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Nuance Communications (Nuance Communications) PB Ratio : 11.33 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Nuance Communications PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-26), Nuance Communications's share price is $55.99. Nuance Communications's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2021 was $4.94. Hence, Nuance Communications's PB Ratio of today is 11.33.

Good Sign:

Nuance Communications Inc stock PB Ratio (=11.33) is close to 1-year low of 10.36

The historical rank and industry rank for Nuance Communications's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

NUAN' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.4   Med: 2.15   Max: 13.58
Current: 11.33

During the past 13 years, Nuance Communications's highest PB Ratio was 13.58. The lowest was 1.40. And the median was 2.15.

NUAN's PB Ratio is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 2.62 vs NUAN: 11.33

During the past 12 months, Nuance Communications's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 22.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -4.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -7.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -5.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Nuance Communications was 66.60% per year. The lowest was -47.90% per year. And the median was 6.10% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Nuance Communications PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nuance Communications's PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Chart

Nuance Communications Annual Data
Trend Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.04 2.51 1.87 8.21 10.63

Nuance Communications Quarterly Data
Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21
PB Ratio 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 10.89 11.11 10.35 10.63 11.20

Competitive Comparison of Nuance Communications's PB Ratio

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

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

* The bar in red indicates where Nuance Communications's PB Ratio falls into.



Nuance Communications PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Nuance Communications's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2021)
=55.99/4.94
=11.33

* 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:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Nuance Communications  (NAS:NUAN) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Nuance Communications (Nuance Communications) Business Description

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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
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Daniel David Tempesta officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer ONE WAYSIDE ROAD, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Sanjay Vaswani director
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Thomas L Beaudoin officer: EVP, Business Transformation NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 1 WAYSIDE ROAD, BURLINGTON MA 01803
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