Nuance Communications, Inc. provides voice recognition and natural language understanding solutions worldwide. It operates through four segments: Healthcare, Mobile, Enterprise, and Imaging. The Healthcare segment offers transcription solutions, which enable physicians to streamline clinical documentation with medical transcription platform; Dragon Medical, a dictation software that empowers physicians to capture and document patient care on various devices; clinical document improvement and coding solutions that ensure patient health information; 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 Mobile segment provides virtual assistants and connected services built on voice recognition, text-to-speech, natural language understanding, dialog, and text input technologies to automotive manufacturers, consumer electronic companies, and mobile and cable operators. The Enterprise segment offers On-Premise solutions and services, an automated customer service solution comprising speech recognition, voice biometrics, transcription, text-to-speech, and dialog and analytics products; and On-Demand multichannel cloud, a platform that offers enterprises the ability to implement automatic customer service. The Imaging segment provides multi-function printer (MFP) Scan automation solutions to offer scanning and document management solutions; MFP Print automation solutions to deliver printing and document management solutions; and PDF and OCR software, a technology that enables the capture, creation, and management of document workflows. The company has a strategic agreement with Partners HealthCare and SDL plc. 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
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Industry Prepackaged software
Sub-IndustryApplication Software
SectorComputer and Technology
SymbolNASDAQ:NUAN
CUSIP67020Y10
Phone781-565-5000
Debt
Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.32
Current Ratio1.35
Quick Ratio1.35
Price-To-Earnings
Trailing P/E Ratio28.05
Forward P/E Ratio22.44
P/E Growth1.91
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$1.98 billion
Price / Sales2.44
Cash Flow$1.4143 per share
Price / Cash11.90
Book Value$6.69 per share
Price / Book2.52
Profitability
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$0.60
Net Income$-150,990,000.00
Net Margins-9.55%
Return on Equity9.67%
Return on Assets3.26%
Miscellaneous
Employees11,600
Outstanding Shares286,800,000
Market Cap$4.90 billion
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 declared that its board has approved a share buyback program 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 repurchase up to 10.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.
How were Nuance Communications' earnings last quarter?
Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 8th. The software maker reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.27. The software maker earned $502.89 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $495.53 million. Nuance Communications had a positive return on equity of 9.67% and a negative net margin of 9.55%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 3.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.30 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 fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 8th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.30-0.34 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.31. The company issued revenue guidance of $517-532 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $523.73 million.Nuance Communications also updated its FY18 guidance to $1.11-1.15 EPS.
What price target have analysts set for NUAN?
7 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Nuance Communications' shares. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $23.00. On average, they anticipate Nuance Communications' stock price to reach $19.6667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Nuance Communications.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Nuance Communications?
7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nuance Communications in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Nuance Communications.
What are Wall Street analysts saying about Nuance Communications stock?
Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Nuance Communications stock:
- 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Nuance Communications, Inc. is the leading provider of speech and imaging solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Its technologies, applications and services make the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with information and how they create, share and use documents. " (8/15/2018)
- 2. Canaccord Genuity analysts commented, "We take three constructive takeaways from this morning’s announcement: (1) fundamentals are healthy, perhaps marginally improving in certain segments, and growth should continue to inflect as the model transition matures, (2) the firm is being aggressive in its efforts to realign around growth markets, carving auto out into a separate reportable segment and making leadership changes in the struggling CSP segment, and (3) CEO succession plans are on track, and as planned all along, we should get a more formal update ahead of the March 31 transition date. In terms of the stock, our view is unchanged: with a series of no-drama, improving growth quarters, we think it’s quite likely that NUAN can retest and break through recent highs in the low $20s. Longer term, as organic growth that we suspect can sustain mid- to high-single digits is gradually reflected in the model, we think it’s possible that NUAN could see a bit of multiple expansion." (1/22/2018)
Are investors shorting Nuance Communications?
Nuance Communications saw a decrease in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,700,553 shares, a decrease of 13.5% from the August 15th total of 11,214,933 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,576,727 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.2 days. Approximately 3.4% of the company's stock are sold short. View Nuance Communications' Current Options Chain.
Who are some of Nuance Communications' key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Nuance Communications include Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), CA (CA), Shopify (SHOP), Splunk (SPLK), ANSYS (ANSS), Citrix Systems (CTXS), TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE (TTWO), Synopsys (SNPS), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Mobileye (MBBYF), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Symantec (SYMC), UBISOFT Entmt S/ADR (UBSFY) and PTC (PTC).
Who are Nuance Communications' key executives?
Nuance Communications' management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. Daniel D. Tempesta, Exec. VP & CFO (Age 48)
- Mr. Robert Weideman, Exec. VP & GM of Enterprise Division (Age 59)
- Mr. Satish Maripuri, Exec. VP & GM of Healthcare Division (Age 52)
- Mr. Mark D. Benjamin, Chief Exec. Officer (Age 47)
- Mr. Mark Sherwood, Sr. VP & Chief Information Officer
Who are Nuance Communications' major shareholders?
Nuance Communications' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.42%), Criterion Capital Management LLC (2.24%), Fairpointe Capital LLC (1.94%), RGM Capital LLC (1.03%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.91%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.66%). Company insiders that own Nuance Communications stock include Adam Bruce Bowden, Daniel David Tempesta, Katherine A Martin, Kenneth M Siegel, Mark R Laret, Paul Ricci, Robert C Schassler and Robert Weideman. 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 Millennium Management LLC, Ivory Investment Management LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Renaissance Technologies LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Handelsbanken Fonder AB, Fairpointe Capital LLC and Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC. Company insiders that have sold Nuance Communications company stock in the last year include Daniel David Tempesta, Kenneth M Siegel, Mark R Laret and Robert Weideman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Nuance Communications.
Which institutional investors are buying Nuance Communications stock?
NUAN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Criterion Capital Management LLC, RGM Capital LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Numen Capital LLP, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC and Vident Investment Advisory LLC. 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 $16.83.
How big of a company is Nuance Communications?
Nuance Communications has a market capitalization of $4.90 billion and generates $1.98 billion in revenue each year. The software maker earns $-150,990,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.60 on an earnings per share basis. Nuance Communications employs 11,600 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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