Both in Packaged Software

i3 Verticals vs Cerence

Over the past year IIIV returned −42.8% and CRNC returned −24.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.14.

IIIV −42.8% CRNC −24.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricIIIVCRNC
Price$17.58$8.09
Market cap$316.8M$365.9M
Today+1.56%−1.22%
1 month+21.6%−0.1%
6 months−24.7%−16.3%
Year to date−30.2%−24.3%
1 year−44.7%−27.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+2.2%+11.8%
Gross margin69.3%76.0%
Net margin6.6%2.2%
P/E (TTM)37.2×—
Price / sales1.5×1.2×
Net cash-$111.6M-$45.9M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)58.5%44.8%
Short % of float17.2%13.1%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).