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Nuance Communications (Nuance Communications) Operating Income : $69 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2021)


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What is Nuance Communications Operating Income?

Nuance Communications's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2021 was $-13 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2021 was $69 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Nuance Communications's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2021 was $-13 Mil. Nuance Communications's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2021 was $321 Mil. Therefore, Nuance Communications's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2021 was -4.01%.

Good Sign:

Nuance Communications Inc operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

Nuance Communications's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 1.60% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Nuance Communications's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2021 was -2.48%. Nuance Communications's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2021 was -37.54%.


Nuance Communications Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nuance Communications's Operating Income 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 Operating Income Chart

Nuance Communications Annual Data
Trend Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21
Operating Income
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 104.14 51.49 79.11 79.10 122.70

Nuance Communications Quarterly Data
Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21
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Nuance Communications Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income 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 $69 Mil.

* 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.


Nuance Communications  (NAS:NUAN) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Nuance Communications's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as:

ROC % (Q: Dec. 2021 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (Q: Sep. 2021 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2021 ))/ count )
=-51.524 * ( 1 - -69.25% )/( (3559.883 + 3477.788)/ 2 )
=-87.20437/3518.8355
=-2.48 %

where

Invested Capital(Q: Sep. 2021 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=3386.653 - 151.574 - ( 209.475 - max(0, 928.349 - 603.545+209.475))
=3559.883

Invested Capital(Q: Dec. 2021 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=3236.557 - 124.128 - ( 91.949 - max(0, 841.163 - 475.804+91.949))
=3477.788

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2021) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Nuance Communications's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Dec. 2021 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Sep. 2021  Q: Dec. 2021
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=-85.392/( ( (229.326 + max(-136.758, 0)) + (225.609 + max(-85.769, 0)) )/ 2 )
=-85.392/( ( 229.326 + 225.609 )/ 2 )
=-85.392/227.4675
=-37.54 %

where Working Capital is:

Working Capital(Q: Sep. 2021 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(162.292 + 0 + 231.778) - (151.574 + 242.89 + 136.364)
=-136.758

Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2021 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(180.171 + 0 + 203.684) - (124.128 + 262.892 + 82.604)
=-85.769

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2021) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

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

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2021 )/Revenue (Q: Dec. 2021 )
=-12.881/321.435
=-4.01 %

* 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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Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.


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Nuance Communications (Nuance Communications) Business Description

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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.
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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
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