Stocks · Technology · Software - Infrastructure
Datavault AI Inc. DVLT
$0.15 -1.03% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $131.8M
Strong growthWeak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 13, 2026
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Three things to know
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $44.4M, up 899.5% from a year earlier, slowing from 1191.9% a quarter earlier.
- Operating margin widened to -153.3% from -754.1% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 967.3% in a year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 1%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 3%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 1%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 8%
- Gross marginBottom 25%
- Operating marginBottom 7%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 7%
- Interest coverBottom 16%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 1%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 2%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 3%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 41%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 1%
- 6-month returnBottom 1%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 1%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 1%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 5%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 1%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 2%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 36%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1191.9% | 899.5% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 12.4% | 33.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -754.1% | -153.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -484.0% | -206.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 899.5% | 1191.9% | ↓ | Top 1% |
| Gross margin | 33.4% | 12.4% | ↑ | Bottom 25% |
| Operating margin | -153.3% | -754.1% | ↑ | Bottom 7% |
| Net margin | -391.1% | -1309.8% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -206.6% | -484.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -26.6% | — | Bottom 8% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 126.5% | — | Top 3% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -29.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 34.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +2660.5 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -14.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -65.62%
- Shareholder yield
- -65.62%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +967.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +589.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 19, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -5.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $4.00
- Target vs current price
- +2495.7%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | -300.0% | -23.4% | -20.0% | -54.3% | — |
| May 15, 2026 | +37.5% | -12.2% | -28.7% | -39.1% | -47.7% |
| Mar 19, 2026 | +101.3% | -14.3% | -34.4% | -9.9% | -61.6% |
| Nov 14, 2025 | -371.4% | +18.8% | +13.0% | -10.4% | -51.9% |
| Aug 18, 2025 | -285.7% | +2.0% | -9.0% | -27.1% | +255.2% |
| May 15, 2025 | -28.6% | -4.0% | +15.9% | +1.6% | -48.9% |
| Apr 1, 2025 | -365.8% | -5.9% | -21.7% | -0.9% | -13.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | -$0.12 | -$0.03 | -300.0% | $6.7M |
| May 15, 2026 | -$0.05 | -$0.08 | +37.5% | $3.4M |
| Mar 19, 2026 | $0.00 | -$0.09 | +101.3% | $33.8M |
| Nov 14, 2025 | -$0.33 | -$0.07 | -371.4% | $2.9M |
| Aug 18, 2025 | -$0.54 | -$0.14 | -285.7% | $1.7M |
| May 15, 2025 | -$0.18 | -$0.14 | -28.6% | $629,000 |
| Apr 1, 2025 | -$1.77 | -$0.38 | -365.8% | $902,000 |
| Nov 15, 2024 | -$1.39 | -$0.65 | -115.5% | $1.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 3.08× | — | — | Top 41% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -69.52% | — | — | Bottom 2% |
| Earnings yield | -351.27% | — | — | Bottom 1% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -23.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -23.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -40.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -71.7%
- RSI (14)
- 33.1
- Relative volume
- 0.33×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 132.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 60th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.63
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.14
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -95.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -95.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2025 | Sep 24, 2026 | -95.6% | 229 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 15, 2025 | Sep 3, 2025 | -82.8% | 158 days | 23 days (Oct 6, 2025) |
| Oct 7, 2025 | Oct 13, 2025 | -32.8% | 4 days | 6 days (Oct 21, 2025) |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Oct 22, 2025 | -15.4% | 1 days | 2 days (Oct 24, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $131.8M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.54
- Revenue (TTM)
- $44.4M
- 52-week range
- $0.14 – $4.10
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.5M | $3.4M | $2.1M | $2.7M | $39.1M |
| Gross profit | $1.9M | $395,000 | -$3.5M | $376,000 | $15.7M |
| Operating income | -$11.5M | -$18.0M | -$21.5M | -$21.1M | -$32.5M |
| Net income | -$11.8M | -$16.2M | -$18.7M | -$51.4M | -$79.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$15,779.00 | -$12,433.00 | -$476.31 | -$16.14 | -$0.52 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.2M | $902,000 | $629,000 | $1.7M | $2.9M | $33.8M | $917,000 | $6.7M |
| Net income | -$5.1M | -$6.4M | -$9.6M | -$37.1M | -$33.0M | $661,000 | -$53.1M | -$88.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.39 | -$0.28 | -$0.18 | -$0.54 | -$0.33 | $0.00 | -$0.09 | -$0.12 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$11.5M | -$17.5M | -$14.8M | -$17.5M | -$23.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$99,000 | -$43,000 | -$50,000 | -$134,000 | -$380,000 |
| Free cash flow | -$11.6M | -$17.6M | -$14.9M | -$17.7M | -$24.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $9.0M | $6.4M | $10.2M | $27.6M | $4.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.4M
- Total assets
- $276.6M
- Total liabilities
- $30.7M
- Total debt
- $6.2M
- Net debt
- $4.8M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $245.9M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 19, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 120,465,264
- Days to cover
- 1.90
- Change vs previous report
- +10.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 15, 2024
- 1-for-150
- Jan 27, 2023
- 1-for-100
- Apr 9, 2020
- 1-for-20