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 stock has 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) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The software maker reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.04. The software maker had revenue of $369.55 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.29 earnings per share. View Nuance Communications' earnings history.

Nuance Communications announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, August 8th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 10.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Nuance Communications updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 7th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.76-0.86 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS 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 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Nuance Communications' stock. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $31.00. On average, they anticipate Nuance Communications' stock price to reach $24.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.7%. View analysts' price targets for Nuance Communications.

Press coverage about NUAN stock has been trending somewhat negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Nuance Communications earned a news sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the software maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Nuance Communications.

Nuance Communications saw a increase in short interest in 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 trading volume of 3,660,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.2 days. Currently, 4.2% of the shares of the company 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]