CERENCE INC CRNC
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 156727109 · ISIN US1567271093
American multinational software company that develops artificial intelligence assistant technology primarily for automobiles
- SectorTechnology
- IndustryServices-Prepackaged Software
- HeadquartersBurlington, MA
- Founded2019
- Websitecerence.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($21.1k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 41.8m as of 2024-08-01, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $2.83. Options: 8 managers hold calls ($999.8k notional), 13 hold puts ($5.7m).
Trends to Q2 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 230 |
| Q4 2022 | 222 |
| Q1 2023 | 228 |
| Q2 2023 | 227 |
| Q3 2023 | 217 |
| Q4 2023 | 218 |
| Q1 2024 | 189 |
| Q2 2024 | 187 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 85 | 112 |
| Q1 2023 | 96 | 94 |
| Q2 2023 | 95 | 96 |
| Q3 2023 | 93 | 104 |
| Q4 2023 | 88 | 111 |
| Q1 2024 | 82 | 100 |
| Q2 2024 | 91 | 106 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | $3.5m | $2.2m | 0.64 |
| Q4 2023 | $2.6m | $1.3m | 0.48 |
| Q1 2024 | $1.9m | $3.7m | 1.93 |
| Q2 2024 | $999.8k | $5.7m | 5.70 |
Biggest buyers
| AMERICAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +2.4m |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Added | +2.0m |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | New | +871.7k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | New | +730.1k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +700.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +540.2k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP | Added | +520.3k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | New | +516.0k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | +512.6k |
| PARADIGM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/NY | Added | +508.0k |
Biggest sellers
| Van Berkom & Associates Inc. | Sold out | -3.9m |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -3.7m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -2.6m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -1.3m |
| COOPER CREEK PARTNERS MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -883.5k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -861.7k |
| Aristotle Capital Boston, LLC | Sold out | -626.0k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -614.5k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | Reduced | -374.2k |
| ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC | Sold out | -373.2k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $224.1k79.2k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $220.2k77.8k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $184.5k65.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $161.0k57.0k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | New | $109.8k38.8k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | New | $56.0k19.8k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $44.1k15.6k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $1.7m590.1k shares |
| AQR Arbitrage LLC | New | $1.4m517.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $613.3k216.7k shares |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. | New | $467.0k1.0k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | New | $421.7k149.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $403.0k142.5k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $259.2k91.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $154.0k54.4k shares |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $148.6k52.5k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $62.8k22.2k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| PARADIGM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/NY 13G · institution +0.9 pts · filed 2026-05-15 | 5.6% |
| AMERICAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 13G · institution -1.3 pts · filed 2026-05-15 | 5.6% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 1 | $94.0k | 3 | $315.1k | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $154.3k | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $1.5m | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $1.0m | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $351.9k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-24 | Ortmanns Stefan Chief Executive Officer, director | Sold | $31.4k9.5k shares |
| 2024-06-03 | BEAUDOIN THOMAS L Director | Sold | $17.4k5.0k shares |
| 2024-05-22 | Ortmanns Stefan Chief Executive Officer, director | Sold | $20.3k5.2k shares |
| 2024-05-07 | BEAUDOIN THOMAS L Director | Sold | $52.9k5.5k shares |
| 2024-05-01 | BEAUDOIN THOMAS L Director | Sold | $45.1k5.0k shares |
| 2024-04-22 | Ortmanns Stefan Chief Executive Officer, director | Sold | $108.1k10.8k shares |
| 2024-04-01 | BEAUDOIN THOMAS L Director | Sold | $76.7k5.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.0m $11.3m | Reduced -1.3m |
| AMERICAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.37% of their portfolio | 3.9m $11.0m | Added +2.4m |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.3m $9.3m | Reduced -3.7m |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.7m $7.6m | Added +2.0m |
| PARADIGM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/NY 0.29% of their portfolio | 2.2m $6.3m | Added +508.0k |
| COOPER CREEK PARTNERS MANAGEMENT LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 1.6m $4.6m | Reduced -883.5k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $3.2m | Added +2.9k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $2.9m | Reduced -337.6k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 950.4k $2.7m | Added +24.1k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 945.7k $2.7m | Reduced -861.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 934.9k $2.6m | Reduced -2.6m |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 871.7k $2.5m | New |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 805.4k $2.3m | Added +700.6k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 730.1k $2.1m | New |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 698.7k $2.0m | Added +540.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 687.3k $1.9m | Reduced -614.5k |
| PINNACLE ASSOCIATES LTD 0.03% of their portfolio | 604.9k $1.7m | Reduced -15.3k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 601.1k $1.7m | Added +424.7k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 547.6k $1.5m | First filing |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 539.6k $1.5m | Added +512.6k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 536.3k $1.5m | Added +520.3k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 516.0k $1.5m | New |
| Meros Investment Management, LP 0.69% of their portfolio | 512.1k $1.4m | Added +8.1k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 491.7k $1.4m | Reduced -51.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 399.9k $1.1m | Added +161.0k |
| ACORN FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES INC /ADV 0.21% of their portfolio | 390.0k $1.1m | Added +304.5k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 377.8k $1.1m | Reduced -54.3k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 376.8k $1.1m | New |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 375.7k $1.1m | Added +317.6k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 302.3k $855.5k | Added +233.4k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 281.1k $795.4k | Added +74.8k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 276.8k $783.3k | Added +204.6k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 227.2k $643.1k | New |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 180.2k $509.9k | Reduced -299.9k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 169.3k $479.3k | Reduced -374.2k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 150.7k $410.0k | New |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 128.6k $363.9k | Added +43.0k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 119.1k $337.1k | New |
| STRS OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 113.4k $320.9k | New |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 112.5k $318.5k | Reduced -116.7k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 110.7k $313.3k | Added +54.6k |
| Legacy Advisors, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 108.4k $306.7k | Added +76.4k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 102.3k $289.4k | Added +62.8k |
| Kovack Advisors, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 102.2k $289.1k | Added +59.5k |
| Walleye Trading LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 100.0k $283.0k | New |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 98.2k $277.9k | New |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 93.4k $264.2k | Added +22.2k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 86.2k $243.9k | Added +34.5k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.3k $230.2k | Unchanged |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 80.7k $228.4k | New |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 80.0k $226.0k | New |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 74.5k $210.0k | New |
| Corton Capital Inc. 0.10% of their portfolio | 70.3k $198.9k | New |
| Point72 Asia (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 68.8k $194.8k | New |
| Leonteq Securities AG 0.03% of their portfolio | 67.8k $191.8k | Added +63.4k |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.7k $191.6k | New |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.9k $189.3k | Reduced -67.1k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.0k $184.2k | Added +41.5k |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 64.9k $183.7k | New |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.9k $183.6k | Reduced -185.8k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.6k $158.0k | Added +11.2k |
| Brevan Howard Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 50.7k $143.5k | New |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.1k $141.8k | Reduced -48.3k |
| WINTON GROUP Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 49.9k $141.1k | Reduced -11.6k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.7k $132.1k | New |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.0k $130.3k | Added +44.4k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.9k $121.3k | Reduced -69.3k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.6k $114.9k | Reduced -647 |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 40.6k $114.8k | New |
| OCCUDO QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIES LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 38.5k $109.1k | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.4k $103.1k | Added +9.8k |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.7k $101.1k | Reduced -4.8k |
| Redwood Wealth Management Group, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 35.7k $101.1k | Added +17.6k |
| CAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.2k $93.8k | Reduced -12.8k |
| Point72 (DIFC) Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 28.3k $80.0k | New |
| Centiva Capital, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.8k $78.7k | New |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.8k $73.1k | New |
| OXFORD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP 0.07% of their portfolio | 24.5k $69.3k | Not comparable |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.1k $62.6k | First filing |
| Cetera Investment Advisers 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.3k $60.3k | New |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 21.1k $59.8k | New |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.9k $53.6k | Added +18.9k |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.1k $51.3k | Reduced -5.0k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.1k $51.3k | Reduced -31.2k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.9k $47.8k | Reduced -211 |
| Rafferty Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.9k $47.7k | New |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.7k $47.4k | Added +16 |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.1k $45.6k | New |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.0k $45.2k | Reduced -3.2k |
| Vident Advisory, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.6k $44.2k | New |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.8k $41.9k | Reduced -18.5k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.2k $40.1k | Added +948 |
| PRAXIS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 13.9k $127.0k | Unchanged |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.4k $37.9k | Reduced -79.2k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.3k $37.7k | Added +11.6k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.7k $35.8k | Reduced -1.6k |
| Simplicity Wealth,LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.5k $35.4k | New |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.5k $35.4k | New |
| Carmel Capital Partners, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 11.9k $33.6k | Added +11 |
| ARIZONA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.7k $33.0k | Added +333 |