Stocks · Technology · Software - Infrastructure
Veritone, Inc. VERI
$0.73 -3.10% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $69.6M
Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 89.5% in a year.
- The stock is 91% below its highest close of the past year.
- Over the past year the stock returned -86.3%, behind the S&P 500 by 102.0 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)Bottom 16%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 6%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 48%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 2%
- Gross marginTop 49%
- Operating marginBottom 10%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 4%
- Interest coverBottom 15%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 2%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 1%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 2%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 16%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 1%
- 6-month returnBottom 2%
- 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 31%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 24%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 2%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 5%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 7%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -1.1% | -0.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 68.8% | 52.6% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -91.4% | -90.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -29.9% | -60.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -0.7% | -1.1% | ↑ | Bottom 16% |
| Gross margin | 52.6% | 68.8% | ↓ | Top 49% |
| Operating margin | -90.2% | -91.4% | ↑ | Bottom 10% |
| Net margin | -118.3% | -40.3% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -60.7% | -29.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -85.8% | — | Bottom 2% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -14.9% | — | Bottom 6% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -38.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 3.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -19.3 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -17.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -193.94%
- Shareholder yield
- -193.94%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +89.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +36.6%
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 13, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -5.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $3.75
- Target vs current price
- +416.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 13
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 46%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | +0.3% | -2.0% | -36.4% | -42.1% | — |
| May 12, 2026 | -11.3% | -11.7% | -10.3% | -27.8% | -43.9% |
| Mar 26, 2026 | -430.5% | -3.0% | -33.5% | -19.0% | -48.3% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +27.3% | -4.5% | -24.4% | -17.9% | -44.2% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +5.3% | +0.4% | +14.3% | +20.0% | +161.7% |
| May 8, 2025 | -33.3% | +7.0% | -4.8% | -20.4% | +33.3% |
| Mar 13, 2025 | +4.5% | -3.3% | +13.6% | -6.2% | -38.0% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -25.2% | -23.8% | -20.6% | -29.9% | -6.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | -$0.11 | -$0.11 | +0.3% | $24.3M |
| May 12, 2026 | -$0.13 | -$0.12 | -11.3% | $20.3M |
| Mar 26, 2026 | -$0.32 | -$0.06 | -430.5% | $16.6M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -$0.08 | -$0.11 | +27.3% | $29.1M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -$0.18 | -$0.19 | +5.3% | $24.0M |
| May 8, 2025 | -$0.24 | -$0.18 | -33.3% | $22.5M |
| Mar 13, 2025 | -$0.21 | -$0.22 | +4.5% | $22.4M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -$0.19 | -$0.15 | -25.2% | $22.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 1.14× | — | — | Top 16% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -78.63% | — | — | Bottom 1% |
| Earnings yield | -174.96% | — | — | Bottom 2% |
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)
- -3.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -14.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -31.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -67.5%
- RSI (14)
- 32.2
- Relative volume
- 4.48×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 137.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 88th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.79
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.37
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -91.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -91.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2021 | Oct 5, 2026 | -98.5% | 1419 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Oct 21, 2020 | -21.4% | 9 days | 15 days (Nov 11, 2020) |
| Dec 11, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | -17.7% | 5 days | 12 days (Jan 7, 2021) |
| Nov 30, 2020 | Dec 3, 2020 | -10.6% | 3 days | 1 days (Dec 4, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $69.6M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.27
- Revenue (TTM)
- $90.2M
- 52-week range
- $0.72 – $9.42
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $115.3M | $149.7M | $100.0M | $92.6M | $92.2M |
| Gross profit | $93.2M | $122.3M | $72.2M | $65.4M | $35.4M |
| Operating income | -$61.4M | -$38.0M | -$99.6M | -$88.2M | -$76.1M |
| Net income | -$64.7M | -$25.6M | -$58.6M | -$37.4M | -$111.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.94 | -$0.71 | -$1.59 | -$0.98 | -$1.76 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $22.0M | $22.4M | $22.5M | $24.0M | $29.1M | $16.6M | $20.3M | $24.3M |
| Net income | -$21.7M | $31.8M | -$19.9M | -$26.8M | -$26.9M | -$38.2M | -$19.5M | -$22.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.57 | -$0.91 | -$0.45 | -$0.54 | -$0.41 | -$0.41 | -$0.21 | -$0.24 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $7.2M | $3.7M | -$76.4M | -$24.7M | -$53.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.0M | -$4.8M | -$5.1M | -$6.1M | -$5.0M |
| Free cash flow | $6.2M | -$1.0M | -$81.5M | -$30.8M | -$58.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $10.2M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $4.5M | $155.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $12.4M
- Total assets
- $148.5M
- Total liabilities
- $110.6M
- Total debt
- $45.5M
- Net debt
- $33.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $37.9M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 18,165,482
- Days to cover
- 6.05
- Change vs previous report
- +6.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.