CERENCE INC (CRNC)
Information Technology · Automotive AI software · NASDAQ
Cerence is a leading provider of conversational AI platforms that transform in-vehicle experiences for major global automakers through edge and cloud-integrated virtual assistants.
What CERENCE INC does
Cerence develops conversational and agentic AI solutions, primarily for the automotive and transportation markets. Its platform provides a hybrid architecture of edge and cloud-connected software that enables voice-powered, customized virtual assistants for vehicle interfaces, as well as audio and communications AI for noise reduction and interaction. The company operates on a white-label basis, serving major global automotive OEMs and their tier-one suppliers.
Recent developments
In August 2026, the company announced its first-ever $30 million share repurchase program and reported a new multi-brand Cerence xUI award with Stellantis. Additionally, the company secured its first customer win for its Mobile Work Agent product.
From CERENCE INC's filing of 2026-08-06.
Themes: automotive AI, conversational AI, generative AI, edge computing, in-car user experience, agentic AI
Fundamentals
- Price$8.34 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$377M as of 2026-07-31 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return-30.3% 2025-10-08 close $11.96 → 2026-10-08 close $8.34
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-7.4% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Gross margin+72.7% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE-12.4% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity1.09 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)+18.8% as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-8.4% SEC XBRL
- Beta2.39 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-08-06 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How CRNC compares in its sector
- net profit marginmiddle range 380 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- operating marginmiddle range 375 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- gross marginmiddle range 311 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- return on equitybottom 25% 370 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 10% 385 covered Information Technology peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 382 covered Information Technology peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Information Technology companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
How CERENCE INC looks technically
CERENCE INC (CRNC) is trading 9.5% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 35 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 14, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 54, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 6 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 8 trading days ago. It is 39.3% below its highest point of the past year. Day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 2% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 9.5% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -9.5% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $8.32 | $8.32 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $9.22 | $9.22 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 9 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 9 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed three-part downward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes below 7.61. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible three-wave downward correction, complete (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 35 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 35 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 14, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 14.2 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 54, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 54.2 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the top of its 14-day range ($7.61 to $8.40) — its "stochastic" reading is 92 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 92.4 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 6 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 6 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $13.74 | $13.74 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 39.3% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -39.3% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 42.6% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +42.6% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 39.3% below its highest point of the past year | 39.3% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 8 trading days ago | 8 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 33 trading days ago | 33 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $139.00 (set on 2021-02-16) | $139.00 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($5.96 to $13.10), and it has given back well over two thirds of its rise from last year’s low — 67% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $8.46 to $8.69. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 66.7% |
| From the all-time high | it is 94.0% below its all-time high | -94.0% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 3.8% above a support level at $8.02 — a price it turned at five times since 2025-05-21, most recently on 2026-08-07. Since 2024-10-08 it has 4 such levels below the current price and 12 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -3.8% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $2.34 (set on 2024-08-07) | $2.34 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 256.4% above its all-time low | +256.4% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 2% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move | 2nd percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.3613 between its high and its low — about 4.3% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.3613 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $7.63 and $8.49 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $7.63 – $8.06 – $8.49 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 4.3% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 4.3% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 2.4 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (9.5% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 2.4 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.51× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | 2 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 2 sessions ago |
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| Since a bullish engulfing | 1 session ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 1 session ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.7% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -0.7% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.5% gap up opened on 2026-10-02 has been "filled" 4 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 4 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed higher 3 sessions in a row, a +4.25% move over the run — an unbroken run of up days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 3 sessions up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 0.1 percentage points (the stock gained 1.0% while the market gained 1.0%) | -0.1% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 21.8 percentage points (the stock lost 18.0% while the market gained 3.8%) | -21.8% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 7.1 percentage points (the stock gained 10.3% while the market gained 17.5%) | -7.1% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 45.2 percentage points (the stock lost 30.3% while the market gained 15.0%) | -45.3% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bullish state: MACD momentum is positive — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, lagging the market over 6 months, near the top of its 14-day range (overbought), trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 0.0% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thick, spanning 17.6% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | -0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 10% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $9.27 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -10.1% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 1% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-06 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $8.27 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 45 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +0.8% |
Double bottom, bullish — forming · entry $8.53 · 32 sessions in
Price levels it has turned at before
CRNC last closed at $8.34 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 4 prices below its last close and 12 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $8.02 | Support | 3.8% below the last close | turned there five times · 2025-05-21 to 2026-08-07 |
| $8.70 | Resistance | 4.3% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-05-08 to 2026-09-03 |
| $9.00 | Resistance | 7.9% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-03-10 to 2026-05-20 |
| $7.63 | Support | 8.6% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-11-18 to 2026-09-29 |
| $9.19 | Resistance | 10.1% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-04-21 to 2026-05-08 |
| $7.47 | Support | 10.4% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-03-17 to 2026-08-24 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a three-part downward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $7.61.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones. It was chosen from 3 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
This reading has stood for 9 trading days, since 2026-09-28.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · in a Bollinger Band volatility squeeze · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · lagging the market · At the top of its 14-day range (stochastic above 80) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low · bollinger bands
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$10.75 range $9.00 – $12.00; median $11.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-08. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for CRNC
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.22 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-08
- Estimate change, 30 days$0.00 (0.0%) from $0.22, on 2026-09-03, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward0% of 6 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Dependence on the automotive industry and vehicle production volumes","Unpredictable revenue from intellectual property licensing activities","Execution and realization risks related to multi-year customer contracts"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of CRNC's 10-Q filed 2026-08-06 against the prior one filed 2026-05-07.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer MD&A adds a paragraph stating that on August 5, 2026, the Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to $30 million of outstanding common stock, with a 12-month term expiring in August 2027 unless extended, renewed, or earlier terminated, and referencing 'Liquidity and Capital Resources – Share Repurchase Program' below.
- Newer MD&A adds 'potential stock repurchases' and 'expectations regarding fixed license contracts' to the list of forward-looking statement topics.
- Newer MD&A changes the periods discussed in the Key Financial Metrics section to 'three and nine months ended June 30, 2026' and 'three months ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2025'.
- Removed:
- Older MD&A's Key Financial Metrics section included bullet points for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025 (total revenue decreased by $13.8 million to $64.2 million, operating margin decreased 26.1 percentage points to negative 3.8%, cash provided by operating activities decreased by $1.4 million to $14.1 million).
- Older MD&A's Key Financial Metrics section included bullet points for the six months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the six months ended March 31, 2025 (total revenue increased by $50.4 million to $179.3 million, operating margin increased 14.7 percentage points to positive 15.0%, cash provided by operating activities increased by $27.3 million to $52.0 million).
- Reworded:
- Newer MD&A changes 'macroeconomic conditions' to 'macroeconomicmic conditions' (a likely typographical error) in the forward-looking statements paragraph.
- Newer MD&A changes the referenced interim periods in the introductory cautionary note from 'three and six months ended March 31, 2026' to 'three and nine months ended June 30, 2026'.
- Newer MD&A changes the Basis of Presentation operating results reference from 'three and six months ended March 31, 2026' to 'three and nine months ended June 30, 2026'.
- Newer MD&A changes the Key Financial Metrics comparison from March 31, 2026 periods to June 30, 2026 periods, with new figures: total revenue of $69.6 million vs $62.2 million, operating margin of positive 2.7% vs negative 1.5%, and cash provided by operating activities of $20.0 million vs $23.7 million.
- Notes:
- The newer MD&A text appears truncated at 'For the nine months ended Jun' within the Key Financial Metrics section, so additions or removals beyond that point could not be assessed.
- The word 'macroeconomicmic' appears in the newer text and may be a typographical artifact of the source document.
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-08-06) includes a new risk factor titled 'There can be no assurance that our share repurchase program will be consummated or that we will mitigate dilution posed by share issuances through the repurchase of our common stock.'
- The new risk factor discloses that the Board of Directors has authorized share repurchase authority of up to $30 million under the share repurchase program.
- Reworded:
- In Item 5, the newer filing (2026-08-06) states 'During the three-month period ended June 30, 2026' while the older filing (2026-05-07) states 'During the three-month period ended March 31, 2026'.
- In the signatures section, the newer filing (2026-08-06) is dated August 6, 2026, while the older filing (2026-05-07) is dated May 7, 2026.
- In the table of contents page number for Item 6, the newer filing (2026-08-06) uses page number 48 while the older filing (2026-05-07) uses page number 47.
- Notes:
- The older filing's risk factor text appears in the newer filing verbatim for the intellectual property enforcement risk factor, including the $49.5 million Samsung litigation disclosure.
- The provided texts include content beyond the Risk Factors section (Item 5, Item 6, signatures), so changes in those adjacent sections are also reported.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 1 open-market sale by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 1 sell ($229508) — 1 selling insider
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 1 sell ($229508) — 1 selling insider
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-10. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about CRNC's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding CRNC as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 7,278,387
- Reported value $82,391,347
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 4 increased, 1 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
CRNC had 6,071,955 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
CRNC had 13.4% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 10.08 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 6,071,955
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 13.4%
- Prior settlement (shares) 6,111,791
- Reported change -0.65%
- Days to cover (reported) 10.08
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- SoundHound AI (SOUN)
- Nuance Communications (Microsoft) (MSFT)
- Google (GOOG) (Android Automotive)
- Apple (AAPL) (CarPlay)
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Frequently asked questions
What does CERENCE INC (CRNC) do?
Cerence develops conversational and agentic AI solutions, primarily for the automotive and transportation markets. Its platform provides a hybrid architecture of edge and cloud-connected software that enables voice-powered, customized virtual assistants for vehicle interfaces, as well as audio and communications AI for noise reduction and interaction. The company operates on a white-label basis, serving major global automotive OEMs and their tier-one suppliers.
What sector is CERENCE INC (CRNC) in?
CERENCE INC (CRNC) is classified in the Information Technology sector. Its industry is Automotive AI software. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are CERENCE INC's (CRNC) competitors?
Notable peers of CERENCE INC (CRNC) include SoundHound AI, Nuance Communications (Microsoft), Google (GOOG) (Android Automotive) and Apple (AAPL) (CarPlay). This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is CERENCE INC (CRNC) overbought or oversold right now?
CERENCE INC (CRNC) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 54, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on CRNC come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.