings history.

Nuance Communications announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, August 8th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 10.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Nuance Communications updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 7th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.76-0.86 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.82. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.405-1.485 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.47 billion.

6 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Nuance Communications' stock. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $31.00. On average, they expect Nuance Communications' stock price to reach $24.80 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.7%. View analysts' price targets for Nuance Communications.

Media stories about NUAN stock have trended somewhat positive on Saturday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Nuance Communications earned a coverage optimism score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the software maker a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Nuance Communications.

Nuance Communications saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,610,000 shares, an increase of 6.5% from the May 31st total of 10,900,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,660,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.2 days. Currently, 4.2% of the company's shares are sold short. View Nuance Communications' Current Options Chain.

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

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One share of NUAN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.74.

Nuance Communications has a market capitalization of $7.24 billion and generates $1.82 billion in revenue each year. The software maker earns $213.81 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.76 on an earnings per share basis. Nuance Communications employs 8,100 workers across the globe.

The official website for Nuance Communications is 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]