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Nuance Communications (Nuance Communications) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 117.63 (As of May. 04, 2024)


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What is Nuance Communications Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-04), Nuance Communications's share price is $55.99. Nuance Communications's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2021 was $0.48. Hence, Nuance Communications's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 117.63.

The historical rank and industry rank for Nuance Communications's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

NUAN' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.65   Med: 14.09   Max: 117.63
Current: 117.63

During the past 13 years, Nuance Communications's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 117.63. The lowest was 6.65. And the median was 14.09.

NUAN's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 22.96 vs NUAN: 117.63

Nuance Communications's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2021 was $0.01. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $0.48.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Nuance Communications was -30.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -21.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -16.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -3.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, Nuance Communications's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 102.60% per year. The lowest was 0.00% per year. And the median was 6.80% per year.


Nuance Communications Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nuance Communications's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Nuance Communications Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Nuance Communications Annual Data
Trend Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.41 11.03 11.32 48.52 84.81

Nuance Communications Quarterly Data
Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 64.65 66.22 75.82 84.81 116.22

Competitive Comparison of Nuance Communications's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Software - Application subindustry, Nuance Communications's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Nuance Communications's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Nuance Communications's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nuance Communications's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Nuance Communications Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Nuance Communications's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=55.99/0.476
=117.63

Nuance Communications's Share Price of today is $55.99.
Nuance Communications's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2021 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.48.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Nuance Communications  (NAS:NUAN) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Nuance Communications (Nuance Communications) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1 Wayside Road, Burlington, MA, USA, 01803
Nuance Communications Inc is the pioneer in conversational AI innovations that bring intelligence to everyday work and life. The company delivers solutions that understand, analyze, and respond to people amplifying human intelligence to increase productivity and security. Its operating segment includes Healthcare; Enterprise; and Other. The company generates maximum revenue from the Healthcare segment. Its Healthcare segment is primarily engaged in providing clinical speech and clinical language understanding solutions that improve the clinical documentation process, from capturing the complete patient record to improving clinical documentation and quality measures for reimbursement. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States.
Executives
Lloyd Carney director C/O MICROMUSE INC, 139 TOWNSEND ST, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Robert Dahdah officer: Executive Vice President and C C/O NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. ONE WAYSIDE ROAD BURLINGTON MA 01803
Mark D Benjamin director, officer: Chief Executive Officer NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 1 WAYSIDE ROAD, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Robert Weideman officer: EVP & GM, Enterprise Division C/O SCANSOFT INC 9 CENTENNIAL DR PEABODY MA 01960
Daniel David Tempesta officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer ONE WAYSIDE ROAD, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Sanjay Vaswani director
Joseph Carl Petro officer: Executive Vice President & Chi THREE RAVINIA DRIVE ATLANTA 2Q 30346
Arthur G. Giterman officer: SVP & Chief Accounting Officer 26 ELDRED STREET LEXINGTON MA 02420
Wendy Cassity officer: EVP & Chief Legal Officer C/O XPO, INC., FIVE AMERICAN LANE, GREENWICH CT 06831
Thomas L Beaudoin officer: EVP, Business Transformation NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 1 WAYSIDE ROAD, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Mark R Laret director VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC 3100 HANSEN WAY MAIL STOP E327 PALO ALTO CA 94304
Daniel J. Brennan director BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, 300 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC WAY, MARLBOROUGH MA 01752-1234
Robert J Finocchio director C/O ALTERA CORP 101 INNOVATION DRIVE SAN JOSE CA 95134
Thomas D Ebling director C/O DEMANDWARE, INC. 5 WALL STREET BURLINGTON MA 01803
Laura S. Kaiser director 10101 WOODFIELD LANE, ST. LOUIS MO 63132

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