Nuance Communications (Nuance Communications) Cash-to-Debt : 0.10 (As of Dec. 2021)

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What is Nuance Communications Cash-to-Debt?

Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Nuance Communications's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2021 was 0.10.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Nuance Communications couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2021.

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

NUAN' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.1 Med: 0.51 Max: No Debt
Current: 0.1

During the past 13 years, Nuance Communications's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was No Debt. The lowest was 0.10. And the median was 0.51.

NUAN's Cash-to-Debt is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 2.415 vs NUAN: 0.10

Nuance Communications Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nuance Communications's Cash-to-Debt 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.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Nuance Communications Cash-to-Debt Chart

Nuance Communications Annual Data

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Sep21

Cash-to-Debt

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0.32

0.21

0.39

0.22

0.21

Nuance Communications Quarterly Data
	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17	Dec17	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.22	0.25	0.28	0.21	0.10

Competitive Comparison of Nuance Communications's Cash-to-Debt

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

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

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

Nuance Communications Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Nuance Communications's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2021 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	209.475	/	(397.521	+	580.215)
	=	0.21

Nuance Communications's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	91.949	/	(371.539	+	575.629)
	=	0.10

Nuance Communications (NAS:NUAN) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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Nuance Communications (Nuance Communications) Business Description

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1 Wayside Road, Burlington, MA, USA, 01803

Website

http://www.nuance.com

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