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.
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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 Date11/18/2019 (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 authorized 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 buy up to 10.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.
How were Nuance Communications' earnings last quarter?
Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 7th. The software maker reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate 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.
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 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 earnings per share estimate of $0.30. The company issued revenue guidance of $473-493 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $488.32 million.
What price target have analysts set for NUAN?
3 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Nuance Communications' shares. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $22.00. On average, they anticipate Nuance Communications' stock price to reach $18.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Nuance Communications.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation 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.
Has Nuance Communications been receiving favorable news coverage?
Press coverage about NUAN stock has trended negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Nuance Communications earned a daily sentiment score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news 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 impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Nuance Communications.
Are investors shorting Nuance Communications?
Nuance Communications saw a decrease in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 9,110,000 shares, a decrease of 10.2% from the August 30th total of 10,150,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,060,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.4 days. Approximately 3.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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), Twilio (TWLO), Atlassian (TEAM), Tableau Software (DATA), Symantec (SYMC), Crowdstrike (CRWD), TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE (TTWO), Okta (OKTA), Citrix Systems (CTXS), Paycom Software (PAYC), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Temenos (TMNSF), Docusign (DOCU), The Ultimate Software Group (ULTI) and Datadog (DDOG).
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 a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Penbrook Management LLC (0.02%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.00%) and Cerebellum GP LLC (0.00%). 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.
Which major investors are selling Nuance Communications stock?
NUAN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Penbrook Management 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.
Which major investors are buying Nuance Communications stock?
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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is Nuance Communications' stock price today?
One share of NUAN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.34.
How big of a company is Nuance Communications?
Nuance Communications has a market capitalization of $4.38 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.
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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