Who owns Cerence (CRNC)?
96 holders named in SEC filings declare between 69.9% and 90.1% of Cerence's shares outstanding, as of Aug 10, 2026. The largest are BlackRock (10.0%), Vanguard (8.7%) and PARADIGM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/NY (5.6%); the five largest hold 33.4% together. Another 107 institutions hold small positions worth 1.1%. At least 8.8% of the shares appear in no ownership filing: investors who do not have to report, mostly individuals. From Mar 31, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, institutions that filed both quarters bought 10.6% and sold 7.7% of the shares, a net purchase of 2.9%; 27 opened a position, 68 added, 56 reduced and 25 sold out. Biggest buyers: BlackRock (+373,017 shares) and Morgan Stanley (+313,288 shares). Biggest sellers: Marshall Wace (-500,023) and Two Sigma (-354,015). Directors and officers, from their latest Form 4: Brian M. Krzanich (3.8%), Jennifer Salinas (1.5%) and Antonio Rodriquez (1.3%). Over time, 188 managers declared Cerence in their 13F for Q2 2026, against 197 for Q4 2019: together at most 82.8% of the shares outstanding, against 84.3%.
| Holder | Filing | Share of capital | As of | Holding since (13F) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 13F | 10.0% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Vanguard | 13F | 8.7% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| PARADIGM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/NY | 13F | 5.6% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| American Capital Management, Inc. | 13F | 5.3% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2021 |
| Brian M. Krzanich | Form 4 | 3.8% | Jan 9, 2026 | — |
| No Street GP LP | 13F | 3.4% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q1 2025 |
| One Fin Capital Management LP | 13F | 3.2% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q3 2025 |
| Dimensional | 13F | 3.1% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Goldman Sachs | 13F | 3.0% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. | 13F | 2.8% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| State Street | 13F | 2.8% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Geode Capital | 13F | 2.6% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| AQR | 13F | 2.6% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q2 2024 |
| Two Sigma | 13F | 1.8% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2020 |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 13F | 1.7% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q1 2023 |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | 13F | 1.7% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q2 2024 |
| Nuveen | 13F | 1.6% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Morgan Stanley | 13F | 1.6% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Jennifer Salinas | Form 4 | 1.5% | Aug 10, 2026 | — |
| Antonio Rodriquez | Form 4 | 1.3% | Jan 9, 2026 | — |
| Marshall Wace | 13F | 1.2% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q1 2024 |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP | 13F | 1.2% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q3 2025 |
| Mirae Asset | 13F | 0.86% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q2 2020 |
| Northern Trust | 13F | 0.84% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Trexquant Investment LP | 13F | 0.82% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2025 |
Cerence institutional ownership over time
| Quarter | 13F managers | Share of the company (upper bound) | Value declared | Held by stock pickers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2019 | 197 | 84.3% | $700.8M | 64.0% |
| Q4 2020 | 304 | 98.5% | $3.7B | 59.6% |
| Q4 2021 | 336 | 100.3% | $3.0B | 57.3% |
| Q4 2022 | 212 | 91.1% | $674.2M | 41.3% |
| Q4 2023 | 213 | 92.6% | $748.7M | 39.5% |
| Q4 2024 | 155 | 77.2% | $259.7M | 59.4% |
| Q4 2025 | 192 | 74.8% | $359.3M | 61.4% |
| Q2 2026 | 188 | 82.8% | $422.9M | 62.4% |
From SEC Form 13F, every quarter since the end of 2019, read like the current quarter: entities of a house summed, a value contradicting its share count set aside. The share of the company is an upper bound — two managers can declare the same shares — over the shares outstanding at that date.