NASDAQ:NUAN - Nuance Communications Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Nuance Communications declared that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, August 8th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 10.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 20th. The software maker reported $0.34 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.28 by $0.06. The software maker had revenue of $471.97 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $486.13 million. Nuance Communications had a net margin of 11.83% and a return on equity of 12.42%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 2.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.38 EPS. View Nuance Communications' Earnings History.

Nuance Communications is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Nuance Communications.

Nuance Communications will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Nuance Communications updated its first quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $$0.22-0.26 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $$400-416 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $$393 million.

4 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Nuance Communications' shares. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $27.00. On average, they expect Nuance Communications' stock price to reach $22.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Nuance Communications.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nuance Communications in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Nuance Communications.

News headlines about NUAN stock have been trending positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Nuance Communications earned a daily sentiment score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the software maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Nuance Communications.

Nuance Communications saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 10,370,000 shares, an increase of 8.7% from the November 28th total of 9,540,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,600,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.0 days. Currently, 3.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Nuance Communications' Current Options Chain.

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Nuance Communications' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.50%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.18%), Mcrae Capital Management Inc. (0.13%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.03%) and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.02%). Company insiders that own Nuance Communications stock include Alvaro Monserrat, Arthur G Giterman, Daniel David Tempesta, Mark D Benjamin, Mark R Laret, Nuance Communications, Inc, Robert Weideman, Stefan Ortmanns, Thomas L Beaudoin and Wendy Cassity. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Nuance Communications.

NUAN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Penbrook Management LLC, Arden Trust Co and IFP Advisors Inc. Company insiders that have sold Nuance Communications company stock in the last year include Arthur G Giterman, Daniel David Tempesta, Mark D Benjamin, Mark R Laret, Nuance Communications, Inc, Robert Weideman, Stefan Ortmanns, Thomas L Beaudoin and Wendy Cassity. View Insider Buying and Selling for Nuance Communications.

NUAN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Mcrae Capital Management Inc., Sciencast Management LP, Equitec Specialists LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . View Insider Buying and Selling for 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.

One share of NUAN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.05.

Nuance Communications has a market capitalization of $5.70 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.View Additional Information About Nuance Communications.

The official website for Nuance Communications is http://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]