Nuance Communications

American company developing imaging and voice recognition software
Organization business Q1137289
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 11 annual filings
Revenue
$1.36B
▲ 6.1% YoY FY2021
Net Income
-$26.73M
▼ 224.9% YoY FY2021
Assets
$3.39B
▼ 5.8% YoY FY2021
EPS (diluted)
$-0.09
▼ 212.5% YoY FY2021
$0.00$546.45M$1.09B$1.64B$2.19B FY2011: $1.39B · NI $38.24M (2.7% margin)FY2012: $1.74B · NI $207.13M (11.9% margin)FY2013: $1.96B · NI -$115.24M (-5.9% margin)FY2014: $1.99B · NI -$150.34M (-7.6% margin)FY2015: $1.98B · NI -$115.01M (-5.8% margin)FY2016: $1.98B · NI -$12.46M (-0.6% margin)FY2017: $1.73B · NI -$151.00M (-8.7% margin)FY2018: $1.57B · NI -$159.93M (-10.2% margin)FY2019: $1.27B · NI $213.81M (16.8% margin)FY2020: $1.28B · NI $21.40M (1.7% margin)FY2021: $1.36B · NI -$26.73M (-2.0% margin) '11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21
Revenue Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2021-09-30 · accession 0001002517-21-000052

Nuance Communications

Summary

Nuance Communications is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (159 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nuance Communications was a member of Linux Foundation[3].
  • Nuance Communications is in the country of United States[4].
  • Nuance Communications's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Nuance Communications's instance of is recorded as software company[6].
  • Nuance Communications's instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • Nuance Communications's instance of is recorded as public company[8].
  • Nuance Communications's owned by is recorded as Microsoft[9].
  • Nuance Communications's logo image is recorded as Nuance Communications logo 2018.svg[10].
  • Nuance Communications's headquarters location is recorded as Burlington[11].
  • Nuance Communications's headquarters location is recorded as Burlington[12].
  • Nuance Communications's chief executive officer is recorded as Mark Benjamin[13].
  • Nuance Communications's ISNI is recorded as 0000000404076563[14].
  • Nuance Communications's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 134150538[15].
  • Nuance Communications's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 156083835[16].
  • Nuance Communications's child organization or unit is recorded as Nuance Communications (Belgium)[17].
  • Nuance Communications's child organization or unit is recorded as Nuance Communications (Canada)[18].
  • Nuance Communications's child organization or unit is recorded as Nuance Communications (Austria)[19].
  • Nuance Communications's child organization or unit is recorded as Nuance (Italy)[20].
  • Nuance Communications's child organization or unit is recorded as Nuance Communications (United Kingdom)[21].
  • Nuance Communications's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[22].
  • Nuance Communications's industry is recorded as software industry[23].
  • +1992-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Nuance Communications[24].
  • Nuance Communications's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03m92m[25].
  • Nuance Communications's location of formation is recorded as United States[26].
  • Nuance Communications's parent organization or unit is recorded as Microsoft[27].

Body

Founding

+1992-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Nuance Communications[24]. Its location of formation is recorded as United States[26].

Leadership

Nuance Communications's chief executive officer is recorded as Mark Benjamin[13].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Burlington[11], a town in the United States[28], in United States[29], founded in 1640[30]. Nuance Communications's parent organization or unit is recorded as Microsoft[27]. Subsidiaries include it (Belgium)[17], it (Canada)[18], it (Austria)[19], Nuance (Italy)[20], and it (United Kingdom)[21].

Industry

Nuance Communications's industry is recorded as software industry[23].

Ownership

Nuance Communications's owned by is recorded as Microsoft[9]. Its stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[22]. Products include software[31] and Q113952418[32].

Why It Matters

Nuance Communications ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (159 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . GRID Release 2017-05-22. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . GRID Release 2017-05-22. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [3] . linuxfoundation.org. Retrieved . linuxfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . National Software Reference Library. wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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