GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Technology » Software » Nuance Communications Inc (NAS:NUAN) » Definitions » Gross Profit

Nuance Communications (Nuance Communications) Gross Profit : $801 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2021)


View and export this data going back to 1995. Start your Free Trial

What is Nuance Communications Gross Profit?

Nuance Communications's gross profit for the three months ended in Dec. 2021 was $182 Mil. Nuance Communications's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2021 was $801 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Nuance Communications's gross profit for the three months ended in Dec. 2021 was $182 Mil. Nuance Communications's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2021 was $321 Mil. Therefore, Nuance Communications's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2021 was 56.48%.

Nuance Communications had a gross margin of 56.48% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2021 => Durable competitive advantage

During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Nuance Communications was 63.37%. The lowest was 52.58%. And the median was 57.88%.


Nuance Communications Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nuance Communications's Gross Profit 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.

* Premium members only.

Nuance Communications Gross Profit Chart

Nuance Communications Annual Data
Trend Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21
Gross Profit
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 924.34 824.20 741.32 762.79 833.39

Nuance Communications Quarterly Data
Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21
Gross Profit 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 213.98 220.34 206.65 192.42 181.56

Competitive Comparison of Nuance Communications's Gross Profit

For the Software - Application subindustry, Nuance Communications's Gross Profit, along with its competitors' market caps and Gross Profit 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 Gross Profit Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Nuance Communications's Gross Profit distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nuance Communications's Gross Profit falls into.



Nuance Communications Gross Profit Calculation

Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.

Nuance Communications's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2021 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Sep. 2021 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=1362.379 - 528.991
=833

Nuance Communications's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Dec. 2021 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=321.435 - 139.877
=182

Gross Profit 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 $801 Mil.

Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin.

Nuance Communications's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Dec. 2021 )=Gross Profit (Q: Dec. 2021 ) / Revenue (Q: Dec. 2021 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=182 / 321.435
=56.48 %

* 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.

A positive Gross Profit is only the first step for a company to make a net profit. The gross profit needs to be big enough to also cover related labor, equipment, rental, marketing/advertising, research and development and a lot of other costs in selling the products.


Nuance Communications  (NAS:NUAN) Gross Profit Explanation

Warren Buffett believes that firms with excellent long term economics tend to have consistently higher margins.

Durable competitive advantage creates a high Gross Margin % because of the freedom to price in excess of cost. Companies can be categorized by their Gross Margin %

1. Greater than 40% = Durable competitive advantage
2. Less than 40% = Competition eroding margins
3. Less than 20% = no sustainable competitive advantage
Consistency of Gross Margin is key

Nuance Communications had a gross margin of 56.48% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2021 => Durable competitive advantage


Nuance Communications Gross Profit Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Nuance Communications's Gross Profit provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Nuance Communications (Nuance Communications) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
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