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18.62 (1y: -13%)
Market Cap 5.92 B P/E(ttm) 39.60
Enterprise Value 7.26 B P/B
NUAN- NAS (USA)
Nuance Communications, Inc.
  • Currently 2.5/5
Business Predictability Rank: 2.5-Star
Back Testing Results:
Average gain of all 2.5-Star stocks: 7.3% per year.
% of Stocks that are in still loss if held for 10yrs: 18%.
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GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company’s financial situation is. It is based on these factors

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest coverage (current year).
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better
3. Altman Z-score.

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

Financial Strength : 5/10

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industry		 vs
history
Cash to Debt No Debt
NUAN's Cash to Debt is ranked lower than
86% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 10000.00 vs. NUAN: No Debt )
NUAN' s 10-Year Cash to Debt Range
Min: 0.21   Max: No Debt
Current: No Debt
Interest Coverage 1.2
NUAN's Interest Coverage is ranked lower than
79% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 10000.00 vs. NUAN: 1.2 )
NUAN' s 10-Year Interest Coverage Range
Min: 1   Max: No Debt
Current: 1.2
F-Score: 6
Z-Score: 1.45
M-Score: -2.75
GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company’s business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin
2. Trend of the Operating Margin (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
••3. Consistency of the profitability
4. Piotroski F-Score
5. Predictability Rank•

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength Rank. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability & Growth : 6/10

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industry		 vs
history
Operating margin (%) 6.90
NUAN's Operating margin (%) is ranked higher than
67% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 5.40 vs. NUAN: 6.90 )
NUAN' s 10-Year Operating margin (%) Range
Min: -59.9   Max: 7.6
Current: 6.9
-59.9
7.6
Net-margin (%) 10
NUAN's Net-margin (%) is ranked higher than
95% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 3.50 vs. NUAN: 10 )
NUAN' s 10-Year Net-margin (%) Range
Min: -108.6   Max: 12.5
Current: 10
-108.6
12.5
Revenue Growth (%) 9
NUAN's Revenue Growth (%) is ranked higher than
87% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 4.20 vs. NUAN: 9 )
NUAN' s 10-Year Revenue Growth (%) Range
Min: 0.2   Max: 18.5
Current: 9
0.2
18.5
EBITDA Growth (%) 10.4
NUAN's EBITDA Growth (%) is ranked higher than
84% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 6.90 vs. NUAN: 10.4 )
NUAN' s 10-Year EBITDA Growth (%) Range
Min: -7.9   Max: 46
Current: 10.4
-7.9
46
» NUAN's 10-Y Financials

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Revenue & Net Income
Cash & Debt
Oprt. Cash Flow & Free Cash Flow

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Guru Trades
Q2 2012

NUAN Guru Trades in Q2 2012

Joel Greenblatt 17,882 sh (New)
Paul Tudor Jones 104,800 sh (+550.93%)
Meridian Funds 1,528,930 sh (+64.77%)
Paul Tudor Jones 50,000 sh (unchged)
Jean-Marie Eveillard 700 sh (unchged)
RS Investment Management Sold Out
Pioneer Investments 1,938,300 sh (-4.31%)
PRIMECAP Management 11,560,610 sh (-6.38%)
David Tepper 289,780 sh (-69.23%)
Steven Cohen 23,687 sh (-88.33%)
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Q3 2012

NUAN Guru Trades in Q3 2012

Jim Simons 487,155 sh (New)
Pioneer Investments 2,951,554 sh (+52.28%)
Jean-Marie Eveillard 700 sh (unchged)
Meridian Funds Sold Out
Joel Greenblatt Sold Out
David Tepper Sold Out
PRIMECAP Management 10,942,210 sh (-5.35%)
Paul Tudor Jones 98,800 sh (-5.73%)
Steven Cohen 10,902 sh (-53.97%)
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Q4 2012

NUAN Guru Trades in Q4 2012

Joel Greenblatt 35,923 sh (New)
Jim Simons 1,632,055 sh (+235.02%)
Steven Cohen 27,380 sh (+151.15%)
Paul Tudor Jones 151,000 sh (+52.83%)
Pioneer Investments 3,545,481 sh (+20.12%)
Paul Tudor Jones 50,000 sh (unchged)
Jean-Marie Eveillard 700 sh (unchged)
PRIMECAP Management 10,227,210 sh (-6.53%)
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Q1 2013

NUAN Guru Trades in Q1 2013

Carl Icahn 3,812,000 sh (New)
Steven Cohen 651,900 sh (+2280.93%)
Jean-Marie Eveillard 700 sh (unchged)
Joel Greenblatt Sold Out
Jim Simons Sold Out
PRIMECAP Management 9,918,200 sh (-3.02%)
Pioneer Investments 3,005,815 sh (-15.22%)
Paul Tudor Jones 15,600 sh (-89.67%)
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Insider Trades

Latest Guru Trades with NUAN

GuruDate Trades Impact to Portfolio Price Range * (?) Current Price Change from Average Current Shares
Carl Icahn 2013-03-31 New Buy0.45%$18.25 - $24.61 $ 18.62-11%3812000
Joel Greenblatt 2013-03-31 Sold Out 0.05%$18.25 - $24.61 $ 18.62-11%0
Joel Greenblatt 2012-12-31 New Buy0.05%$20.1 - $24.99 $ 18.62-16%35923
Meridian Funds 2012-09-30 Sold Out 1.2%$19.81 - $25.74 $ 18.62-19%0
David Tepper 2012-09-30 Sold Out 0.21%$19.81 - $25.74 $ 18.62-19%0
Joel Greenblatt 2012-09-30 Sold Out 0.03%$19.81 - $25.74 $ 18.62-19%0
Meridian Funds 2012-06-30 Add 64.77%0.47%$19.85 - $26.4 $ 18.62-18%1528930
David Tepper 2012-06-30 Reduce -69.23%0.41%$19.85 - $26.4 $ 18.62-18%289780
Joel Greenblatt 2012-06-30 New Buy0.03%$19.85 - $26.4 $ 18.62-18%17882
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Top Ranked Articles about Nuance Communications, Inc.

Icahn Increases Voice Recognition NUAN at 52-Week Low
May 1, 2013
Carl Icahn - Icahn Increases Voice Recognition NUAN At 52-Week Low
The GuruFocus 52-week low screener reveals that Nuance Communications Inc. (NUAN) is at a 52-week low of $18.94 (high was $25.89). According to the GuruFocus Value Screen for 52-week lows, NUAN is 26.8% off the high. But activist investor Guru Carl Icahn of Icahn Capital Management is putting his dough on this amazing voice recognition and imaging systems company that, in hindsight, has made television's old “The Jetsons” cartoon look like a kind of inspirational blueprint for today’s talking cars and interactive smart phones. Read more...
A Luddite Consumer Perspective - Icahn’s New Mega Buy, NUAN
April 4, 2013
Carl Icahn - A Luddite Consumer Perspective - Icahn’s New Mega Buy, NUAN
In 1926 Nikola Tesla, scientist, futurist and inventor, stated: "When wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being particles of a real and rhythmic whole." In the 1960s philosopher Marshall McLuhan’s vision of technology in a media-dominated global village was that it translates "our entire lives into the spiritual form of information" and unifies the entire globe and the human family into a single consciousness. Read more...

Ratios

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industry		 vs
history
P/E(ttm) 39.60
NUAN's P/E(ttm) is ranked higher than
65% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 25.05 vs. NUAN: 39.60 )
NUAN' s 10-Year P/E(ttm) Range
Min: 31.31   Max: 3137.14
Current: 39.6
31.31
3137.14
P/S 3.25
NUAN's P/S is ranked lower than
83% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 1.40 vs. NUAN: 3.25 )
NUAN' s 10-Year P/S Range
Min: 0.41   Max: 6.97
Current: 3.25
0.41
6.97
PFCF 16.05
NUAN's PFCF is ranked higher than
57% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 18.41 vs. NUAN: 16.05 )
NUAN' s 10-Year PFCF Range
Min: 10.75   Max: 361.67
Current: 16.05
10.75
361.67
EV-to-EBIT 70.63
NUAN's EV-to-EBIT is ranked higher than
54% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 18.35 vs. NUAN: 70.63 )
NUAN' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range
Min: 35.5   Max: 458.6
Current: 70.63
35.5
458.6
PEG 4.17
NUAN's PEG is ranked lower than
58% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 1.37 vs. NUAN: 4.17 )
NUAN' s 10-Year PEG Range
Min: 2.73   Max: 132.54
Current: 4.17
2.73
132.54
Shiller P/E 365.88
NUAN's Shiller P/E is ranked higher than
76% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 22.91 vs. NUAN: 365.88 )
NUAN' s 10-Year Shiller P/E Range
Min: 290.71   Max: 455.4
Current: 365.88
290.71
455.4

Valuation & Return

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industry		 vs
history
Price/DCF (Projected) 1.1
NUAN's Price/DCF (Projected) is ranked higher than
88% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 1.40 vs. NUAN: 1.1 )
NUAN' s 10-Year Price/DCF (Projected) Range
Min: 1.3   Max: 3.3
Current: 1.1
1.3
3.3
Price/Median PS Value 0.9
NUAN's Price/Median PS Value is ranked higher than
85% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 0.80 vs. NUAN: 0.9 )
NUAN' s 10-Year Price/Median PS Value Range
Min: 0.1   Max: 1.5
Current: 0.9
0.1
1.5
Price/Peter Lynch Fair Value 3
NUAN's Price/Peter Lynch Fair Value is ranked lower than
60% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 1.90 vs. NUAN: 3 )
NUAN' s 10-Year Price/Peter Lynch Fair Value Range
Min: 3.3   Max: 11.9
Current: 3
3.3
11.9
Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) 1.40
NUAN's Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) is ranked higher than
70% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 4.80 vs. NUAN: 1.40 )
NUAN' s 10-Year Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) Range
Min: 0.2   Max: 2.8
Current: 1.4
0.2
2.8
Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) 12.56
NUAN's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) is ranked higher than
83% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 6.38 vs. NUAN: 12.56 )
NUAN' s 10-Year Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) Range
Min: -18   Max: 89.8
Current: 12.56
-18
89.8

Business Description

Nuance Communications, Inc. was incorporated in 1992 as Visioneer, Inc. under the laws of the state of Delaware. In 1999, it changed its name to ScanSoft, Inc. In October 2005, The Company changed its name to Nuance Communications, Inc. The Company is a provider of voice and language 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 devices and systems. The Company's solutions are used every day by millions of people and thousands of businesses for tasks and services such as requesting information from a phone-based self-service solution, dictating medical records, searching the mobile Web by voice, entering a destination into a navigation system, or working with PDF documents. The Company's solutions help make these interactions, tasks and experiences more productive, compelling and efficient. The Company is organized in four segments: Healthcare, Mobile and Consumer, Enterprise, and Imaging. Healthcare segment provides comprehensive dictation and transcription solutions and services that automate the input and management of medical information. Mobile and Consumer segment's solutions and services include an integrated suite of voice control and text-to-speech solutions, dictation applications, predictive text technologies, mobile messaging services and emerging services such as dictation, Web search and voicemail-to-text. Enterprise segment delivers a portfolio of customer service business intelligence and authentication solutions that are designed to help companies' better support understand and communicate with their customers. Its imaging solutions offer optical character recognition technology to deliver accurate document scanning and storage. The Company markets and sells its products directly through a dedicated sales force and through its e-commerce website and also through a global network of resellers, including system integrators, independent software vendors, value-added resellers, hardware vendors, telecommunications carriers and distributors. The individual markets in which it competes are competitive and are subject to rapid technology changes. The Company's medical transcription services might be subject to legal claims for failure to comply with laws governing the confidentiality of medical records.
Company Website
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Industry: Software - Application
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Icahn Increases Voice Recognition NUAN at 52-Week Low May 01 2013 
A Luddite Consumer Perspective - Icahn’s New Mega Buy, NUAN Apr 04 2013 
Weekly CEO Sells Highlight: SIHI, ACOM, F, NUAN May 22 2011 
Primecap Q3 Portfolio: Buys Blackrock, Seattle Genetics, Smart Technologies, Mercury General Corp., Nov 10 2010 
Nuance Communications Inc. (NUAN) CEO & Chairman of the Board Paul Ricci sells 90,000 Shares Mar 05 2010 
Nuance Communications Inc. (NUAN) CEO & Chairman of the Board Paul Ricci sells 45,000 Shares Mar 03 2010 
Nuance Communications Inc. (NUAN) CEO & Chairman of the Board Paul Ricci sells 45,000 Shares Feb 18 2010 
Nuance Communications Inc. (NUAN) CEO & Chairman of the Board Paul Ricci sells 212,000 Shares Jan 05 2010 
Nuance Communications Inc. (NUAN) CEO & Chairman of the Board Paul Ricci sells 45,000 Shares Dec 23 2009 


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