Valuation
26% of the score, 30% here after data gaps
63median 50
Cerence Inc. is valued at 20.4x its operating profit, including debt: a rich multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
20.4x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
CRNCCerence Inc.
$8.35-32% 1Y
$8.35
$5.9652 weeks$13.10
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 35 out of 100, Below average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Below average. Cerence Inc. scores higher than 31% of the 2,291 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by earnings quality, held back by return on capital and return on new capital.
Technology median 43 · all companies 54
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time27
26
16
15
35
2022202320242025today
The biggest move was up 20 points from 2025 to today, mostly valuation.
Return on capital
18% of the score, 20% here after data gaps
0median 23
Over 6 years the business earned -11% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
-11%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
6 years agolatest -0.4%
Return on new capital
16% of the score, 18% here after data gaps
0median 33
No operating profit over the period, so nothing was earned to reinvest.
Capital allocation
14% of the score, 16% here after data gaps
52median 63
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 3.5% a year over 5 years: new shares
195%
-3%
3.5%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew -18% a year, sales -5.3%
10012%
-2%
-13%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
Taken out: its 12% is shared by the others
n/ano data
Margins have been too thin to measure a cycle against.
Balance sheet
8% of the score, 9% here after data gaps
13median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA4.7x a year of EBITDA
04.5x
0.5x
4.7x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 4x
271.5x
12x
4.3x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score, 7% here after data gaps
100median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 12% of assets
1008%
0%
-8%
-12%
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. For CRNC, cycle position could not be measured from the filings, so it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.
Software, Application
Ranks #46 of 96 by RyuScore