Nuance Communications, Inc. provides voice recognition and natural language understanding solutions worldwide. It operates through five segments: Healthcare, Automotive, Enterprise, Imaging, and Other. The Healthcare segment offers clinical speech and clinical language understanding solutions, such as Dragon Medical, a dictation software that allow physicians to capture and document patient care in real-time; transcription solutions, which enable physicians to streamline clinical documentation with a transcription platforms; clinical document improvement and coding solutions; diagnostic solutions that allow radiologists to document, collaborate, and share medical images and reports; and professional and personal productivity solutions to business users and consumers. The Automotive segment provides branded and personalized virtual assistants and connected car services for automotive manufacturers and their suppliers. The Enterprise segment offers On-Premise solutions and services, an automated customer service solution that comprise automated speech recognition, voice biometrics, transcription, text-to-speech, and dialog and analytics products; and On-Demand multichannel cloud, a platform, which offers enterprises the ability to implement automatic customer service. The Imaging segment provides multi-function printer (MFP) scanning and document management solutions; MFP printing and document management solutions to capture and automate paper to digital work flows; and PDF and OCR software for capturing, creation, and management of document work flows. The Other segment offers voicemail transcription and other value-added services to mobile operators; and speech recognition solutions and predictive text technologies for handset devices. 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.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Prepackaged software
Sub-IndustryApplication Software
SectorComputer and Technology
Phone781-565-5000
Debt
Price-To-Earnings
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$2.05 billion
Profitability
Miscellaneous
Employees10,400
Next Earnings Date8/14/2019 (Estimated)
OptionableOptionable
Nuance Communications (NASDAQ:NUAN) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Nuance Communications' stock symbol?
Nuance Communications trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "NUAN."
How will Nuance Communications' stock buyback program work?
Nuance Communications announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, August 8th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase up to 10.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.
How were Nuance Communications' earnings last quarter?
Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 8th. The software maker reported $0.12 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.13. The software maker earned $451 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $449.90 million. Nuance Communications had a net margin of 2.44% and a return on equity of 14.00%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 3.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.27 earnings per share. View Nuance Communications' Earnings History.
When is Nuance Communications' next earnings date?
What guidance has Nuance Communications issued on next quarter's earnings?
Nuance Communications issued an update on its third quarter 2019 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.27-0.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.27. The company issued revenue guidance of $453-467 million.Nuance Communications also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $1.13-1.21 EPS.
What price target have analysts set for NUAN?
5 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Nuance Communications' shares. Their predictions range from $17.00 to $22.00. On average, they anticipate Nuance Communications' share price to reach $19.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Nuance Communications.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Nuance Communications?
5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nuance Communications in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Nuance Communications.
Has Nuance Communications been receiving favorable news coverage?
Press coverage about NUAN stock has trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news 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 media sentiment score of 1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the software maker a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.
Who are some of Nuance Communications' key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Nuance Communications include Veeva Systems (VEEV), Splunk (SPLK), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), CA (CA), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Synopsys (SNPS), Twilio (TWLO), ANSYS (ANSS), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Atlassian (TEAM), Symantec (SYMC), Citrix Systems (CTXS), Okta (OKTA), Paycom Software (PAYC) and Temenos (TMNSF).
What other stocks do shareholders of Nuance Communications own?
Who are Nuance Communications' key executives?
Nuance Communications' management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. Mark D. Benjamin, CEO & Director (Age 48)
- Mr. Daniel D. Tempesta, Exec. VP & CFO (Age 49)
- Mr. Robert Weideman, Exec. VP & GM of Enterprise Division (Age 60)
- Mr. Arthur G. Giterman, Sr. VP, Chief Accounting Officer & Corp. Controller (Age 39)
- Mr. Joe Petro, Exec. VP & CTO (Age 52)
Who are Nuance Communications' major shareholders?
Nuance Communications' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Victory Capital Management Inc. (5.38%), FIL Ltd (3.22%), Primecap Management Co. CA (3.19%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (1.64%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (1.47%) and Park West Asset Management LLC (1.21%). 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, Paul Ricci, Robert Weideman and Thomas L Beaudoin. 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 Blair William & Co. IL, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Wellington Management Group LLP, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH, Oxford Asset Management LLP, Staley Capital Advisers Inc. and Handelsbanken Fonder AB. 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, Robert Weideman and Thomas L Beaudoin. View Insider Buying and Selling for Nuance Communications.
Which institutional investors are buying Nuance Communications stock?
NUAN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park West Asset Management LLC, ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, Federated Investors Inc. PA, FIL Ltd and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Nuance Communications.
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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is Nuance Communications' stock price today?
One share of NUAN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.89.
How big of a company is Nuance Communications?
Nuance Communications has a market capitalization of $5.19 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.
What is Nuance Communications' official website?
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]
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