Stocks · Technology · Software - Application
SoundHound AI, Inc. SOUN
$5.88 +0.68% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $2.54B
Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to -89.7% from -183.2% a year earlier.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $203.2M, up 54.6% from a year earlier, slowing from 80.0% a quarter earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned -67.0%, behind the S&P 500 by 82.8 percentage points.
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 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 9%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 4%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 4%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 7%
- Gross marginBottom 31%
- Operating marginBottom 10%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 29%
- Interest coverBottom 1%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 21%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 15%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 20%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 20%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 3%
- 6-month returnBottom 16%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 3%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 4%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 30%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 33%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 25%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 46%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 21%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 2%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 80.0% | 54.6% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 40.5% | 37.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -183.2% | -89.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -85.8% | -58.1% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 54.6% | 80.0% | ↓ | Top 9% |
| Gross margin | 37.4% | 40.5% | ↓ | Bottom 31% |
| Operating margin | -89.7% | -183.2% | ↑ | Bottom 10% |
| Net margin | -67.5% | -171.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -58.1% | -85.8% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -30.4% | — | Bottom 7% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 75.7% | — | Top 4% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 38.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -5.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -457.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -7.33%
- Shareholder yield
- -7.33%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +6.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +24.7%
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 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +17.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $9.33
- Target vs current price
- +58.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 8
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 75%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +24.2% | -1.2% | +13.8% | +5.2% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +40.0% | +2.8% | -10.1% | -14.5% | -34.9% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | +198.7% | +5.4% | -4.2% | -23.9% | -2.3% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -191.9% | -9.5% | -15.8% | -18.6% | -47.5% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -216.7% | -0.7% | +52.8% | +23.1% | +56.2% |
| May 8, 2025 | +542.9% | +6.2% | +28.2% | +3.3% | +16.0% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -527.3% | -3.8% | +6.1% | -2.0% | -0.2% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | +14.3% | -2.7% | -20.3% | +83.1% | +97.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | -$0.10 | -$0.13 | +24.2% | $61.9M |
| May 7, 2026 | -$0.06 | -$0.10 | +40.0% | $44.2M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.10 | -$0.10 | +198.7% | $55.1M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -$0.27 | -$0.09 | -191.9% | $42.0M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -$0.19 | -$0.06 | -216.7% | $42.7M |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.31 | -$0.07 | +542.9% | $29.1M |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -$0.69 | -$0.11 | -527.3% | $34.5M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -$0.06 | -$0.07 | +14.3% | $25.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 11.55× | — | — | Bottom 20% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -4.64% | — | — | Bottom 15% |
| Earnings yield | -5.67% | — | — | Bottom 21% |
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)
- -2.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -6.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -10.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -24.3%
- RSI (14)
- 39.5
- Relative volume
- 0.72×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 59.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 0th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 3.54
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.52
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -72.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -76.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2022 | Dec 22, 2022 | -93.5% | 160 days | 491 days (Dec 6, 2024) |
| Dec 26, 2024 | Jul 29, 2026 | -76.5% | 396 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 28, 2022 | Apr 29, 2022 | -13.3% | 1 days | 1 days (May 2, 2022) |
| Dec 9, 2024 | Dec 11, 2024 | -10.0% | 2 days | 2 days (Dec 13, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.54B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.33
- Revenue (TTM)
- $203.2M
- 52-week range
- $5.65 – $22.17
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $21.2M | $31.1M | $45.9M | $84.7M | $168.9M |
| Gross profit | $14.6M | $21.5M | $34.6M | $41.4M | $71.6M |
| Operating income | -$65.3M | -$105.7M | -$68.6M | -$341.4M | -$23.3M |
| Net income | -$79.5M | -$116.7M | -$88.9M | -$350.7M | -$14.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.40 | -$0.74 | -$0.40 | -$1.04 | -$0.03 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $25.1M | $34.5M | $29.1M | $42.7M | $42.0M | $55.1M | $44.2M | $61.9M |
| Net income | -$21.8M | -$258.6M | $129.9M | -$74.7M | -$109.3M | $40.1M | -$25.0M | -$42.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.06 | -$0.69 | $0.31 | -$0.19 | -$0.27 | $0.10 | -$0.06 | -$0.10 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$66.2M | -$94.0M | -$68.3M | -$108.9M | -$98.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$636,000 | -$1.3M | -$392,000 | -$640,000 | -$4.9M |
| Free cash flow | -$66.8M | -$95.3M | -$68.7M | -$109.5M | -$103.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $2.5M | $4.2M | $93.4M | $437.0M | $212.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $202.8M
- Total assets
- $667.9M
- Total liabilities
- $177.5M
- Total debt
- $5.4M
- Net debt
- -$197.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $490.4M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 165,088,496
- Days to cover
- 6.95
- Change vs previous report
- +5.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.